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THE PEOPLE'S 

MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE; 

♦ 

A SERIES OF 

POPULAR AND SCIENTIFIC ESSAYS 

ON THE 

MATURE, USES, AND DISEASES OF THE LUNGS, HEART, LITER 
STOMACH, KIDNEYS, WOMB AND BLOOD; 

ALSO. 

A KEY TO THE CAUSES, PREVENTION, REMEDIES, AND CURE OE PULMONARY 

AND OTHER KINDS OF 

CONSUMPTION; h 



ASTHMA, 

BRONCHITIS, 

HEART DISEASES, 

DYSPEPSIA, 

LIVER COMPLAINT, 

AGUE AND FEVER, 

BALDNESS, 



DEAFNESS, 

BLINDNESS, 

HEAD ACHES, 

CATARRH, 

COSTIVENESS, 

DIARRHCEA, 

DYSENTERY, 



GRUB AND WORMS, 
PILES AND FISTULA, 
MISCARRIAGE, 
FEMALE DISEASES, 
CANCERS AND TUMORS, 
FALLING OF THE WOMB, 
ETC., ETC. 



MARRIAGE GUIDE, 



On Early Marriage; Pure Loye a Stimulator of Mankind, and its Power to 
Banish Disease ; the Magnetism of Love ; Theory of Gaining the Affections 
of the Opposite Sex ; Wedded Love to Prevent Consumption ; Growth 
of the Foetus ; Organs of Generation ; Prevention of Conception ; 
Impressions on the Female Organs on the Unborn Child ; Art 
of Procreating the Sexes at Will, and how to render Child- 
birth Easy and Safe ; and Directions by which the Vigor, Beauty, and Elastic- 
ity of both Mind and Body may be retained from Childhood to a Ripe Old Age 

BY HARMON KNOX BOOT, A.M., M.D., 

1UTHOR OF A SERIES GF LECTURES ON HEALTH, AND UTVEiTrOR OF THE INFALLIBLE 

LUNG BAROMETER. 

ILLUSTRATED WITH 65 RARE ABfD nTTERESTIKG ENGRAVINGS. 



Blessed is he that readeth, and they that keep those things that are written therein," [&. John>\ 
for M It is better to hear the rebuke of tho wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. " 

( • {Salomon. 

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PREFACE, 



The author of thu work having been before the public for some years, both in 
extensive practice of his profession and as writer of a widely-circulated series o* 
"Lectures on Health," believes no apology will be needed for the appearance of 
this offspring of his labors ; especially when he remembers that he has been, as it 
were, forced to offer it to the world, by the urgent and oft-repeated solicitations of 
hundreds of his patients in various parts of the country. That it will meet with 
a kind reception from thousands of the afflicted, the author is constrained to be- 
lieve by the fact that twenty thousand copies of his Lectures were circulated in the 
first eighteen months of their publication : and having, since the issue of that work, 
lectured to upwards of one hundred thousand persons, and successfully treated 
some twenty-five thousand cases of disease, in all the various forms which it pre- 
sents, (of which a minute and complete record, embracing many volumes, wherein 
symptoms, modes of treatment, causes of complaint, and temperament, age and con- 
dition of patients, has been kept,) he feels that the experience and observation he 
has gained, and the medical knowledge he has accumulated, when presented in the 
manner employed in the following pages, will not only insure a candid reading for 
his book, bill will operate to greatly benefit those who shall peruse and digest its 
contents. 

The diseases treated of in this work, and their causes, prevention and cure, have 
been the objects of the intense study and close investigation of the author for many 
years, theoretically and practically. With an earnest desire to understand* and suc- 
cessfully pursue the great science of medicine, and with ardent feelings of sympathy 
for the afflicted, he has traveled over various parts of the country, visited numerous* 
places where medical information is to be obtained, and attentively considered and 
candidly weighed all the prevailing systems and doctrines of medicine. The ex- 
perience and knowledge gained, the observations made, the truths elicited, and the 
convictions arrived at, the reader will find embodied in the work now presented for 
his edification and instruction. In view of the facts that thousands are suffering 
from disease and pain — are ignorantly sacrificing health and life — and are cut off in 
the prime of existence, the author has felt it his duty to make use of his humble 
abilities in this manner, in the hope of benefiting his fellow beings, by pointing them 
to the paths of health, and so instructing them that they shall develop and preserve 
their faculties, personally and as a race— physically, morally and intellectually. In 
endeavoring to do this he has cut loose from the technicalities of medical schools, and 
from the professional jargon, (entirely unintelligible to all general readers,) behind 
which the ignorant in the science endeavor to hide their want of knowledge, and 
has presented his ideas, so far as possible, in undefiled English, and in a plain an i 



vj PREFACE. 

direct manner, so that every one may be able to not only read but to comprehend 
that which is written, and be thereby instructed. 

In treating of the various complaints, and in pointing to remedies, the author has 
endeavored, also, to set forth many causes of disease and premature death. This 
will be found to be one of the principal objects of the work. For the benefit of 
man, it is as important that we should know the causes of disease and the modes of 
'prevention as the methods of cure; for, by knowing the former, we may escape often 
a necessity of resorting to the latter. And as his practice has led him to look into 
the causes of disease, and to observe the means by which sickness may be prevent- 
ed, the writer deemed it incumbent in this work to give the reader the benefit of his 
experience and observation, in the hope that he may use them to his own good. 
The oid adage — "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," applies with 
great force in ail matters of health, and should be a rule for every man's governance. 
No one can» with safety neglect it. To preserve health is a much easier matter, if 
men Will give attention to the subject, than to restore it when once it has bfcen lost. 
The first is in great measure in the power of every person ; the latter often requires 
the most scientific medical skill, such as but few men possess. Nearly every in- 
valid, now shut out from the joys of life and the pleasures of the world, borne down 
to the ground with an intolerable load of physical and mental suffering, and per- 
haps doomed to an early and untimely grave, might, by having taken the proper 
steps to preserve health, be now in the full enjoyment of that inestimable blessing, 
and in prospect of a long, happy, and useful life. TVe should remember the truth con- 
tained in the proverb which reads — " A prudent man foreseeth the evil and fleeth, 
but the simple pass on and are punished" — and apply it in the avoidance of all 
causes tending to disease. 

In view of some of the pernicious fashions and customs of modern civilization, 
and of the destructive vices existing, whereby many are led to the tomb, and dis- 
ease handed down to the coming generations, the author has felt it a duty to speak 
plainly and boldly his thoughts and convictions, the more especially as these subjects 
are in the main passed over by medical writers, as being injurious to their practice; 
and thus left to spread havoc and devastation in all classes of society. In doing 
this, though not withholding the truth for fear of offence, nor studying verbosity, 
where direct speech was better calculated to convey the desired idea, it has been 
his endeavor to avoid all language calculated to displease, and all phraseology 
which should be, by the most fastidious, thought open to objection ; in which, be 
humbly trusts, he has been successful. 

In various parts of the work will be found much valuable statistical information 
upon numerous subjects connected with the health and happiness of the human race, 
from which may be gathered by the reader ideas of the influences exerted by varied 
causes in the production of premature decay and death. These statistics have in 
part been gathered from a multitude of reliable authors, and are in part the results 
of the writer's own extended experience in the practice of his profession. A care- 
ful perusal thereof will not only afford the reader much valuable information, but 
will show him how many long-cherished but erroneous theories, intimately connect- 
ed with his welfare, are exploded by figures. To particularize among these is im- 
possible ; they are respectfully submitted for consideration, with the assurance that 
no on 3 can read them without gaining such information as shall trebly remunerate 
him for the purchase and perusal of this volume. 



PREFACE. TO 

A glance at the tablo of contents will be sufficient to show that the work is filled 
with matters of the most interesting and important character, connected with the 
human being, from infancy to old age ; that it is one needed by the public, and is 
calculated to convey the most satisfactory instruction to all classes of readers. 

The author feels confident that if this labor of his is received in good faith, carefully 
read and inwardly digested, it will be of great benefit to thousands of his fellows. 
It will teach them to know themselves. It will redeem them from disease, and place 
them in the possession of health and happiness ; it will take them from lingering 
misery, and place them in the lap of ease. If they would have health, strength, 
beauty, and length of days, in these pages shall the roads thereto be pointed out to 
them ; if they would have knowledge of themselves, physically and mentally, and 
would be instructed how to live happily, usefully and honorably, this book shall be 
the mine from whence rich stores of intellectual ore may be drawn freely by alL 
That it may serve these ends with his patients, his friends, and the public generally, 
la tbo earnest and sincere wish of 

THE AUTHOR. 



%* All orders for medicines, and letters of consultation, to be addressed to 

Dr. H. K. Root, 

512 Broadway, New York, 

Persons writing to Dr. Root should be particular in stating, plainly, the name 
of the town, county, and State in which their postoflice is situate, and whether 
they would have their medicines sent through the mail, by express, or as freight. 

Persons residing in country towns would find it to their advantage to have their 
medicine packed with the goods of some merchant of their town who was having 
goods sent from any firm in New York, as it can thus be sent safer and with leas 
expense than by the usual modes of transportation. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Page 



Frontispiece — with Portrait op 

the Author 

Perfect Male and Female Fig- 



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URES 

The Venous System - 

The Arterial System 

The Heart and Lungs 

Section op the Heart 

Lungs, with Arteries and Yeins 

The Emaciated Invaldd - - - - 

Farrus, showing the Umbilical 
Cord, through which the 
Blood passes from the Mo 

THER TO THE CHILD - - - 

Nervous Telegraphic System 
Married Couple, with their Child 
The Vegetable or Botanic Medi 

clnes 

Lungs Pierced and Dried Up 
Ulcerated Lung - - - - 
Lung with Grub in it, and Ulce 

RATED 

Weariness and Lassitude - • 
Ulcerated Kidney - . . - 
Diseased Bowel, with Piles - 
Section op Tuberculous Lung - 
Grubs in the Brain and Optic 

Nerve -----* 
Injurious Position in Study 
Incorrect Position for Standing 
Correct Position for Standing 
Injurious Attitude in Sewing 
The Liver and Stomach 
"Worms — different kinds 
Snake, Frog, and Evet - 
Cancer of the Breast - 
Cancer on the Face - - 
The Scrofulous all over 



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Pag« 

The Swelled Leg 133 

Crooked Boy 133 

Straightened Boy 134 

Tumor on the Neck 134 

Goitre on the Neck 135 

Case op King's Evil 135 

Spinal Curvature 136 

Case op Scald Head 1Z1 

White Swelling 143 

The Onanists and their Child - 148 
Artificial Waist — Natural Waist 184 

Natural Chest 185 

Compressed Chest 185 

Case of Bronchitis 264 

Abdomen of the Female — Inter- 
nal View 266 

Womb fell in at the Top - - - 26T 
Womb and Appendages - . - - 269 
Cancerous and Ulcerated Womb 269 

Ovarian Tumor 212 

Dropsical all over 288 

fetuses from fifteen days to 

Nine Months 338 

Fostus in the Womb 340 

Twins in the Womb 340 

Four in the Womb 341 

The Temptation and Disobedience 352 
The Punishment for Transgres- 
sion 354 

The Redemption 356 

Health for the Sick - - • -374 
Dr. Root surrounded by Distin- 
guished Persons 375 

Lung Barometer 385 

Flat Chest — Full Chest • • - 388 
Contracted and Well-developed 

Chest 389 

Dr. Root's Office — 512 Broadway 409 



CONTENTS. 



ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE CHEMISTRY. 



Description of animals 1 

Description of vegetables 2 

Components of animals and vegetables.. .. 2 

Teach the wisdom of God 2 

Man should not be arrogant 2 

Man's duty to preserve life 2 

ON THE BLOOD. 

Blood the life of all flesh 3 

Physiology, chemistry, reason and the Bi- 
ble teach this 3 

From the blood originate the humors 3 

Change of the blood 3 

Blood a component part of all animals .... 3 

The author's system of practice 4 

His medicines 4 

REVELATION ON THE BLOOD. 

Quotations from Scripture to show that in 

the blood is the life 4 

Poisonous humors in the blood disease the 

system 5 

Necessity of purifying the blood 5 

Prevalence of impurity 6 

The venous and arterial systems 5 

CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD KNOWN 
TO SOLOMON. 

Circulation d iscovered by Harvey 6 

Destruction of life by blood-letting 7 

100 bbls. of blood drawn by an allopath. .♦ 7 

50 lbs. of calomel given by do 7 

Number it would kill 7 

Opinions of physicians 7 

Origin of the term " Q.uack" 7 

The dead tell no tales 8 

The graveyards can witness 8 

No blood to spare 8 

The true system ' 8 

Vegetable medicines have stood the test... 8 

Animals resort to vegetable remedies 8 

AIR THE BREATH OF ALL LIFE. 

Scriptural illustrations 9 

Call to the consumptive 9 

Air keeps the blood in circulation 9 

Let out the blood, death follows 9 

Take away the air, and man dies 9 

USES OF THE LUNGS. 

Lungs before birth 9 

Filled with cells and tubes 9 

No air in the lungs of the fetus 9 

Description of lungs 9 

Description of heart, and organs of respi- 
ration 10 

11 Adam's apple " 10 

Thyroid gland — necessity for r its greater 

size in the female 10 

The use of the lungs 10 

Composition of air 11 

Electricity communicated to the blood ... 11 



Air purifies the blood 11 

Generation of animal heat 11 

Physicians should know of these matters. . 11 

Ignorance of the * Faculty*'.. . 11 ) 

Invalids should not despair^. 12 

Try the Lung Barometer.^. ....... 12 

RESPIRATION. 

Amount of air to sustain life 12 

Quantity sometimes inhaled 12 

Children should have plenty of 13 

Respiration per minute, hour, day and year 13 

Air usually inhaled 13 

Quantity of blood in the adult 13 

Blood performs its circuit twenty times an 

hour 13 

Importance of keeping the blood pure.... 13 

Inflation of the lungs 13 

Extra inflation 14 

Extra inflation may be injurious- 14 

Necessity of Lung Barometer. 14 

Point at which des*th occurs 14 

Air in the lungs ot Jenny I ind, "American 

Deer," and others 15 

Necessity of ventilation 15 

THE HEART. 

History and development of 16 

Diseases of, can be cured 18 

NO BOOK TEACHES THE USES OF THE 
LUNGS. 

Strength of body not in lungs 16 

Expansion of 17 

Value of the Lung Barometer in diseases of 
the lungs 17 

ABUSE OF LUNGS BY INHALING TUBES. 

"When extra inflation should be practised.. 18 

Advocates of tubes have no guides 18 

Inhaling tubes may cause disease and 

death , 18 

Ancients knew nothing of tubes 18 

Gymnastic exercise for the lungs 19.' 

MAN'S STRENGTH IN HIS BLOOD. 

Take away the blood and strength is gone t» 

Loss of strength from thin blood. 20 

Believe not the deluding quack . . ! 20 

Health restored through the blood ^. 20 

Blood nourishes the child before birth.... 20 

The umbilical cord 20 

How it should be tied and cut ... 20 

Description of the foetus ......... 2t 

Circulation of blood from the mother to the 
child 21 

GRATIFICATION OF THE PASSIONS. 

The natural passions should be gratified.. . 2t 

The brain a phrenological congress 22 

Desire for children natural 2i< 

No peace without gratification 22 

Electricity stimulates amativeness 23 

The sexes magnetic. .... ^ *2A 



CONTENTS. 



Effects of masturbation 23 

An explosion follows if God-given desire is 

not gratified 23 

"It is better to marry than to burn" 23 

Life shortened by not marrying '23 

Gratification the safety-valve 24 

Man should not hinder what God has 

ordered 24 

No passion created in vain 24 

Complete restraint dangerous 24 

Passions of animals gratified 24 

Prostitution follows total restraint 24 

Laws and customs of society lead people 

from the paths of virtue 25 

EDUCATION AND DISEASED BLOOD AT 
WAR. 

Phrenological teachings not correct 25 

Charac ter dependent upon the blood 25 

Character cannot be told from the sinuosity 

of the skull 25 

Purification of the blood necessary 25 

Body and mind affect each other 26 

Phrenologists gone beyond reason 26 

Something besides the bumps should be at- 

tended to 26 

Good men made irreverent by ill-health... 27 
Necessity to attend to the health 27 

NO BOOK TEACHES THE TRUE CAUSE 
OF INSANITY. 

The brain an assemblage of organs 27 

Quality of the blood affects the mind 28 

Cause of insanity explained 28 

Substances of bone 29 

Phosphorus in the brain 29 

Actuating cause of insanity . . . . 29 

Number of insane in the U. S 30 

Age when most prevalent 30 

Antidotes provided 30 

NO BOOK TEACHES THE CURE OF CON- 
SUMPTION. 

Reason why given 31 

The Lung Barometer removes all difficulties 31 

Consumption is curable 31 

Cured by the author 31 

HEREDITARY DISEASE. 

Parents do not guard against 32 

Parents lue again in offspring 32 

Impure blood cause of hereditary disease.. 32 

Bad habits of dress cause of 33 

Overeating and drinking cause of 33 

Masturbation cause of 33 

Excessive sexual intercourse cause of 33 

Tantalizing cause of 33 

Suppressing emission cause of 33 

Should not cohabit when intoxicated 34 

Lwucorrhceal difficulties cause of heredita- 
ry (1 is ease 34 

Prostitution cause of 34 

Mineral medicines cause of 34 

To prevent hereditary disease, become 

whole*. 3* 

EARLY If ARMAGH AND LONGEVITY 

New-fangled theories pernicimis 35 

What is tho trm- teaching of modern philos- 
ophers 1 35 

Total suppression Of desire 36 

Wh.t are the ('fleets 36 

God has implanted sexual desire 36 

ordinances should be followed 36 

Celit" to masturbation 36 

•'•insanity 36 

Proofs of 36 

Masturbation OftUftG of invmity 36 

Celibacy Lftldl to prostitution 37 

Prostitution in Paris, London aajtj N. Vork 37 



Human life shortened fcy celibacy. . ..... . It 

Proofs adduced 37 

Illegitimate births follow celibacy 38 

Abortions follow do 38 

Child-murders follow do 38 

Scripture in favor of early marriage 38 

The Jews married early 39 

Hindoos marry at twelve 39 

Dr. Hollick on the " strength of the sexual 

propensity" 39 

Rev. Dr. Wardlaw on prostitution and in 

favor of ,early marriage 40 

Effects of virtuous love 40 

Call to the clergy 41 

Dr. Benj. Franklin on early marriage 41 

MINERAL QUACKS. 

History of the term quack 43 

Inj ustice of the allopaths 43 

Desertions from the mineral practice 44 

Opinions of physicians 44 

Advance of botanic practice 44 

Effect of minerals 45 

Minerals slain tens of thousands 45 

A choice offered 4d 

VEGETABLE MEDICINES OF GOD. 

Scripture proof 47 

Scripture says nothing of mineral medicines 47 

Egyptians used herbs 48 

Opinion of Rafinesque 48 

Proofs strong in favor of vegetables 48 

HOMOEOPATHY. 

No better than Allopathy 49 

Wonderful effects in imaginary diseases.. . 49 

Do not adhere to their system 49 

Make use of other chemical medicines .... 46 

Theory of Hahnemann ridiculous 49 

Like throwing a spoonful of tea in the Hud- 

son 49 

Gunpowder to put out fire 50 

Vegetable remedies may be concentrated.. 50 

LOVE-SICKNESS CAUSES CONSUMPTION. 

Description of symptoms 51 

Love-sickness breeds disease 51 

A lso insanity 51 

Disease and health coupled in marriage 51 

The consumptive married 51 

Masturbator united to the lovely, blooming 
11 dew-drop ". 52 

PROTRACTED CELIBACY A VIOLATION 
OF PHYSICAL LAWS. 

Delaying marriage wrong 52 

Passion will be gratified 52 

Is natural or artificial best 52 

Woman a propagator 52 

Menstruation a sign for marriage 62 

Commencement of menstruation 53 

Time of puberty in males 53 

Natural desires to be gratified before we 

can be educated 53 

God has determined the time for marriage 53 
Parents accountable to God's displeasure.. 54 

IMPERFECT MENSTRUATION CAUSES 
CONSUMPTION. 

What is menstruation 54 

Time of appearance and cessation 54 

No uniformity of appearance 54 

Discharge may be from the mouth ........ 54 

Continuance of the discharge 5$ 

OBSTRUCTION OF THE MENSES. 

Symptoms accompanying 55 

Suppression of the menses .....; 56 

Difficulty of menstruation 66 



CONTENTS. 



excessive menstruation 56 

Jcasation of menstruation, or change of life 56 

First appearance of menstruation 57 

Importance of attention to 57 

Change in the female 57 

Drs. Hollick and Dixon— remarks on 57 

Menstruation ceases when nursing 58 

Sympathy for females necessary 58 

THE LUNGS MAY BE CUT, ULCERATED, 
DRIED UP, TUBERCULOUS, BLEEDING 
OR SHOT THROUGH, WITHOUT LOSS 
OF LIFE. 

Changes in the lungs 59 

Composition of 59 

Cases of ruptured lungs cured 60 

Cases of dried up lungs 60 

Case? of lung diseases .1 61 

Consumption is curable 62 

GRUB CONSUMPTION. 

Discovery of the grub 62 

Organs affected by 62 

Symptoms of the grub 63 

Grub in animals 63 

Ancient authority about 63 

Detected by the Lung Barometer 64 

Destroyed by proper remedies 64 

WOMB COMPLAINTS. 
Results of 65 

DISEASES OF THE WOMB CAUSE CON- 
SUMPTION. 

Organs affected 65 

Symptoms 65 

Ignorance of physicians 65 

STERILITY CAUSES CONSUMPTION. 

Barrenness a misfortune 66 

Erroneous teachings 66 

Sexual desire should be consulted 66 

Incompetency destroys love 66 

Barrenness from self-pollution 67 

An ignoble infirmity 67 

Ladies do not like to be barren 67 

A mark of God's displeasure 67 

Course to be pursued where it exists 67 

Barrenness in males 67 

Excessive sexual indulgence induces 68 

Diseases from excess 68 

Afflicted may be restored 68 

Floodings often cause consumption 68 

Irritants cause consumption 69 

Cripples made by irritants 69 

Gravel and kidney complaints 69 

Physicians act blindfolded 69 

Offices of the kidneys 70 

The body a savings bank 70 

Piles and liver complaints 71 

Cause of piles ....«- 71 

BATHING THE FEET. 

Cleanliness a law of health 71 

Washing feet in the East 71 

Among Mahomedans a religious custom.. . 71 

LUNG CONSUMPTION. 

Symptoms and distinction of 72 

Remarks of Combe on working the young. 73 

Origin of consumption 73 

Description of tubercles 74 

Their progress and effects 74 

Dissections prove consumption curable.. . . 75 
Course to be pursued by the consumptive. 75 

Deposition of tubercles 75 

Found in different organs 76 

Consumption hereditary 76 

Ulayed by pregnancy 76 



Consumption contagious m fi 

Hereditary per centage 77 

Ratio of males and females affected 77 

Difference of city and country 77 

Reason for difference 7JB 

Influence of age on tB 

Influence of condition on 73 

Influence of climate 78 

Consumption curable 79 

The proofs given 79 

Remarks of Dr. Swett— establishing the 

fact 79 

Opinion of Dr. Dixon 7? 

Be not discouraged 78 

KINDS OF CONSUMPTION. 

Organs affected 80 

Invalids must persevere S9 

Often relapse through carelessness 60 

Relapse fatal 8t> 

What the physician should know 81 

Reasons of the author's success 81 

SOUNDING THE LUNGS AND CHEST. 

Stethoscope cannot be relied on 81 

Difficulties of sounding 82 

Opinion of Dr. Swett 82 

Sounding by auscultation 82 

The deaf doctor 93 

His catch-traps 83 

Dixon on stethoscopes 83 

The Lung Barometer a guide 83 

Like the sailor's compass 83 

Consumptive might have been saved 84 

What the physician should be 84 

IMPORTANCE OF LIGHT ON HEALTH. 

Effects of darkness on plants, flowers, and 

animals 85 

Effects of light on phosphorus in the brain 85 
Nervous and sensitive persons liable to in- 
sanity 85 

Light a part of our bodies 85 

Buildings should be well lighted 86 

Effects of dark and damp houses 86 

Wisdom of the Deity shown 8€ 

AIR, AND ITS EFFECTS UPON HEALTH. 

Constituents of air 86 

Necessary to life 87 

Description of 87 

Effects of too much oxygen 87 

Do. oftoolittle 87 

Impure air a scourge 87 

Diseases from 87 

Might be prevented. 88 

Illustrations of effects of ventilation 88 

" Black hole" of Calcutta 89 

Fevers annihilated by pure air 80 

Terrible destruction of life from foul air. . 89 

Cleanliness and air in ancient Rome 90 

Contagion from foul air 90 

Consumption from 90 

Infant mortality from 91 

How people are used 91 

Law should interfere 91 

Pure air and light on health 91 

The countryman and cijty resident 92 

School miss and milkmaid 98 

8ome advice to parents and others 92 

Duty of public men 93 

LOSS OF THE SENSES PRODUCES CON- 
SUMPTION. 

Los^ of sight 93 

Diseases from 94 

Blindness from grub 94 

Loss of hearing 94 

Loss of feeling 94 

Dangers of cauterization, bleeding, &c. . 96 



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CONTENTS. 



Cauterizing to cure em ssions dangerous . . 95 

Natural remedy the best 95 

Loss of taste 95 

Caused by mercury 95 

Loss of smelling 95 

Cure for above-named diseases 96 

MUSIC AND DANCING PREVENT CON- 
SUMPTION. 

Effects of music 96 

Effects of sorrow 97 

Music in the days of David and Solomon. 97 

Its effect on Saul 97 

Good results of dancing 97 

The Bible upon 97 

Melancholy influences induce sickness... 98 

Music and dancing the reverse 93 

STANDING ON ONE FOOT. 

Effects of 98 

Arise from 98 

Advice about 98 

INSTANCES OF LONGEVITY. 

No particular limit to life 99 

Death results from ignorance and indis- 
cretion 99 

Cause of decay —choking up the system . . 99 

Analysis of bones 100 

Deaths of rich and poor 100 

Reason of difference 100 

Remarkable instances of longevity 100 

Early deaths results of follies 102 

Sanitation in the British Navy 102 

Importance of sanitation 102 

OFFENSIVE BREATH A GREAT 
NUISANCE. 

Beautiful woman made disagreeable by.. . 102 

Caused by calomel 103 

Go to the dentist 103 

Use the Blood Medicines 103 

ERECT CARRIAGE. 

Bad effects of crooked-back seats 103 

Man made upright 104 

School. houses and school benches 104 

The young and beautiful slain 105 

Diseases induced by stooping 105 

What we should do 106 

Advice to clerks, mechanics, and sewing 

women 107 

CHEERFULNESS PREVENTS CONSUMP- 
TION. 

Scripture on 107 

All nature cheerful 107 

Advice upon 108 

Make angry children sing 108 

HEART DISEASES HASTEN CONSUMP- 
TION. 

Results of heart diseases 108 

Ignorance of pretended lung doctors 108 

Cure for heart diseases 10fc 

The Lung Barometer in 109 

ADULTERATION OF FOOD— DISEASED 

MEATS, &c. 

rat of adulteration 109 

Articles tampered with 109 

ed meat and milk ...*... 109 

I*n ni sh merit for HO 

Necessity of Lynch law » HO 

ADULTERATION OF LIQUORS, 
•use of delirium tremens 110 

••digrecs of lhjuors. . Ill 



Handed down from Noah and Moses Ill 

Logwood and tobacco in Ill 

Champagne from Jersey Ill 

Brandy from whisky , Ill 

REGULAR HOURS FOR EATING. 

Times to eat Ill 

Bad fashions of • . . 112 

How to select food , ... 112 

Mind on digestion 112 

Masticate your food well 112 

Mercury on the teeth and gums 113 

The liver and stomach 113 

Digestion in the stomach 113 

Digestion in the duodenum 113 

Absorption of the nutrient food 114 

What to do in dyspepsia 114 

DAILY EVACUATION OF THE BOWELS. 

Diseases from neglect of 114 

Best time for 1 14 

COSTIVENESS CAUSES CONSUMPTION. 

Effects of costiveness 115 

Contract a habit of daily evacuation 115 

URINATING OFTEN. 

Its importance 115 

Death from neglect 115 

Diseases arising from neglect 115 

EARLY TO BED AND EARLY TO RISE. 

The design of God 116 

Man not made a night prowler 116 

City in valid*s should rise early 116 

Reason for 116 

Sleep essential to all 116 

Benefits of 117 

Disturbances of 117 

Best hours for 117 

EXERCISE AND LABOR. 

Benefits from US 

Gymnastic exercises 118 

Diseases cured by 118 

Exercises for children 119 

Care after exercise necessary 119 

EFFECTS OF HEAT AND COLD. 
Caution necessary 119 

ELECTRICITY OR MAGNETISM. 

Animal heat how generated 120 

Acid in the stomach 121 

Galvanic or magnetic power 121 

ELECTRICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 

Importance of 121 

The key to it 122 

God the positive, sinner the negative 122 

How God works to convert 122 

Psychology how induced 122 

Advice to the professors 122 

WORMS. 

Tape worm 123 

Symptoms of 1 21 

Size and character 123 

Vermifuges, lozenges and other nostrums.! 124 

Pin Worms 124 

Round worms destroy thousands of chil- 

dren 124 

Ignorance of physicians ...].. .125 

A medicine to kill worms 125 

EVETS IN THE STOMACH 

Symptoms of 125 

How obtained l*i 



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FROGS IN THE STOMACH. 
Apply to a skillful physician 126 

SNAKES IN THE STOMACH. 

Instance of 126 

Size attained 126 

Medicine for 127 

CANCERS. 

The fissure cancer 127 

The 6pider cancer 127 

The rose cancer 128 

Do not tamper with 128 

Beware of surgical operations 128 

The bone cancer 128 

The sleepy cancer '.. 128 

The wolf cancer 129 

Parts affected by cancer 129 

The black scaly cancer 129 

The bleeding cancer 129 

Caused by prostitution 129 

Source of cancers and like sores to be 

found in the blood 129 

Marriage delays appearance of 130 

Ladies, what class most troubled 130 

Surgical operations fail of effectual cure. 130 

Operate upon the blood 130 

Cancers can be cured by medicine 131 

ERYSIPELAS. 
Simple and putrid 131 

SALT RHEUM. 
Easily cured 131 

SCROFULA SORES. 

Arise from impure blood 132 

Troubles caused by 132 

Swelled sore legs 133 

Cause of 133 

Spinal curvature K 133 

Tumor on the throat . . . 134 

Goitre, or Derbyshire neck 134 

King's evil 135 

Scripture on the blood 136 

ST.ANTHONY'S FIRE 136 

THE MERCURIAL SORE OR HUMOR.. 137 

SCALD HEAD , 137 

ITCH. 

Egyptian or seven year itch 137 

Barber's itch 137 

SYPHILITIC HUMOR OR LUES VENEREA. 

Its origin 138 

Prostitution should be punished 138 

Marriage would prevent 138 

Prostitutes in New York, and in the world. 139 

Not necessary to gratification 139 

Six years ends the life of the harlot 139 

PIMPLES OF YOUTH 139 

STYES AND COLD SORES 140 

LEPROSY. 

White and red 140 

In Bible times 140 

In Europe formerly 140 

Horrible form of in Guadaloupe 141 

RING WORM 141 

MILK LEG 141 



FEVER SORE. 
Induced by mercury 143 

SYPHILITIC SORES. 

Arise from prostitution 142 

Men generally give to wives 142 

Avoid ignorant quacks 142 

Cause consumption 142 

May be cured 143 

FROST BURNS 143 

"WHITE SWELLING. 
Effects of. 143 

ONANISM OR MASTURBATION. 

Semen, how emitted 144 

What is masturbation ? 144 

Circumcision to prevent 144 

God slew Onaif 144 

Sexes magnetic 145 

Sexual passion holy and from God 145 

Delaying marriage cause of self-abuse .... 145 

Parents to blame 145 

Amativeness cannot be suppressed 146 

Acts according to nature 146 

Evils and results of pollution '.. 146 

Insanity caused by 146 

Symptoms of. 146 

Mistaken for religious anxiety 147 

Effects illustrated 147 

INVOLUNTARY SEMINAL EMISSIONS. 

Cause of 147 

Effects of. 1 48 

Symptoms of. 149 

Miserable state of subject 149 

CAUTERIZATION. 

Masturbation prevented by 150 

Remissness of parents 150 

Should watch children 150 

How to cauterize 150 

CIRCUMCISION— WHAT IS IT ? AND 
HOW PERFORMED ? 

Design of 151 

Among the Jews 151 

THE NATURAL REMEDY. 

Illustrative anecdotes 152 

The M. D. and the old lady 152 

The troublesome member 152 

The virgin poultice 152 

The great healing balm 152 

Bachelors should try 153 

The old lady and Dr. P 153 

Mysterious root 1 53 

The good old Elicom Fundle Top 153 

Cooling to the bowels 153 

Inferences from 154 

SEXUAL TANTALIZATION— SUPPRESS- 
ING ELECTRIC EMISSION. 

Gratification proper 154 

Natural a*id scientific way 154 

Tantalization — suppression— withdrawal. 154 

Pernicious effects of. 154 

Operation of. 154 

Diseases induced 154 

Duty of physicians 155 

What should be done 155 

Copulation without issue J 55 

HEN-PECKED WIVES. 
Advice to husbands. ;„. 166 



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CONTENTS. 



HEN-PECKED HUSBANDS. 

Duty of wives 157 

Duty ot both parties 157 

EARLY MARRIAGE OFTEN PREVENTS 
CONSUMPTION. 

Deaths from not marrying 157 

No more children from marrying young. . 157 

Diseases from not marrying 157 

Barrenness from 158 

Dangers of running into harlotry 158 

Language of Solomon about the courtesan 158 

Advice to parents 158 

QUICK CONSUMPTION BY MARRIAGE. 

Too frequent intercourse t 158 

Results from protracted celibacy .' 159 

Having children too fast... 159 

Ladies killed by 169 

What should be done / 159 

ABORTION. 

Horror of 160 

Effects of. 160 

Curse of God upon 160 

Scalpel on f 160 

Woman as an abortionist 161 

Woman designed to bear child 161 

Appeal to parents 161 

Fearful punishment of abortionist 162 

Why they are not brought to justice 162 

Men in place fearful of exposure 162 

Extent of infant murders 162 

Its fearful increase 163 

Prevention better than abortion 163 

Means of prevention 163 

CHILDREN ARE BLESSED OF GOD. 

Scripture on children 163 

Joy of parents 163 

WOMAN BLESSED IN CHILD-BIRTH. 

Protecting care of God 163 

Paul on the sin of the fall 164 

Woman, keep thy blood pure 164 

Redemption of mankind by the purity of 
woman 164 

MISCARRIAGE CAUSES CONSUMPTION. 

Satisfaction of the womb 164 

Danger of miscarriage 164 

Causes of 164 

Beware of supporters 164 

Signs of miscarriage 165 

May be prevented — how 165 

To avoid miscarriage 165 

To prevent its recurrence 165 

Decline from miscarriage 166 

UNHAPPY MARRIAGES CAUSE OF 
CONSUMPTION. 

Strength of love 166 

Marriage without love revolting 166 

[inanity from unhappy marriage 166 

Bad effects upon offspring 167 

Better the husband cause misery than the 
parents 167 

NKVKR MARRY RELATIVES. 

Idiots in Massachusetts 167 

Condition of 167 

ea of .......!!. 168 

om intermarriage ". 168 

on why now for the first time given.." 163 
iclniMtts report on the effects of in- 
termarriage ■ 169 

Proofs ol disease from marrying relatives. . 169 

Degeneratei the phosphorus, ]70 

Conception, when to take place ..*, 170 

Cohabitation, when no 



IDIOCY, HOW CAUSED. 

Causes arising from , 17* 

How to prevent 170 

Prostitution on idiocy 171 

Solomon's advice to men, to marry and 
flee from whoredom 171 

INFANTILE DEATHS— CAUSE AND 
PREVENTION. 

Arise from 171 

How to guard against 171 

Great mortality of infants 171 

Months when most 172 

Months best for child-birth 172 

Warmth necessary for children 172 

Infantile deaths from dusty streets 172 

Deaths from atrophy 173 

Syphilis — prostitution— first cause 173 

How contracted 173 

Deaths from lues venerea 173 

COMPARISON OF DEATHS OF MALES 
AND FEMALES. 

More male conceptions than females 17a 

Deaths of males greater at all ages 173 

Reasons for, at some periods 174 

Wonderful equality of the sexes in num- 
bers 174 

EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY. 

So the Bible teaches ". .. 175 

Jesus, Paul, and Solomon upon 175 

The language of Scripture 175 

BATHING IN COLD WATER. 

When and how to bathe 176 

Beware of bathing too often 176 

Not a cure-all 176 

Effects of the cold bath 177 

Cold air bath 177 

Bathing among the Mahomedans, Greeks 

and Romans 177 

In Oriental countries 177 

Bathsheba seen by David in the bath 178 

Bathing amon? the Hindoos and in Cairo. 178 

ABDOMINAL SUPPORTER. 

Diseases caused by 178 

Internal uterine supporters very bad 178 

How to avoid falling of the womb 178 

Do not go up and down stairs too much.. . 179 
Remedies for falling of the womb 179 

CUSTOMS AND FASHIONS OF DRESS. 

Female dress should be altered 179 

Women always enslaved 179 

Killed by fashions 179 

Dress among the Turks and Arabs 180 

Different outlandish fashions 180 

Thin shoes in wet weather 180 

Low-bosomed dresses in cold 180 

Dr. Dixon on dress of females 181 

Correspondent of Scalpel on 181 

Combe on 182 

Nature thwarted by dress 182 

Indian women have no female weaknesses 182 
Women should not wear the pantaloons.. 183 

Woman a great comforter 183 

Ruins herself 183 

Country flooded with stays and supporters 183 

These destroy thousands 183 

Female dress should be changed 183 

EXPENSE AND LABOR TO PRODUCE 
CONSUMPTION. 

Stays and corsets , 184 

Stay-making in Paris 184 

In New York 180 



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Money expended 185 

Advice to females 185 

VACCINATION— ITS EVILS. 

Diseases from inoculation 186 

Get vaccine matter from cow or a healthy 
child 1S6 

DISEASES OF TRADES. 

Occupation influences length of life. . .... 186 

The Butcher 186 

Duty of people 187 

B utchers generally healthy 187 

Cattle and horse dealers 187 

Fishmongers, or fishermen 188 

Cartas 188 

Laborers 188 

Omnibus-drivers, cabmen, railway -guards, and 

postmen 188 

Deaths from dust 188 

Coach-builders 189 

Upholsterers 189 

Carpenters, joiners, wheel and mill urrights .... 189 

Coopers 189 

Rope-makers 189 

Gardeners 189 

Pat-inrs 189 

Sedentary employments 190 

Tailors 190 

Condition may be improved 190 

Need not sit cross-legged 190 

Stay-makers 190 

Milliners, dress-makers, and straw-bonnet- 

malcers 191 

Blooming young ladies killed off 191 

Should not labor so long 191 

Bookbinders and pocket-book-makers 191 

Carvers and gilders 191 

Clockmakers 191 

Watchmakers 192 

Cotton-mill operators 192 

Barbarous length of working hours 192 

Young people killed 192 

Females oppressed by long labor and ill pay 192 

The laborer worthy of his hire 192 

Duty of governments 192 

Printers 193 

Their early death and the causes 193 

Pressmen and press-feeders 193 

Type-founders and stereotypers 1$3 

Smiths 193 

Cabinetmakers 194 

House servants 194 

Cottiers 194 

Gold-diggers 194 

Starch-makers 195 

Rectifiers of spirits, and persons engaged in 

spirit vaults 195 

Bricklayers 195 

Plasterers and white-washers , 195 

Tw-ners 195 

Tobacco -manufacturers 195 

Snuff-makers 195 

Rape and mustard-crushers 1 95 

Brush-makers 196 

Grooms 196 

Glue and bone-boilers 196 

Tallow chandlers 196 

Tanners 196 

Millers 196 

Maltsters 196 

Paper-makers 197 

Masons 197 

Stone-cutters 197 

Machine-makers 197 

Drawfdling cast iron 197 

Braziers 198 

Coppersmiths 198 

Tin-plate workers 198 

Tinners and plumbers 198 

House-painters 193 

Chemists and druggists 193 



Gas 199 

Woolen cloth dyers and stovers 199 

Potters 199 

Hatters 199 

Grocers 199 

Bakers 199 * 

Knife, scissors and axe grinders 199 

Consumption from dust in shops 200 

Disease of ladies from dusting rooms 200 

INFLUENCE OF OCCUPATION ON 
HEALTH. 

Age of clergymen 200 

Of physicians 200 

Of lawyers 201 

Of professional men in Europe 201 

Average of life among different classes. . . 201 
Professional men live longer than me- 
chanics 201 

Rich live longer than poor 202 

Reasons for 202 

Poverty induces consumption 202 

Inference for legislators 202 

Beware of concentrated wealth 202 

PER CENTAGE OF DEATHS BY CON- 
SUMPTION. 

In different parts of the world 203 

Consumption everywhere 203 

Futility of moving 203 

Effects of age on consumption 204 

Periods of life when most die 204 

Influence of sex 204 

Deaths annually in different parts of the 
world 204 

TO RESTORE THE DROWNED. 
Directions for 205 

HOOPING COUGH. 
How to check 205 

INOCULATION OF HUMORS. 

From towels, brushes, hats, &c 206 

Scarlet fever, measles, small pox 206 

NIGHT TURNED INTO DAY. 
Should not be done 207 

DIETETIC NONSENSE BY VOLUMES. 

Vegetable Graham dead 207 

God directed to eat meat 207 

Opinion of Drs. Parr and Combe , . 208 

Utopians illustrate their folly 208 

Food of the Jews 208 

Language of the Bible 208 

Food of Egyptians 209 

Paul's rebuke of the vegetarians 209 

God's seal on flesh and vegetables 209 

Utopians would oppose God 210 

Fast occasionally 210 

Table of foods, with time of digestion.... 211 

CONSUMPTION INDUCED BY CHAIRS 
AND BEDS. 

Bad furniture 212 

Advice about 212 

DUST IN CARS AND STAGES. 

Deaths from 21:* 

Responsibility for 212 

Night'trains, with beds 213 

SECOND-HAND CLOTHING AND BOOTS. 

Diseases from 218 

Venereal disease sometimes innocently 

contracted 213 

Second-hand clothes in New York 213 



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CONTENTS. 



Beds and bed-clothes 214 

Contagious diseases from money 214 

FOOD OF INFANTS. 

» Cohabitation after conception 215 

While nursing 215 

Causes of infantile deaths 21o 

COLD WITH MEASLES SOMETIMES 
CAUSES CONSUMPTION. 

Caution necessary 216 

POISONOUS GASES HASTEN CON- 
SUMPTION 216 

FROWY BUTTER AND LARD. 
Never eat bad foods 216 

THROAT DISEASES OFTEN INDUCE 
CONSUMPTION. 

How brought about 217 

INDIA RUBBER MANUFACTURE CAUSES 
CONSUMPTION. 

About wearing rubber 218 

ADULTERATED FLOUR—BAKERS' 
BREAD. 

How flour is used.. 218 

Articles in it 219 

How bakers' bread is made 219 

What girls should do 219 

Other adulterations, 219 

Tobacco — how handled 220 

" Fine-cut" from " old sogers" thrown in 

spittoons 220 

The mitten by tobacco 220 

POISONED CANDIES 220 

DRUGS AND MEDICINES. 

How adulterated 220 

Spurious drugs imported 221 

Difficulty of getting genuine 221 

Dare not send my patients to drug stores.. 221 

Deaths from adulterated drugs 221 

Deaths and sickness that might be avoided 221 
Loss by neglect 222 

ADULTERATED AND DISEASED MILK. 

What is put in milk 222 

Bad for children 222 

London Punch on 222 

Brains in milk from the knackers 222 

Good milk healthy 223 

Milk in Bible times 223 

Hartley on milk 223 

Cows fed on distillery slop 223 

Made sick by 224 

I :hildren killed by the milk 224 

How cows should be kept 224 

Should not be kept cooped up 224 

M6d and killed by 225 

How the cows die oft 225 

Diseased meats sold 225 

Milk torn a (1c;k1 cow sometimes eaten.. . 225 
Great Increase of deaths of children in 

the United Statei 226 

in Europe 226 

What is the cause 226 

Milk used in Mew York 226 

Death! of Children not divine dispensations 2-26 
Impious doctrines 226 

Law required 227 

riptiou of ;i cow stahlc in New York. 227 
Where the cows ^o that sicken and die. .. 227 

Another itable 223 

How they do things 228 

Milk paiU wiped out with dirty straw 22e 



Lying labels '■£& 

Different kinds of milk 229 

Don't buy the cheap 229 

GOOD TEAS ORDAINED OF GOD. 

How adulterated 229 

Done in the Celestial Empire 229 

Result of original sin 229 

Good tea is beneficial 230 

Nile water purified 230 

Moses at the waters of Marah 230 

Wisdom of God displayed 230 

Tea corrects the disordered stomach 230 

Correcting substance necessary 230 

Grumbling of the men folks 231 

Expenses of Common Council "Tea-room" 231 
Use pure articles 231 

IMPORTANCE OF GOOD WATER. 

Disease from want of. 232 

Necessity of water 232 

Difference between soft and hard 232 

Spring and well waters contain earthy 

matters 232 

Decrease of kidney and bladder diseases 

from introduction of the Croton 232 

Depositions in tea-kettles 233 

Water used in London 233 

Croton, Cochituate and Schuylkill 233 

Deaths from putrescent matters in water... 234 
Bad water makes bad milk in cows and 

women 234 

Water in ancient Rome 234 

LEAD POISONS. 

Sickness and death from 235 

Diseases caused by 235 

Poison from water pipes 236 

New Jersey zinc paint 236 

SEA VOYAGES AND SEA FOOD. 

Do not often save the invalid 237 

Consumption everywhere 237 

Always take your medicines when on a 
journey 237 

Swampy lands and marshes bad 23S 

NEVER NEGLECT A COLD. 

What neglect leads to 238 

Menstruation checked by putting the feet 

in water 238 

Exceedingly dangerous practice 233 

BLEEDING LUNGS EASILY CURED. 

Fallacy of common opinions 239 

Physicians expose their ignorance 239 

Gens. Jackson and Shields shot through 

the lungs 230 

Beware of the prostrating system 239 

Bleeding from grub in the lungs 240 

CATARRHAL CONSUMPTION. 

How caused 240 

Disease from catarrh 240 

RELIGION AIDS IN THE CURE OF 
CONSUMPTION. 

Cheerful state of the christian 241 

Tribulation of the sinner 241 

Sweetness of religion 241 

Efficacy of prayer 241 

The sick should pray 241 

LOSS OF MECHANICAL EQUILIBRIUM. 

Effects of. 242 

Man made upright 242 

Stooping, result of habit 243 

LOS! of equilibrium by tight clothing... . 243 
Effects of tight lacing «J42 



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Equilibrium lost by accidents 244 

By intentional violence 244 

How to recover equilibrium 244 

LIVE YOU MUST AND DIE YOU CANNOT. 
Obedience only necessary 245 

CONSUMPTION OF THE LIVER. 

Symptoms of 245 

From grub 245 

Mistaken for pulmonary consumption 245 

KIDNEY CONSUMPTION. 

Causes of 246 

Grub and kidney snake 246 

Effects of 246 

May be destroyed 246 

ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN. 

Diseases of 247 

Grub in 247 

SEXUAL LOVE HAPPINESS TO AND 
STIMULATOR OF MANKIND. 

The Bible on 247 

Woman, dear to man 247 

Happiness of the marriage day 247 

Delights of wedded life 248 

Holiness of connubial love 248 

Prostitution destroys 248 

Shall lust triumph 4 248 

Shortcomings of phy sicianf 248 

Punishments to parents 248 

Duty of in relation to harlotry 248 

WEDDED LOVE PREVENTS CON- 
SUMPTION. 

Puts the mind at ease 249 

Disappointment in love 249 

Its effects 249 

Sickness from, hard to cure 249 

Easiest done by transferring the love 249 

Beware of coquetry 249 

Happiness from early marriage 250 

Late marriages faulty 250 

How the young woman is handled 250 

Danger of losing her virtue 250 

Passion cannot be suppressed so long 250 

Insanity from disappointed love 250 

Consumption from 250 

DOMESTIC QUARRELS. 

Cause of sickness and death 251 

Induced by 251 

Insanity from 251 

Consumption from 251 

Unhappiness from marrying without love. 251 
Difference between marriage for love and 
without it 252 

RESTORATION OF SEXUAL LOVE. 

Power of sexual love 252 

A fountain of pure happiness 252 

Pure love to banish disease 252 

Shame upon physicians, lawyers and cler- 
gymen 252 

Woe is unto them 253 

Call upon the ladies 253 

LOVE HAS ITS MAGNET. 

Love is of God.. 253 

Power of the passion 253 

Its good effects 253 

SECTARIANISM A CAUSE OF CONSUMP- 
TION. 

Different beliefs in a family 254 

Often effects of 254 

True religion denned 254 



Sectarianism defined 254 

Should have a union church 254 

Insanity from religious anxioty 255 

THICK BOOTS AND SHOES. 

Benefits of 255 

Paper substitutes for 255 

Deaths from thin shoes 255 

Folly of fashionable ladies 255 

AIR-TIGHT STOVES. 

Bad effects of 25t 

Operation of, explained 256 

Consumptions from 256 

THE DEATH OF A RELATIVE OR 
FRIEND. 

Consumption from sorrow for 256 

Should not be indulged 256 

Submit to God 257 

Victims of sorrow 257 

Disappointment in love — its fatal effects... 257 

Insanity from 257 

CONSUMPTION, A CHILD OF FASHION. 

None among the Indians 257 

Child-births among the savages 258 

Reasons why easy 258 

Characteristics of the Indian — physically 258 

ASTHMA, A CURABLE DISEASE. 

Kinds and symptoms of. 259 

Induced by what 259 

Sufferings from 259 

Relapses in 260 

General descriptions about 260 

Effects of weather 261 

Change of locality 261 

Cure for 262 

Perseverance necessary 262 

KNIT SHIRTS HASTEN CONSUMPTION. 

Linen, cotton, woolen and silk 262 

Which should be worn, and when 263 

Let the skin have air 263 

Rub it often 263 

Objection to knit shirts 263 

Care needed about clothing 264 

BRONCHITIS. 

Description and symptoms 264 

Chronic and acute 265 

Persons most liable to 265 

Consumption from 265 

WOMB AND OVARIAN DISEASES. 

Falling of the bowels and womb 266 

Causes of 2o6 

Organs in abdomen 266 

Tight dress and corsets 267 

Their effect on the womb 267 

Different ways of the womb falling 267 

Pains caused by 267 

Miscarriage from falling womb../ 268 

Polypus of the womb .' 268 

Often mistaken for pregnancy 269 

Grubs in the ovaria 269 

Surgical operations dangerous 269 

Ulcerations of the womb 269 

Cancer of the womb 270 

Origin of 270 

Are they hereditary 270 

Appear at " change of life" 270 

Age when most 270 

Married women have more 270 

Inflammations of the womb 270 

Causes of 270 

Symptoms and effects 270 

Women should not be accused of " hypo'' 27* 



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The ovaria 270 

Tumors of the ovaria 270 

Enormous size of 272 

Render child-birth impossible 272 

Cancer of the ovaria 272 

Beware of surgical operations 272 

Drops/ of the ovaria 273 

Great enla rgement from 273 

Mistaken for pregnancy 273 

Cancer of the vagina, rectum, an I neck of 

the bladder 273 

FISTULA. 

Fistula in ano 273 

Cause of 273 

Progress 274 

Surgical operations make worse 274 

May be cured medically 274 

Ravages of fistula 274 

Consumption from 275 

Fistula in perinaeo 275 

Fistula lachrymalis 275 

HEART DISEASES. 

Enlargement and palpitation of the heart. 275 

Symptoms of 276 

Rheumatism in the heart 276 

Inflammation of the heart 276 

Softening of the heart 276 

Fatty degeneration of the heart , 276 

Tubercles and cancers 276 

Dropsy of the heart 276 

Polypi in the heart 276 

Ulcers of the heart 276 

Consumption of 277 

Humbug of empirical works on heart dis- 
eases 277 

Ossification of the heart 277 

FITS— CAN BE CURED. 

Cause of fits 277 

Often from worms 278 

Cause must be known and treated 278 

DYSPEPSIA. 

Symptoms and causes 279 

Exercise should be taken 279 

Sofa and parlor will not do 279 

Try the old spinning-wheel 279 

Dyspeptic students 280 

Effects of too close study ,. 280 

Students must exercise 280 

" Bolting" the food 280 

Dyspeptics and consumptives should exer- 
cise 280 

CHOLERA, CHOLERA MORBUS, CHOLERA 
INFANTUM, DYSENTERY AND DIAR. 
RHCEA. 

The Asiatic cholera 280 

Cause of, etc ! ! 281 

Cholera morbus *..*." 281 

Causes and manifestations * 281 

Cholera infantum [ m [ [ 281 

Causes and effects !!!!.*.".!!!!! 282 

Dysentery !..*."!!!!.".*!!!! 282 

Causes and operations !!.!!.'!!!.!!! 282 

Diarrhoea '.',," ! 283 

Causes, etc /[ '' 283 

Cure and prevention of these 'complaints'.'. 283 

OFFICES OF THE SKIN. 

Organ of feeling ^ 2 8 4 

Hvs j a ration through !......'.!.!!*.! 284 

The tklll its mum-ious pores [ ' [' 284 

Quantity of insensible perspiration! 285 

Danger of checking '" ' qq 5 

Olaeau communicated through the pores" 285 
Perspiration indicates health * 286 



DROPSY. 

What is it, and how caused 287 

Dropsy of the head 287 

Dropsy of the abdomen 287 

Mistaken for pregnancy in unmarried fe- 
males 287 

Never deceive your physician 287 

Dropsy of the chest 287 

Dropsy of the ovaria 287 

Dropsy of the womb 287 

Cellular dropsy, or dropsy all over 288 

Cautions on tapping 289 

Medical treatment only can cure 288 

JAUNDICE AND LIVER COMPLAINT. 

Jaundice — its manifestations 283 

Diseases of the liver 289 

INHALATION FOR PULMONARY CON 
SUMPTION AND THROAT DISEASES. 

Evils of fumigation 289 

Inhalation through vapor of water 289 

In catarrh and influenza . ^. . 290 

In chronic bronchitis. 290 

In spasmodic asthma 290 

In pulmonary consumption 290 

Preparation for inhalation 291 

THE STREET DUST. 

Its different ingredients 291 

Effects tc*produce disease 291 

People killed by 291 

Should be abated 292 

How to clean the streets 292 

Both health and money might be saved.. . 292 
Millions of money lost by neglect of sani- 
tation 293 

What the dust does 293 

Speculators fat.... 293 

SUPPRESSION OF INTEMPERANCE. 

Effects of intemperance 294 

Drunkenness hereditary 294 

A cerebral disease 294 

Can be cured by medical treatment 294 

Duty of parents 294 

Should there be legislation upon 295 

EFFECTS OF WEALTH UPON DISEASE. 

Wealth decreases disease 295 

Every man should have it 295 

What God intended 295 

Man has thwarted divine intention 295 

Poverty produces murders, suicides, sick- 
ness, premature deaths 295 

Fallacy of the common doctrine 296 

Practice and precept at variance. 296 

Rich people live longer than poor 296 

The fact proved 296 

Cholera report of Boston on 296 

Report of Mass. Medical Society estab- 
lishes the fact 296 

The figures given 297 

The fact shown in Paris 297 

In the country towns of Massachusetts... 297 

Remarks of Combe about 297 

Twelve years difference between rich and 

poor 297 

What is shown in London 297 

City Inspector of New York on 298 

Wealth and health inseparable 298 

Eflects of wealth on health in old Rome... 298 

State of health after the fall of Rome 298 

Remarks of Dr. Samuel II. Dickinson on 

poverty and its effects 299 

Prostitution from poverty 299 

Characteristics of a people wealthy, and a 

people poor 300 

Money the steam engine to man 301 

Contrast the poor and rich 3d* 



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Plenty of work and good pay 301 

Povert y a curse 301 

Duty of governments 302 

Legislators should be treated as tape 

worms and fungus tumors 302 

Some general remarks 302 

What a man should have 302 

Money only can procure this 302 

What could we do without 303 

A false philosophy — the spawn of the devil 303 

its horrid results 304 

Wealth the abundance of God 304 

Poverty the net of the devil 304 

MATURITY AND DECAY. 

Age of maturity — weight of 304 

When we begin to go downhill 304 

Death appointed unto alL 305 

Combe on death 305 

Be prepared for death 305 

INCREASE OF THE POPULATION. 

Malthusian doctrines 306 

No danger of filling the world 306 

What is the ratio of increase 307 

Capacity of the earth to support man 307 

Nonsense of modern doctrines 307 

DEGENERATION. 

Its causes 307 

General remarks upon the subject 308 

OLD AND YOUNG SLEEPING TOGETHER. 

Reprehensible practice 309 

Young diseased and killed by it 309 

Philosophy of it explained . . . 309 

Wet nurses fOr old men 309 

Females hired to associate with superan- 
nuated men 310 

ART OF EMBALMING— BURIAL 
GROUNDS. 

Embalming in old times 310 

Process with the Egyptians 310 

Embalming in England 311 

A modern process 312 

Not lasting 312 

Burial grounds , 312 

Monuments and tombs in 312 

Diseases from 312 

The " Potter's Field" 313 

Beware of it ? 313 

Location of burying grounds 313 

Disease from burying yards in London.. . . 313 
Cemeteries in the United States 314 

PROSTITUTION— SUPPRESSION OF MAG- 
DALENISM. 

Its importance 314 

Courtesans in London, Paris and N. York. 314 

One to every six men 315 

Number in the United States 315 

Glory in their shame , 315 

Results of prostitution 315 

Destroys connubial love 315 

Pollutes the first home of the being 315 

Deprives virtuous women of husbands.... 315 

Prevents marriage 315 

Induces masturbation ^ 315 

Leads virtuous women into harlotry 315 

Robs the world of loveliness 315 

Makes men hate all women 316 

Makes women hate all men 316 

Opens the door for all sorts of crimes 316 

Sows the seeds of disease 316 

The hideous serpent protrudes 316 

Flowery paths filled with thorns 316 

Harlot painted without, but full of corrup- 
tion within 316 

Uoholy lust for pure lov* 316 



Effects of unlicensed commerce on child- 
bearing 316 

Makes women barren 316 

One thousand courtesans have but six chil- 
dren a year 317 

Extinction of the race by harlotry 317 

Effects of syphilis 317 

Leads the young man to ruin 317 

Makes him a thief 317 

Solomon on the harlot 317 

His advice 317 

Causes of Magdalenism 318 

Caused by protracted celibacy 318 

Illicit crime from celibacy 318 

Language of a Baptist minister 318 

Solitary vice among Shakers and Roman 

priests 318 

Prostitution from poverty 313 

Government more to blame than the harlot 318 

Duty of legislators 319 

Prostitution from seduction 319 

How virtue is overcome 319 

Sorrow of relatives and friends 320 

Effects of a seduction 320 

Prostitution from desire of the woman 320 

Should not gaze upon the serpent 320 

Beware of edged tools 320 

Not suffer passion to be wrought upon. . . . 320 

Don't play with burning brand 320 

Power of choice with woman 321 

Can tantalize man 321 

Her artful ways 321 

Other causes of prostitution 321 

Duty of parents and guardians 321 

Every man and woman who cohabit should 

be considered man and wife 321 

Paul teaches this 321 

Marriage in the sight of heaven 322 

Woman impressed by first man 322 

Illustration given 322 

Strong argument for early marriage 322 

Unmarried man and harlot having inter- 
course should be man and wife 322 

Better to marry than to burn 322 

What God has intended 322 

The "necessary evil" considered 323 

Most fallacious doctrine 323 

Based on late marriages 323 

" Lawless libertinism" 323 

Arises from harlotry 323 

Language of Rev. Dr. Wardlaw 323 

Who are to be the " safety valves" 323 

Whose daughters are to be decimated 323 

Harlotry will not save wives and daughters 324 

Will destroy them 324 

Prostitution should be put under law 324 

Courtesans subjected to medioal examina- 
tion 324 

Disease ought to be prevented 324 

GOOD NURSES— CHEERFUL COMPANY. 

Often absolutely necessary 325 

Differences made by 325 

Often better than the doctor 325 

Kind treatment in female diseases 825 

Remarks of Dr. Hollick 325 

Sanitary report of Massachusetts on ne- 
cessity of good nurses 326 

HOW TO GAIN THE AFFECTIONS OF THE 
OPPOSITE SEX, 

Play upon the strongest j>assion 326 

What love arises from 327 

Remarks of O. S. Fowler 327 

When to use " soft soap" 327 

When to be moral 327 

To be benevolent 327 

To present intellect 327 

To be pious and devout 327 

How to treat timid damsel 328 

To display refinement 328 

Wbe« to be sentimental 328 



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To be affectionate and tender 328 

Charms to excite love 328 

Remarkable herbs of the Oneida Indians.. 328 
Fossessed by the author 328 

PROCREATION OF THE SEXES AT WILL. 

Old notions exploded 329 

How sex is determined 329 

Dr. Hollick's remarks on 329 

Influence of age 329 

Of vigor 329 

Effects of polygamy 330 

When conceptions should take place 330 

Med ical treatment often necessary 330 

Results of experiments 330 

ADVICE TO PREGNANT LADIES. 

Responsibility of 331 

A mother from the moment of conception. 331 

Impressions on the foetus 331 

How they may be produced 331 

Disease to child from bad blood. 331 

Blood affected by the mind 331 

Three generations nourished by the same 

blood 332 

Interesting condition 332 

Diseases of womb from mental emotions 332 

Baneful effects to the child 332 

How the pregnant should conduct 332 

Remarks of Dr. Caldwell on 332 

Advice of Combe 332 

Duty of woman to bear children 333 

Made so by God 333 

Language of Scripture given 333 

Rejoicing at birth of a child 333 

FOOD FOR PREGNANT AND NURSING 
MOTHERS. 

Childbirth rendered easy by certain foods. 333 

Subject explained 333 

Proved by facts 334 

Illustrations given 334 

Table of foods given, with the calcareous 

matter of each 335 

Ladies can select from 335 

Food during nursing 335 

Nonsense about 335 

Nursing mother needs good, rich food.... 336 

Necessity of this 336 

Consult her appetite 336 

Do as at other Cimes 336 

Keep the clothing comfortable 336 

M ind easy 336 

Not nurse too often 336 

Bad for the child 336 

Milk affected by the mind 337 

Child may be killed by 337 

Instance of 337 

DEVELOPMENT OF THE FCETUS. 

Its first appearance 337 

Appearance at twenty days 337 

The first month 337 

Second month— with weight 339 

Third month 339 

Fou rth month 339 

Fifth month 339 

Sixth month 339 

Seventh month 339 

Eighth month 339 

Ninth month — time of birth 339 

Twins, triplets, or more 340 

Their general weight— the extremes of 

weight 340 

Remarkable ceiei 340 

Usual weight of child 341 

PERIOD OF GESTATION. 

General average 341 

Difference in time '**'*" 341 



No fixed period , 

Laws on legitimacy 

Some born at 168 days 

Some at over 300 days 

Unj ust remarks of ignorant people . 



349 
343 
342 
343 
343 



PREVENTION OF PREGNANCY. 

Theories about 342 

Expediency of. 342 

Philosophy of impregnation 342 

Prevailing opinion 343 

Veiled in some obscurity 343 

Fallacious theory of prevention 343 

Cannot be trusted 343 

Conception can take place at any time.. . 343 

Don't trust to theories 343 

Only security the Male Prevention Safe, 
or Powder 343 

IMPRESSION ON THE UNBORN CHILD. 

The fact undeniable 344 

Theories to account for 344 

Should think of this when marrying 344 

Idiocy from foetal impression 344 

Deaf and dumb births 344 

Effects on animals 345 

Laban and the peeled rods 345 

Effects on the foetus from connection with 

a second person 345 

Case of 345 

Influence on future children 345 

Argument for early marriage 345 

Instances given by Dr. Hollick 346 

Remarks of Di. Harvey upon 346 

Purity of blood lost by connection 346 

Consi derations suggested 346 

Experiments on animals 347 

Instances of palpable eflects in the human 

being 347 

Diseases communicated to the children of 

the second husband 348 

About marrying widows 348 

Consult this in marriage 348 

Child marked by the woman kneeling.... 348 

Marked by ear-rings 348 

Hatred of the father from mental emotion 

of the mother 349 

Marked by a cancer 349 

Maimed paupers should be kept out of the 

streets 349 

Child with disposition of a tiger 349 

Marked from killing a calf. 350 

From killing a cat 350 

From spilling wine 350 

From playing with a heifer 350 

From hearing of outrage on husband 350 

From husband's hat knocked off 351 

Marked by a cranberry 351 

By a dead owl 351 

Numerous other marks 351 

Duty of the pregnant mother 351 

Children not always marked when ex- 
pected 351 

By sudden and forcible impressions 352 

From seeing idiots 355 

Where idiots should be placed 352 

THE SERPENT AND ADAM CAUSED THE 
FALL ; THROUGH WOMAN CAME THE 
REDEMPTION. 

General impression wrong 352 

Woman not guilty " . 352 

Acted from benevolent feeling 353 

Not in a spirit of disobedience 353 

Command was to Adam " 353 

Adam disobeyed without being deceived! 353 

Woman was deceived 353 

Language of the Bible 353 

Redemption through innocent woman*.'.*.' 353 

Sinful man not the vessel of honor 353 

Man not a parent of Christ 353 

Woman found favor with God 863 



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\* hat tke Bible says 353 

Christ born o f innocent woman 354 

The language of Paul 355 

Christ had respect for woman.... * 356 

Credit due to woman 356 

She should be educated in a consciousness 

of innocence 356 

Her usefulness impaired 357 

Is unj ustly accused 357 

Appeal to woman 357 

Be no more weighed down 357 

Witty reply of a lady to a clergyman 357 

If woman is so wicked, why do men seek 

after her ? 357 

Woman in the churches 357 

WOMAN THE GLORY OF MAN. 

What says the Bible? 358 

Paul, Solomon, and God upon 358 

Intention of God in making man and wo- 
man 358 

Magnets for each other 358 

How woman has been used 358 

Her present condition 358 

What she is to man . . . . ; 358 

A fountain of love 358 

What man does for her 358 

Honor done to her 358 

The boast of the woman 359 

What she does 359 

What man performs to earn her love. . . . 359 

Man an icy mountain without 359 

Influence of woman on the destiny of na- 
tions 359 

She rules everywhere 359 

Contrast the East with the West 359 

Man in a state of polygamy 360 

Miserable condition 360 

Happiness only in marriage 360 

Necessity to preserve the health of woman 360 

WOMAN'S LOVE NEVER CHANGES. 

Continues after death 361 

The pride of a nation 361 

Her virtue destroyed, and downfall follows 361 
Watch over her 361 

INVALIDS IN OFFICE. 

Should they be allowed 361 

Sick man not fit for judge or legislator. . . . 361 
Benefits to be derived from excluding in- 
valids 362 

Would make men seek health 362 

Whole race would be improved 362 

STUDY THE BIBLE— THE GREAT LAW 
BOOK. 

A guide in all things 362 

Health and happiness from obedience 362 

Disease from disobedience 362 

Greatest and best men have obeyed it 363 

STATE WORKHOUSES FOR THE POOR. 

Should be industrial homes 363 

Inmates should be paid for what they earn 363 

Injustice of present rules 364 

Every man should have labor 364 

Streets infested with beggars 364 

Shame and disgrace 364 

What should be done with them 364 

Encourage the unfortunate 364 

FEMALE INDUSTRIAL HOME. 

Great necessity for 365 

Poor females should be employed by the 

state and paid 365 

Encouraged to lay up money 365 

REFORM SCHOOLS. 
Don't send boys to prison 365 



Effects of 36f 

Reform schools in different states 366 

Results of— encouraging 366 

Reclaimed from sin 366 

Unfortunate boys made respectable 366 

Misery and crime prevented 366 

Made worse by going to prison 367 

Ruined forever 367 

Objection about the cost 367 

One dollar for reform saves a hundred .... 367 



367 
363 
366 



368 



MAGDALEN ASYLUMS. 

Lock Hospitals 

Benefits of 

Woman reclaimed through 

Remarks of Rev. Dr. Wardlaw 

Asylums in London 

Difficulty of fallen woman returning to so- 
ciety 1 

Should be aided 

What said Christ 369 

FOUNDLING HOSPITALS. 

Child murders 369 

Law does not prevent . . . . , 369 

Deserted woman will try to save her repu- 
tation 369 

More sinned against than sinning 369 

Illegitimate children 369 

Betrayed woman 369 

Cast off by the seducer 369 

Made insane by 370 

Child murder flourishes 370 

Should save the mother from second crime 370 

Foundling hospitals for this 370 

Reputation of the woman saved 370 

Kept from prostitution 370 

How woman is seduced 370 

The lengthy siege 37C 

Deserted by relatives 370 

Prostitution her only resort 370 

All this may be prevented 370 

Private lying-in hospitals 371 

Would save character of many 371 

What the rich do in case of accident 371 

Should not poor be saved also 37 . 

"WIFE, THIS BOY IS FIT ONLY FOR A 
DOCTOR !" 

Remark often made 371 

Blunder heads and ignoramuses 371 

What doctors are made of 371 

Doggedly ignorant 371 

Proved by themselves 372 

Glory in thei r imbecility 372 

" Sheep-skins" passports for slaughter 372 

Can't get a living any other way 372 

Bribed through college 372 

Don't know enough to go in at a barn door 372 

Mass led by a ring in the nose 372 

Mere ciphers 373 

Crept in at the port holes 373 

Not self-made men 373 

Do not battle with disease 373 

The author has headed the enemy of man 373 
The honor he desires 373 

CURE OF CONSUMPTION. 

Bungling mechanics 374 

Bungling doctors 374 

Why one physician does what no other can 374 
Reasons of author's success 374 

THE SEVENTH SON. 

Seven remarkable number 375 

Among the Jews 375 

In the Bible 37fl 

In the heathen world 37G 

Displayed in the seventh son 379 

David seventh son * 376 



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Seventh son a natural born physician. . . . 376 

Author a seventh son 376 

Born with two veils over his face. ..... 377 

Peculiar insight 377 

Men differently gifted 377 

The natural talent 377 

Second rate without 377 

Can't make marble of granite 377 

Why we have bunglers 377 

Apostle Paul on natural gifts 377 

Spirit giveth " gifts of healing" 377 

Called by Nature to be a physician 378 

QUESTIONS TO INVALIDS, 

For the benefit of persons at a distance, 
who wish to be prescribed for by letter 379 

CI! ARSE FOR MEDICINES, ADVICE, AND 
EXAMINATION, 

Including the various cases that present 

themselves 381 

Remarks to patients 381 

Can be doctored by letter 381 

DOCTOR, WILL YOU WARRANT A CURE ? 

The question often asked 383 

The author's answer 383 

Reasons for 383 

Invalids do not mind their physician 383 

Should have full confidence 383 

Never take medicines doubtingly 384 

Had lonly known of or seen Dr. Root.... .... 384 

Result of neglect 384 

Where the invalid may find aid 384 

THE LUNG BAROMETER. 

Consumption cannot be treated without . 385 

Walking in light or in darkness 385 

Lungs can be tested only with the Bar- 
ometer 385 

Expansion and inflation of lungs 385 

Among the Greeks 385 

In Europe 386 

Introduced into the U. S 386 

Beneficial effects of 386 

Inhaling tubes humbugs 386 

How to get extra inflation 386 

Dangerous without guide 386 

Guide in the Barometer 386 

Worthless imitations of 387 

SUSPENDER AND SHOULDER BRACE. 

Its great importance 387 

India rubber suspenders and straps 387 

Consumption from 388 

A perfect article offered 388 

Its effects on the ladies 389 

European ladies 389 

Inattention to good figures 389 

Beauty lost by 389 

Death caused 389 

FRENCH MALE SAFE, AND FRENCH 
MALE PREVENTION POWDER, FOR 
THE PREVENTION OF CONCEPTION. 

Invaluable in the maintenance of health.. 390 

When should be used 390 

Remarks of 1'lutarch, Burton, Combe, and 

Ksquirol 390 

Disease and dcatn without the Safe 390 

Children killed without 390 

Use in all cases of malformation 391 

Prevention a religious duty 391 

hfefflect of physicians 301 

Guilty of sin 391 

( onsumpdon prevented by Safe 391 

Dr. Ilollirk on conception and prevention 391 
Death following conception 391 

( mtom to produce abortion 392 



Always dangerous 392 

Ladies killed 392 

Always at risk of life 392 

Reliable means of prevention 392 

People will cohabit 392 

Prevention by Onanism 392 

Evils from 392 

The use of injections 392 

Use of a sponge 392 

Objections to 392 

Compressing male organ 392 

Disease from this practice 393 

Avoiding pleasurable feeling 393 

Its futility 393 

Safe and Powder always reliable 393 

How they can be had .... 393 



VEGETABLE BLOOD REMEDIES. 

Dr. Root's Blood Renovator 394 

Anti-Bilious Pills. 395 

Heart Regulator 396 

Lung Corrector ... 397 

German Ointment 398 

Catarrh Snuff 399 

Cancer Eradicator 400 

Female Wash 401 

Water Regulator < 401 

Hair Producer 402 

Eye Water 403 

Ear Lotion .., 404 

Worm Killer 405 

Dysentery Specific 406 

Root's Nervine 407 

Elixir of Life 408 

ADDRESS TO THE SICK 403 

DR. ROOT'S LECTURES 411 

TESTIMONIALS OF THE SKILL AND SUC 
CESS OF DR. H. K. ROOT. 

Cure of consumption in its last stage 412 

Enlargement of and grub in the spleen... 413 

Dreadful case of cancer cured 413 

Spinal curvature cured 414 

Cures of consumptive asthma, &c 414 

Fever sore cured 415 

Another case of consumption 415 

Cure of epileptic fits and consumption. . . . 416 

Case of neuralgia cured 416 

Scrofula cured 417 

Case of catarrhal affection 417 

Another consumptive raised 417 

Dropsy, jaundice, and contraction of leg. . 417 

Remarkable cure of a bachelor 418 

Remarkable insight 418 

Cure of short breath 419 

Cure of obstruction in the air tubes of the 

lungs 419 

A cure of tuberculous lungs 419 

Bleeding lungs cured 420 

Inward humors, stiffness of joints, numb- 
ness, general debility, &c. cured 420 

Scrofulous swelled neck 420 

Enormous bronchial goitre cured 421 

Case of suppressed menstruation 421 

A common case — life of a lady saved., 422 

Heart disease, dropsy, dyspepsia, &c. cured 422 

Cure of asthma, pain in the head, &c 423 

Another cure of a deep consumption 423 

Desperate case of rheumatism 424 

Case of sixteen years' standing cured 424 

Case of scrofula all over 424 

Saved from death 425 

Case of grub in the liver 425 

Vaginal polypus cured 426 

Case of d ried-up lung 426 

Loss of smell restored 427 

Cure of asthma 427 

Cure of asthmatic affection 427 



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tfure of salt rheam . 42S 

Case of involuntary emissions 428 

An ovarian tumor cured 429 

Jase of paralysis cured 429 

A. cure for consumption 430 

Case of falling of the womb 430 

Cure of erysipelas 430 

Testimonials of two ladies 430 

Recommendation from a physician 431 

Another case of consumption 431 

Another lady's testimony 431 

White swellings — ulceration and exfolia- 
tion healed 432 

Cancerous ulcers of the womb cured 432 

Extraordinary cure of bleeding lungs.... 433 

Extraordinary cure of cancer 433 

Bleeding lungs and grub 433 

Milk-leg cured 434 

Case of tumor cured 434 

Another case of tumor 435 

Diseased kidney and grub 435 

Inflammation of the tonsils 435 

The wise man „ 436 

Scald head cured 436 

A dream fulfilled 436 

Female complaints 437 

A truly extraordinary cure 437 

Dyspepsia and cholera 438 

CERTIFICATES OF CURES BY CIRCULA- 
TING MEDICINES. 

Dropsy and dyspepsia 439 

Cure of heart disease 439 

Female complaints 439 

Coughs and colds 440 

Removal of pain and inflammation 440 

Remarkable cure of pleurisy 440 

Fits, falling of the womb, and gravel 441 

Saved by the lung corrector and inhaling 

fluid 441 

Another lady saved 441 

Palpitation of the heart 442 

A cure for quinsy and croup 442 

Saved from cholera and worms 442 

Epileptic fits and palpitation of the heart.. 443 

Wonderful good for fresh wounds 443 

Case of catarrh cured 443 

Inflammation in the eyes 444 

Another great cure of dyspepsia 444 

Blindness cured 444 

Falling of the womb cured 445 

A mother's life saved 445 

Effects of the shoulder brace 446 

Lame side and stomach 446 

Dreadful hip complaint 446 



Cure of a scrofulous cancer 446 

Remarkable cure of inflammation a»d 

black vomit 447 

Cure of general debility 447 

Hair restored . . . 447 

Unequaled for Piles 448 

Deafness and discharge from the ear cured 448 

Cure in a case of worms 448 

Well attested in a case of poison 449 

Cure of chronic rheumatism 449 

Case of ulcerated throat 449 

Spinal affection 149 

Erysipelas and sore eyes 450 

The shoulder brace— from a lady 450 

Another testimony in favor of the brace.. 450 

Remarkable cure of cancer 450 

Another spinal affection 451 

Effects of Root's Nervine 451 

The Lung Corrector and Blood Renovator 

in England 452 

Tuberculous and ulcerated sore throat.. . 452 

Saved from consumption 452 

Physicians recommended to prescribe the 

German Ointment 453 

Remarkable cure of diseased lungs 453 

Cure of fever and ague 453 

Another fever and ague case 453 

Another cure of scrofula 454 

For chilblains or frost-burns 454 

Bronchitis and cough cured 454 

Dreadful case of fits 454 

Severe case of scald head cured 455 

Cancer of the tongue and mouth 455 

Further testimony in favor of the German 

Ointment 455 

Remarkable cure of consumption 456 

Cure of disease contracted in California.. 456 

Genteel whiskers raised 457 

Heart disease cured in a short time 457 

Cure of chronic rheumatism 458 

Another dyspeptic made happy 458 

Child saved from worms 453 

Another case of bronchial affection 459 

More fever and ague 459 

Cure of watery scurvy 459 

Scrofula banished 460 

Another bad cough stopped 460 

Case of tic doloreux 460 

Rejoicing where before was sorrow 461 

NOTICES OF THE PRESS 46* 

RULES OF LIFE 4* 

DR. ROOT'S PERPETUAL ALMANAC. V 




PERFECT MALE AND FEMALE FIOl/RES 

Dr. Mojir t 



THE 



MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE 



•• As health is the mos precious of all things, and ft the foundation of all happiness, the 
science of protecting life and health is the noblest of all, and most worthy the attention of all 
mankind."— Hoffman. 

ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE CHEMISTRY. 

All bodies endowed with life, and with a power of spontaneous motion neces- 
sary to support life, are called animals. Animals are thus distinguished in general 
from vegetables. But a more correct and scientific definition is the following : — An 
animal is an organized body, sensible, capable of voluntary motion, provided with a 
central organ of digestion. They are all capable of reproducing their like ; somo 
by the union of the two sexes, produce small living creatures, and are called vivipa- 
rous / others lay eggs, which require a due temperature to produce young, styled 
oviparous ; some multiply without the conjunction of the sexes, hermaphrodites ; 
and others are reproduced when cut in pieces, like the roots of plants, animal 
plants. 

After man, all other animals have been divided into a few general classes in tho 
following manner ; the study of which teaches the master works of a God of wis- 
dom, benevolence, and mechanical ingenuity, who has perfected with the most 
wonderful arrangement all the necessary physical organs suited to the whole ani- 
mal creation, each organ working in the most perfect manner, and with the most 
delightful harmony. 

Some species of the animal creation have heads, others have none, (as worms 
and insects,) some with nostrils, others having none, (as worms and insects,) some 
with ears, and others without, (as insects and worms,) some having two ventricles 
in the heart, (as man and quadrupeds,) while others have only one ventricle, (as 
birds, oviparous quadrupeds, serpents, and fish,) and worms and insects have hearts 
variously formed. Some of the animal species have hot blood, (as man, birds and 
quadruped animals,) others with blood nearly cold, (as oviparous quadrupeds, ser- 
pents and fish,) others with a whitish transparent fluid or blood, (as insects and 
worms.) Some species of animals have lungs, and inspire and expire air frequently, 
(as man, birds, and quadrupeds,) others inspire and expire air at long intervals, with 
lungs, (as birds, oviparous quadrupeds, serpents, and fish,) others admit air by gills, 
(as fish,) others air by spiracula, (as insects,) while others have no apparent entrance 
or aperture to admit air, (as worms.) Some of the animal species have teats, afford- 
ing milk for their young, (as the females of man, and Hie quadruped animals,) others 
1 



2 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

have no teats, or milk for their young, (as birds, oviparous quadrupeds, serpents, in- 
sects, and worms.) Some of the animal species have four feet, with hair, others 
with four feet without hair, (as oviparous quadrupeds,) others with fins and no hair, 
Jas cetaceous animals,) others scaly without feet or fins, (as serpents,) others scaly 
with fins, (as fishes,) others with feathers and two feet, (as birds,) others with hands 
and feet, (as man,) others having neither feet, * ands, backbone nor scales, (as worms,) 
others having antennae or prominent organs attached to the head, like feelers, (as 
insects.) Some species of animals have two nervous systems, (as th.8 mammalia, 
animals, birds, reptiles, and fish,) others have a nervous system surrounding tho 
ossified shell or bone, being sympathetic, (as shell-fish, insects, worms, molluscs) 
animals, having soft bodies without a skeleton,) others have a knotty spinal marrow 
with articulated joints, (as insects,) others have a knotty spinal marrow without ar- 
ticulated limbs, (as worms,) others without any blood vessels, veins, arteries, heart, 
or brain, (as insects.) 

The component parts of all animal substances are found in the blood of animals, 
differing according to the kind of flesh, which are known to chemists under a few 
heads, viz. : — Nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen. In addition to these it 
sometimes contains sulphur, phosphorus, iron, and small particles of saline matter. 

The principal vegetable substances which have claimed attention, both for food 
and medicines, are embraced under a few general heads known to chemists, and 
most of them are of great importance, and of frequent use in various and multi- 
plied forms. They are sap, mucilage, gums, oils, resins, gum resins, caoutchouc, bal- 
sams, starch, gluten, sugar, albumen, acids, tannin, alkalies, wax, honey, and aroma. 

All vegetable substances are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. The 
distinguishing feature of animal from vegetable substance, is the large quantity of 
nitrogen which goes to make up its composition, and which tends strongly to aid in 
its putrefaction and decomposition, and to throw off offensive smells while it is un- 
dergoing the progress of decay. 

Truly is God the master mechanic, perfect in all his works, for no other being 
could create the various animals, beautiful and complicated, forming each and all in 
fall perfection. The most radical of infidels, in viewing the wondrous works of 
God, declare that had we no Creator to father the works we behold, there should 
one bo manufactured. But who of men would dare to assume a responsibility in- 
volving the interests of all things in heaven and earth, even were it possible? Or 
who would take upon himself to pull down these wondrous works of the Creator of 
all, that he might build them anew? Should not even the most learned and able 
of mortals (who, when compared with God, is as nothing) hesitate at the thoughl 
of pulling down a creation of the Deity, in order to rear it up again ? Ought he 
not to labor to the end of preserving, in the form and condition of its creation, ever} 1 
part and portion of a work of God with which he has to deal? 

To man has not been deputed the power to create life ; but by exercise of tho 
faculties implanted within him, ho may comprehend the formation of created beings, 
and by observation and experience learn to so use the means placed within his 
grasp as to assist nature in preserving, in their full strength and beauty, all the 
various parts and organs of the wonderful living machine called Man. But it is noi 
for him in his arroganeo to proceed in his endeavors ignorantly, nor to go contrary 
(as by far too many do) to tho infallible teachings of reason and the revelations 
from tho Creator Limself 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 3 

ON THE BLOOD. 
M For the life of all flesh is the blood thereof."— Levit. xtii. 14. 

Physiology, chemistrv, Bible truth, and human reason combine together to 
teach us that the blood, assisted by air, food, light, warmth, and exercise, is the 
source and fountain of animal and human life. We know the effects of air in the 
purification and circulation of blood in the lungs ; and we know that the effects of 
light upon the body are as pleasant as to the eye, and as healthful ; and also that 
without exercise and warmth life could not be sustained. "We know, too, that tho 
food, after being taken into the stomach, is subjected to a process of digestion, 
which converts the nourishing parts of it into a milky fluid called chyle ; and this 
chyle is the basis of the black or venous blood. We know, also, that in the blood 
originate all the humors of the body. The gastric and pancreatic juices ; the milk ; 
the sebacic acid; the bile; the urine; the prussic, zoonic, formic and bombic 
acids; the hard parts of animals; the humors of the eye; cartilages; brain; 
synovia ; tears ; mucus of the nose ; cerumen of the ears ; saliva ; pus ; semen ; 
sweat ; liquor amnii ; eggs ; hairs ; feathers, silk, and all the secretions, spring from 
this common fountain. 

After coursing through the veins in a dark and heavy stream, the blood passes 
into the lungs; and in this wonderful laboratory its character is changed. Its 
color, under the influence of the oxygen or vital air, communicated by the air 
vessels of the lungs, becomes a bright red ; and being now fitted to feed, nourish 
and sustain the various parts and organs of the body, is transmitted through the 
channels running through the heart to every extremity of the system. 

There is not a fibre of the body of which blood is not a component and highly 
important part ; and it follows of certainty, that upon the state of this material the 
diseased or healthy condition of every organ is greatly dependent. " A corrupt 
tree," saith the inspired volume, "bringeth not forth good fruit;" nor can corrupt 
blood impart health, beauty, good flesh or good spirits. 

Says Combe: — '"The quantity and quality of the blood have a most direct and 
material influence upon the condition of every part of the body. If the quantity 
sent to the arm, for example, be diminished by tying the artery through which it 
is conveyed, the arm, being then imperfectly nourished, wastes away, and does not 
regain its plumpness till the full supply of blood be restored. In like manner, 
when the quality of that fluid is impaired by deficiency of food, bad digestion, im- 
pure air, or imperfect sanguification in the lungs, the body and all its functions be- 
come more or less disordered." 

The theory of the author then is, That " the blood is the life ;" that by a diseased 
and poisonous condition of this fluid (contracted from contagious disease or vege- 
table decomposition) the seeds of fever, pain and death are conveyed to all parts of 
the system; that no medicine which does not renovate, purify and enrich the 
blood can expel disease ; and, finally, that this desirable object can always be at- 
tained by the use of the proper vegetable remedies given by the hand of tho 
Creator, when correctly prepared and understandingly administered. 

In view of these simple facts, and with a certainty of being able by the use of 
the proper means to cleanse the stream of polluted blood, the author offers htf? 



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system of practice and his medicines to the public with a confidence in and cer- 
tainty of their efficacy and power in the cure of the varied diseases to which 
" flesh is heir." His practice is based upon the truths of inspiration, the laws Oi 
nature, and the knowledge of chemistry ; and his medicines are scientifically com- 
pounded from purely vegetable substances, received from manifold sources, and 
from every part of the habitable world. The productions of Nature from which 
they are prepared, have stood the assaults of the medical faculty from the first in- 
troduction and use of mineral poisons down to the present day. They were given, 
in the wisdom of the Creator of all, as we may see recorded upon the pages Oj 
Holy Writ, for the health and welfare of mankind, and it is only for us to make 
skillful and proper use of their virtues and powers that the designs of God in their 
first production should be fully realized. These medicines are composed of widely 
different vegetable ingredients, suited to the various diseases they are designed to 
cure : for nature furnishes no cure-all applicable to every malady. They are, how- 
ever, all designed to subdue disease at its fountain-head — the blood — and thus ac- 
complish a radical cure. Notwithstanding, for one medicine, — the Blood Renova- 
tor, put up by me, whether used separately or in conjunction with other remedies, 
produces the most wonderful effects upon the health of the invalid. 



REVELATION ON THE BLOOD 

Revelation first announced to man that the life-giving principle of the flesh is 
in the blood, in the rebuke of God to Cain for the murder of his brother Abel : — 
" And the Lord said unto Cain, What hast thou done ? The voice of thy brother's 
blood crieth unto me from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy 
brother's blood from thy hand." Here the death of Abel is ascribed to the shedding 
of his biood ; but if the life-giving principle had not been in the blood, its shedding 
could not have caused the destruction of his life. 

But this truth does not rest on mere inferential authority ; for we have the most 
unequivocal and explicit declarations of Scripture that " the life of the flesh is in 
the blood" and "is the blood." God, by the mouth of Moses, thus spoke to th? 
children of Israel : — " For the life of the flesh is the blood : it is the life of all 
flesh : the blood is for the life thereof : therefore I said unto the children of Israel, 
Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh ; for the life of all flesh is the blood 
thereof" It has been recognized, both by sacred and profane writers, not only as 
the life of all flesh, but as typical of spiritual cleansing and healing. Hence, both 
Pagans and Jews shed the blood of animals to propitiate the favor of their deities. 
The God of Israel directed the shedding of blood in sacrifice ; accordingly, for 
thousands of years, the blood of victims slain streamed from Jewish altars. Christ 
is regarded as the great antetype of the Jewish sacrifices, and as having, by the 
shedding of his own blood, obtained eternal redemption for mankind. — Heb. ix. 12. 

The following, from among a multitude, are a few of the Scriptural declarations 
in proof of my theory that the blood contains the life-giving power, and the con- 
stituent elements of life in every part and parcel of man and animal, which decla- 
rations are supported by chemistry, and by reason derived from observation and 
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"Far the blood is the life."— Deut. xii. 23. 

"For the life of the flesh is in the blood." — Levit. xvii. 11. 

"For the life of all flesh is the blood thereof." — Levit. xvii. 14. 

" He shall pour out their blood, for it is the life of all flesh." — Levit. xvii. 13, 14. 

If the above passages of Holy Writ be true, then I have proved that blood is, as 
it were, the maker of the body ; and the theory that it is the life of all flesh is es- 
tablished upon a basis from which it can never be shaken. And if this point be 
thus established, then this inference surely and legitimately follows, to wit : That 
all poisonous impurities in the circulating stream tend directly to plant the seeds of 
disease and death in the human system, and to enfeeble the constitution in propor- 
tion to the extent of their prevalence ; and that health can only be enjoyed in its 
full perfection where the blood is kept in a pure, rich and uncorrupted state. 
Hence the necessity of pure blood, to give health, beauty, long life and happiness. 

"What the sap is to the tree or shrub, so is the blood to the human system. This 
is most reasonable. Ifj as the voice of God declares, "the life of all flesh is in the 
blood," and "is the blood," reason would say, and observation confirm the decla- 
ration, that poisonous humors in the blood must inevitably corrupt it, and unless 
expelled, must sooner or later undermine the health and destroy the life of the 
victim. 

We have reason to believe that in no age of the world were mankind so ex- 
tensively afflicted with evils arising from impurities of the blood, as in the present. 
Tens of thousands of all classes — old and young, high and low, rich and poor — 
almost our whole nation, if not the entire population of the globe — are in greater 
or less degree affected by derangement and impurities of the blood. Hence the 
150,000 deaths annually from consumption in the United States alone, (constantly 
increasing,) with as many more from inflammation of the lungs and pleura, to say 
nothing of the millions of deaths annually from scrofula, erysipelas, cancers and 
tumors, salt rheum ; heart, liver and lung affections ; spinal disease, debility, fits, 
kidney and womb affections ; insanity, physical and mental infirmities, and diseases 
of other kinds, with deaths of children, which rise up before us wherever we go. 

The secret of skill and success in the prevention and cure of diseases tending to 
consumption must he mainly in having the knowledge and means to restore the 
blood from a corrupted condition to a state of healthiness. These being possessed, 
and properly used, the physician will rarely fail to effect a cure. 

The veins and arteries in the human system are thousands in number. To give a 
feint illustration of their great importance to convey the blood from the heart to 
every organ, for the support and sustenance of the flesh, and to return it again, the 
following plates (Nos. 1 and 2) are appended. 

The venous system, by which the blood is conveyed into the pulmonary artery, 
and thence into the lungs, is represented in the following outline engraving. 

The arterial system, which is much more complicated than the venous system, 
branching out by the grand avenue of the aorta, pervades every fibre of the frame, and 
has offshoots so minute as to be invisible without a powerful microscope. It supplies 
the waste of nature, and upon the purity of the fluid with which it feeds the body in 
health, life and ease depend. Its multitudinous offshoots, which convey nutriment 
to the members as the sap vessels of a tree convey sap to the remotest brandies 
and twigs, are depicted in the annexed plate. 



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No. 1. — The Venous System. 



No. 2. — Arterial System. 



CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD KNOWN TO SOLOMON. 



Renowned commentators on the Bible have supposed that Solomon (a man of 
great wisdom and intelligence) possessed a knowledge of the circulation of the blood, 
ani as full an acquaintance with its workings in the system as could be expected 
in that remote age, when physiology generally was but little understood ; and that 
he taught (in figurative language) this important truth. Previous to his time, 
though the fact itself had existed the same for 3000 years, and the blood of myriads 
of men and animals had been poured out, it is doubtful if the attention of any one 
had been drawn to the subject. 

The language of Solomon in Ecclesiastes xii. 6 — " Or ever the silver cord (having 
reference to the spinal marrow, from its color,) be loosened, or the golden bowl (the 
yallow-colored skull) be broken, or the pitcher (tto vena cava, which brings back 
the blood into the right auricle of the heart) be broken at the fountain, (the heart,) 
or the wheel (the great artery near the left ventricle of the heart) broken at the ci&> 



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tern (the ventricle itself)" — is thought by commentators to have figurative reference 
to the ciictaiauon of thy blood, and to show that thus much at least of physiology 
;vas known to the Jewish king. 

But according to the received authority of the day, the honor of the discovery of 
the circulation of the blood is due to Dr. Harvey, in the year 1619 ; but it ha^ been 
tlaimed for Servetus, Columbus, and Ca^salpinus. 

From the frequent and deadly practice of blood-letting in the last two hundred 
years, we would reasonably conclude that the discovery of the circulation had been 
a curse to mankind rather than a blessing. Solomon knew enough about the cir- 
culation of the blood and the effects of its shedding not to practice blood-letting. 
And blessed indeed would it have been for mankind had the followers of Harvey 
been as wise as the king of Israel. The destruction of human life at the hands of 
legalized man-killerSj by bleeding, has been a heavy and needless tax on health 
and population. Could the voices of all those who have been hastened on their 
journey to the tomb by the murderous practice of blood-letting (and the voice of 
their blood crieth forth to the living as did that of Abel's) be heard at once, the 
earth would tremble with the shriek- — " Murder ! murder ! " Says Dr. King — " If em- 
ployment of the lancet were abolished altogether, it would, perhaps, save annually 
a greater number of lives than in any one year the sword has ever destroyed." 
And Dr. Hunn has remarked — "Abominable is the murdering quack, who, forever 
impatient to unsheath his blood-thirsty lancet, draws from a fever patient the irrep- 
arable balsam of life." 

One of the professors in the Medical College of this city stated that he had fre- 
quently bled his patients to the amount of two hundred ounces, making ten pintss, 
in three days. Another professor declared that he had taken three hundred ounces, 
making fifteen pints, in an extremely short time. A doctor of the city of Boston, 
stated in a public lecture, as an example for his students, that he had taken one 
hundred barrels of blood during his medical practice. (He ought to have said his 
slaughtering practice.) One hundred barrels, allowing thirty-two gallons to the 
barrel, makes three thousand two hundred gallons, or twenty-five thousand six 
hundred pints of blood ! This would take the lives of eight hundred persons, allow- 
ing four gallons of blood to each individual ! The same doctor stated also that he 
had given fifty pounds of calomel! making no mention of the number of blue pills. 
Of these remedies, Dr. Hamilton has remarked — "Among the numerous poisons 
which have been used for the cure or alleviation of diseases, there are few which 
possess more active, and, of course, more dangerous, powers than mercury." And 
other distinguished medical writers, most of them formerly of the "regular faculty," 
have concurred in saying that " Minerals exert a pernicious and baneful influence 
on the system ; they seldom or never cure, but often destroy the patient. Their 
operation is altogether uncertain, depending entirely on the state of the stomach 
whether they act at all or prove injurious." Blood-letting by medical men was but 
very little practiced, until 1615 or 1619, being up to this date, 235 years. The in- 
troduction of calomel, or mercury, as a medicine, was in the year 1493, 122 years 
before the discovery of the circulation of blood; making to 1852, the space of 359 
years. The introduction of quicksilver, as a medicine, was made in 1483, by Theo- 
phrastus Bombastus Paracelsus ; and the German or vegetable doctors gave him tho 
name of Quack, for using quacksalver, or quicksilver. If all the doctors for the last 
235 years, since the discovery of the circulation of the blood, and the introduction 



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of the lancet and bleeding, had taken each one hundred barrels of blood from the 
sick, and dealt out fifty pounds of calomel each, and given the other poisons also, 
what a wholesale slaughter had been carried on by the mineral (now "regular") 
doctors ! In what, in the name of common sense and reason, does the great skill 
of these " regulars " consist ? In bleeding, vomiting and purging with blue pills, 
and prostrating the patient ? Or what do they mean when they say that their 
mineral medicines are the only medicines, and their practice the only practice to 
give health to the sick ? Such pretence is a libel on the creations and productions 
of Deity, for it places God, physiology, chemistry, and reason in the background of 
their assumed profundity. They would seem to say, while making these assertion 
(like the barbarous savage to his captive)— "the dead tell no tales! " But they are 
not screened even by the death of their victims ; for the very tombstones in the 
graveyards bear witness of the fatality of their practice. 

We have not a drop of blood to spare, under any condition of health. The neces- 
sity of changing the character of the blood, is of frequent occurrence, and can be 
always readily accomplished. During the treatment of over twenty thousand cases 
of consumption and disease in all its various forms, with the most perfect success, I 
have never as yet seen any necessity for bleeding. Nor do I think there can be 
any necessity for draining the vital fluid of life, in the cure of disease. Depreciate 
or take away the blood, and you take the life. Depreciate or take away the air, 
and you take the breath of life. 

How simple, important, and yet how truthful! Still, for hundreds of years have 
we had the theories of philosophers, and systems and schools of physicians and 
anatomists, attempting to guide our steps and assist our researches into the origin 
of our lives and natures, but in vain ! They have all strayed into theoretical con- 
jectures, written in barbarous technicalities, about matter, spirit, vitality, electricity, 
&c. Age after age has seen all these theories, systems and guessings of physicians, 
after momentarily agitating the world, pass away, leaving mankind a prey to per- 
plexities, doubts, suppositions, diseases and death. Mankind should have held on 
to nature, the teachings of inspiration, and to the remedies which nature has pro- 
vided, instead of betaking to the poisons that kill rather than make alive. 

Vegetable or botanic medicines have stood the test ever since the creation of the 
world, under every possible form of disease, saving life in every case where life 
could have been saved. They are ordained and created of God, given to men and 
animals both for food and medicine, and therefore cannot fail to cure, if properly 
used, and the disease is curable. The animals hasten to their vegetable remedies, 
with perfect safety, under all conditions, and rarely die of disease unless deprived oi 
their healing remedies by confinement or decrepitude. 



AIR THE BREATH OF ALL LIFE. 

Having proved that blood forms every part of the body, and is the life of sM 
flesh, I now proposo a few remarks as to the breath of all life. We have the life. 
and the breath of life. Air is food for the blood, and blood for the various parts of 
the body. This reason and inspiration teach us ; and this a knowledge of tho won- 
derful effect produced upon the blood by air while in the lungs also teaches. 



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In the Scriptures we read — " And God breathed into man's nostrils tho "breath of 
fife, and he became a living souL" — Gen. il 7. 

Paul said, Acts xvii. 25, that " God giveth all life and breath." 

God, before the flood, said he would " destroy all flesh wherein was the breath of 
fiih (excepting Noah and his family), and they should all die." — Gen. vL 15. 

"Whose breath is in his nostrils." — Isaiah ii. 22. 

"They all have one breath." — Eccl. hi 19. 

David said — " The Lord taketh away their breath and they die." 

Job said — " His breath was corrupt and his days were extinct; the graves were 
ready for him." — Job xvil 1. 

Also, " his breath was strange to his wife, though he entreated, for the children's 
sake of his own body." — xix. IT. 

Consumptive, is your breath corrupt, like that of Job ? Are you diseased, as 
was he? Are your spirits gone? — has hope fled your bosom? Job kept up 
courage during his afflictions, and trusted in a safe deliverer. Go thou and do like- 
wise. Avail thyself of the aids which science has prepared for thee from the pro- 
ductions of the earth. Remember, that while there is life there is hope ; and that 
by the use of simple and suitable means, rightly administered, you can yet rejoice 
In health, good blood, abundance of flesh and buoyant spirits. 

"While, therefore, blood forms the body, air keeps the blood in circulation. Blood 
alone affords nourishment to the child while in the womb, and it is only after 
birth, when the lungs are inflated, that air becomes necessary for the continuation 
of living existence, and for the preservation of health during life. All this is dem- 
onstrable If the umbilical cord of the foetus be cut, or an artery of an adult bo 
opened, the blood runs out and the subject dies : excluded from the air death immo- 
diatedy follows, after birth or after the lungs have once been inflated. 



USES OF THE LUNGS. 

Having shown that air is the breath of all life, it may be well to explain tho 
nature and use of the organs which contain the air. 

The lungs, before the birth of the child, are about one-thirtieth part of the entire 
weight. They have no action or use, however, until the child comes into the outer 
world. When they have been inflated for some months, their weight in proportion 
to that of the whole body is as 1 to 18. 

There is no air in the lungs until after the birth of the child, nor even then, unless 
they are inflated. If the child dies before an inflation of the lungs, these organs 
will sink in water. By this knowledge it can be determined whether violence 
has been done to a dead child, and whether it died before or after birth. 

The lungs are filled with thousands of air-cells and air-tubes, and when these are 
once inflated th 3 air can never be expelled from them, not even by cutting them 
into the smallest of possible pieces. In this condition — whether whole or divided 
in parts — they will not sink in water. 

The shape and size of the lungs in the adult person depend somewhat upon the 
form of the chest and the condition of the heart and liver. In a natural state of th* 
body, and where the chest has not suffered from violence or been distorted in obe- 
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outer surface are convex — on the inner, concave. In the cavity or hollow of th<$ 
left lung, which is expressly adapted to the purpose, and has been called the bed o! 
the heart, lies that important organ. 

The shape of the natural lungs is like that of a sugar-loaf; having the smaller end 
tip. The right lung has three lobes — the left but two, ordinarily ; but there have been 
cases where as many as four to six existed. Each lung and their different lobes are 
separated by a membrane, called the pleura. The pleura lines the cavity of the 
thorax or chest. This membrane, when inflamed, adheres to the lungs or chest ; 
and is called a serous membrane, in distinction from those which line the mouth 
stomach, intestines and air passages, called mucous membranes. 

The bronchial tube enters the lungs about midway, and divides into two branches 
which pass one to the right and the other to the left lung, where there is a sub- 
division into thousands of air tubes. This point is known as the root of the lungs. 
The blood vessels enter and pass out at the same place. These blood vessels are 
called pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins. The pulmonary arteries carry the 
blood from the heart to the lungs, to be purified by the air ; and after there going 
through a chemical change, the fluid is returned to the heart by the pulmonary 
veins. By the color of the blood from bleeding lungs, it can be determined whether 
an ulcer or abscess has ruptured a vein or an artery. 

The heart is surrounded by a sac, called the pericardium, which is a part of tho 
pleura. In a healthy state, the heart just fills the natural bed in the lungs ; but 
when it becomes enlarged from any cause, it presses against the lungs, and some- 
times with such force as to produce great difficulty of breathing and to prevent the 
air cells from being filled — from which cause arise sudden deaths. 

The larynx is the top part of the trachea or wind-pipe. Within the larynx are 
four fibrous vocal cords, which, when inflamed or otherwise diseased, as in cases of 
Bore throat and bronchial and catarrhal affections, frequently prevent the utterance 
of vocal sounds. The internal surface of the bronchial tube and air-cells is covered 
with a mucous membrane, which discharges a lubricating fluid to moisten the sur- 
lace. An organ called the glottis is a part of the vocal apparatus, which, when in- 
flamed, also affects the speech. 

The thyroid cartilage is a projection found in the neck of the male, but wanting 
in the female. This projection is vulgarly known as "Adam's Apple," from the 
whimsical idea that when Adam partook of the forbidden fruit, (commonly supposed 
to be an apple,) a piece lodged in the throat in the act of swallowing ! and hence 
the projection in the male throat and not in the female. 

The thyroid gland is situated in front of the trachea, and upon the side of the 
larynx. The use of this organ anatomists have never determined. It is larger in 
the female than in the male, and tends to give fullness and beauty to the female 
neck, if it serves no other purpose. As an offset to the projection on the neck of 
the male, known as Adam's Apple, may we not suppose the thyroid gland to be 0/ 
Bpecial use in lubricating the larynx and throat of the female — she having much 
greater need of such a fluid to prevent serious difficulty in the use of the tongue and 
vocal organs ! I Nature having been wise in all her creations, and making nothing in 
vain, and no other use for this gland having been found, we should (unless the 
ladies complain of us) reasonably conclude that to be its office ! 

Having spoken of the organs themselves — the lungs, tubes, air-cells, &c, — we 
proceed to 9. consideration of their iises in the animal ecorcmy. God, the being" 0? 



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infinite wisdom, taught the necessity of inflating the lungs, when he breathed into 
man's nostrils the breath of life ; and all the prophets and wise men of old had an 
Understanding of the " breath of life," — which was no more than the air we breathe. 
The air is a fuel to consume carbon and to emit carbonic acid gas ; and is used for 
the purpose of purifying the blood while in the lungs ; the air also supplies tho 
blood with electricity; by this means the blood which has just come in contact with 
air while in the lungs, and also while it is passing in the pulmonary vein to tho 
heart, is found to be raised to a higher temperature than that which is in the arteries 
passing to the lungs. The blood passing to the lungs from the heart has been found 
to be 100 degrees Fahrenheit; that passing from the lungs to the heart from 101 to 
102 degrees. By passing into the lungs air also loses its oxygen and electricity, and 
becomes when expired carbonic acid gas. 

Air is principally composed of oxygen and nitrogen, in the proportion of about 
one-fourth of the former to three-fourths of the latter. But it is evident that hydro- 
gen and electricity are also component parts of air. Oxygen and electricity are the 
principles of flame and animal life, while nitrogen extinguishes both. When air is 
inhaled, the oxygen and electricity are communicated to the blood, which being 
charged with iron becomes a conducting medium ; while the nitrogen is disengaged 
and thrown off. The iron, which gives color to the blood, is instantly rendered mag- 
netic under the influence of electricity. The blood is at the same time oxydized by 
the oxygen of the air, and instantly becomes a cherry red. This oxygen generates 
in the blood an acidity, to supply an acid to the stomach, when there is not enough 
received in the form of food or drink. 

The blood magnetically prepared at the lungs is thrown upon the heart, and 
forced into the arteries, and is driven into every part of the system. The propulsion 
of the blood in this manner creates animal heat, which causes it to throw off the 
electro-magnetic power to the nervous system, for which it has strong affinity ; or, 
in other words, electricity being the communicating fluid for the nervous system, it 
becomes nervo-'vital fluid. This nerve-electricity, or animal heat, being secreted by 
the brain often in too great a quantity, disorganizes the connection of mind and 
matter, which softens the brain, destroying the balance of the mind and producing 
mental derangement or insanity. Prom this cause, in connection with impurities ot 
the blood obstructing the circulatory system, arise local diseases, with irritation and 
inflammation, often terminating in putrefaction or decomposition of the affected part, 
frequently causing sudden death. 

The air we breathe, then, purifies the blood, and by a chemical change in the lungs 
also produces animal heat. The blood in the pulmonary vein having come in con- 
tact with the air in the lungs, is rendered pure and brought to a higher temperaturo 
than in any other part of the body. And by this wise provision of nature, through 
the agency of the blood and nervous system, all parts of the body become electrified, 
end heat nearly equally diffused throughout the system, by which we are kept warm 
snd alive. 

You now have a grand perception of the structure and uses of the lungs. With- 
out a perfect understanding of these important truths in the physiology of the hu- 
man system, no physician should attempt to administer medicines in any case of 
lung affections ; as pulmonary consumption can never be cured without a thorough 
knowledge of the true nature and state of the disease, and the remedies proper to 
bo used. And yet, not one in a thousand of the practicing physicians of the day 



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at all understands these matters thoroughly ; they go blindly to work to relieve thf* 
sufferer, and failing (as they must) to effect a cure, declare consumption to be 
incurable. But I have the happiness of being able to say to the afflicted that it is 
perfectly curable. The first step and great secret of success is to distinctly ascer- 
tain the kind of consumption and the stage to which it has arrived. This can be 
done most successfully by the aid of my great invention — the infallible Lung Ba- 
rometer. By the use of this invention, I am enabled to correctly ascertain the nature 
and state of the disease, when the proper remedies can be administered without 
experimenting with the life of the patient 

Never believe your case to be 
beyond the reach of medical 
skill until you have tried the 
virtues of the Lung Barometer ; 
for after using it, I have cured 
thousands of consumptive cases 
that had been given up by other 
doctors as incurable. But be- 
cause others declare certain dis- 
eases to be beyond medical aid, 
that is no reason for me to re- 
linquish my efforts ; as I have 
long since found them to be in- 
competent judges of the condi- 
tion of the lungs. 

As a medicine in all lung 
complaints, my Lung Corrector 
stands first and foremost. It is 
No. 3. — The Heart and Lungs. the best compound ever present- 

This engraving represents the heart and lungs in their ed to the afflicted. 
natural position in the chest ; the portion marked L be- j^ or a v i ew f the lungs and 

Jhg the several divisions or hbe, of the lungs, and the gee 3/x0 ■ en . 

central portion the heart, marked H., the pulmonary artery 7 

and aorta, &c. graving. 




RESPIRATION. 



The amount of air to sustain life, must be from three to five cubic inches in the 
lungs ; but varies in proportion to the size of those organs, and also in persons of 
different habits. The sedentary individual consumes much less air than the active 
one. Adults with large lungs can inhale from three to four hundred cubic inches 
of air, and if the lungs are extra large, from four to six hundred cubic inches, at a 
single inflation. So varied are the conditions and sizes of the lungs, from habits of 
dress, and the condition of the heart and liver, that adult persons, by a correct ex- 
amination with the lung barometer, vary from seventy-five to one hundred and fifty 
eubic inches of air at each ordinary respiration. 

The lungs are capable of great expansion and contraction. Active children, 
having plenty of outdoor exercise, consume as much air as adults, their breathing 
or respiration being quicker ; but their lungs are not as large in general 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE 13 

From this necessity of children with large lungs to have plenty of air arises tho 
spasms, convulsions, and sudden deaths of infants when confined in close rooms, or 
covered with bed clothes. Great care should be taken by parents to avoid these 
disasters, and to see that children have plenty of pure air. 

Ordinarily, about eighteen respirations occur in a minute. This gives the num 
ber of cubic inches of air inhaled in a minute, hour, day, and year of 365 days, as 
follows: — 

If 15 cubic inches at a respiration — 

Per minute. Per Jwur. Per day. Per year. 

1,350 81,000 1,944,000 109,560,000 

If 100 at a respiration — 



Per minute. 


Per hour. 


Per day. 


Per year. 


1,800 


108,000 


2,592,000 


946,080,000 


If 150 at a respiration — 








Per minute. 


Per "hour. 


Per day. 


Per year. 


2,100 


162,000 


3,888,000 


1,419,120,000 



From this table it may be seen that the difference in the quantity of air inhaled 
by different persons is very great: but whether 150 or 15 cubic inches of air bo 
taken in at a respiration, it must be observed that the use of the lungs for this pur- 
pose is a matter of vast consideration. 

The quantity of blood in the adult person averages between 30 and 40 pounds, or 
from four to six gallons. Compared to the weight of the body, the blood is about 
the one-fourth or the one-fifth part. The quantity of blood expelled by the heart 
at each pulsation or contraction, is about two ounces. As the pulse beats, or as the 
heart contracts, in an adult, about seventy-five times in a minute, it follows that the 
whole blood in our bodies passes through the heart and through the lungs also, 
once in a little more than three minutes. According to this calculation, the whole 
mass of blood would perform twenty revolutions in an hour. 

"We have here the estimated labor of the lungs when in health ; but for a mo- 
ment imagine their extra labor when the blood becomes filled with humors or de- 
composed irritating matter from diseased lungs, liver, kidneys, costive bowels, 01 
disease of other organs of the body. Breathe upon a clean glass a single breath, 
and observe how it will become loaded with impurities, in the condensed respira- 
tion, when the breath is rendered corrupt and offensive from disease. And then 
consider of how great importance it is to the lungs that the blood should be kept 
clear and pure, and the air tubes unobstructed, that they may not be subjected to 
extra labor in the discharge of their important functions. 

Inflation of the Lungs. — Inflation of the lungs is necessary at the birth of a 
child when the organs do not act. Also when the breath has been stopped by the 
fall of an individual, and in cases of persons nearly dead from drowning. There 
should be no time lost in inflation of the lungs in these cases, ere the breath of life 
has fled forever, or it will be impossible to continue living existence. God, when he 
had made man out of the dust of the earth, taught by " breathing into his nostrils 



14 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

the breath, of life," the necessity of starting action in the kings and setting the 
human machine in motion. When once the action is commenced, it continues until 
death. 

Extra inflation of the lungs is necessary hi cases of contraction of the lungs, either 
by a deformed chest, habits of dress, or in case of ulcers, tubercles, phlegm, catarrh, 
strictures, or a collapsed state of the lungs and air tubes. The flat, contracted, and 
crooked chest, by extra inflation of the lungs, can be changed to a full chest and 
noble figure, with large, healthy and useful organs of respiration. I have frequent- 
ly changed the appearance of a contracted, small and deformed chest to such a 
straight and beautiful figure, in such a remarkably short time, that the friends of the 
invalid would hardly know him. When extra inflation of the lungs is injurious, can 
only be determined upon by the aid of my Lung Barometer. No person should 
commence inflating the lungs until having first been examined with one of these in- 
fallible detectors ; for those who may recommend the inflation, will not, by reason of 
not having the aid of this invention, know whether the extra inflation will prove 
beneficial or not. It is with them a matter of experiment They may wish to ben- 
efit you, but their advice is given ignorantly, and as the internal organs may be in 
a diseased state to them unknown, it is not impossible that extra inflation may 
finally be the cause of death. 

I have been for many years a careful observer of the use of inhaling tubes, of 
various kinds, and have seen the most serious injuries caused by them. [See re- 
marks under the head "Abuse of the Lungs by Inhaling Tubes.* ] Extra inflation 
of the lungs is of great injury in some cases of liver affection. Where the liver has 
been >adly diseased or decayed and commenced to heal, the pressure of the lungs 
on the liver, before the case was truly known, destroyed the growth of a new 
liver. 

The lungs often adhere to the chest or pleura, or to each other, and in these cases, 
extra inflation by the inhaling tube would be very dangerous, and has often proved 
so. Had the invalids been examined with the Lung Barometer, the injury would 
have been avoided. 

The heart is sometimes enlarged with water ; and, while in this state, the use of 
the inhaling tube might cause sudden death. An examination with the Lung Barom- 
eter would warn the physician of the danger to be apprehended from extra infla- 
tion, as by it he could determine the true disease. Cancers and tumors of the heart 
are seriously aggravated by extra inflation and the use of inhaling tubes. The 
liver sometimes becomes greatly enlarged with grubs, and presses the lungs ; in 
which case, too much inflation might cause a rupture of the respiratory organ or 
break the liver. m 

There is no possible use for an extra inflation of the lungs when those organs 
themselves are not contracted or diseased, and the usual amount of air is received 
into and thrown out of them ; but in many cases of disease of those organs it is de« 
cidedly beneficial. Extra inflation will always prove more or less injurious when 
the lungs are well, and the heart, liver, pleura, stomach or spleen are affected with 
some of their peculiar diseases. So we can see that guessing and experimenting are 
always dangerous and liable to destroy the life of the patient. 

By the use of the Lung Barometer all the evils attending extra inflation can be 
fwoided; and if it be seen that inflation is necessary and expedient, it can be prac- 
ticed with perfect and entire safety. And if at any time the disease should change 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 15 

its locality, it can, by the use of this wonderful invention, be followed with the ap- 
propriate medicines with unerring certainty and successful result. [See notice of 
Lung Barometer.] 

Death generally happens at about three cubic inches of air in the lungs, and is 
most certain to occur at that point. But sometimes, in cases of cholera, sudden 
falls, heart diseases, faintings and fits, when the breath has been supposed to have 
entirely gone out of the body and the person thought to be dead, the subject re- 
covers his breath and lives many years. In many of these cases the Heart Regu- 
lator will be found to be of great use to give new impulse to the circulation and 
breathing. I have often examined lungs with the Lung Barometer when the inva- 
lid was living on three or four cubic inches of air more than is in the lungs when 
death generally occurs. 

To have six hundred cubic inches of air in the lungs at a time is a matter of not 
unfrequent occurrence with large, and robust, and active men, and with the Ameri- 
can Indians, and men accustomed to much "racing." The celebrated pedestrian 
known as the " American Deer," who has been successful in races against men and 
horses, can inhale more than six hundred cubic inches of air at a single full infla- 
tion. Jenny Lind, and many other great singers, can take into the lungs from four 
to six hundred cubic inches of air at a single inspiration. 

Never shut up your houses tight from the air. If you want your children to be- 
come intelligent by study, ventilate your school houses. If you want a spiritual 
feast from the preaching on the Sabbath, ventilate your churches, else you will be a 
dull and sleepy hearer of the truth. If you wish to preserve the lungs of your 
minister, lawyer, judge, or orator, and get an animated speech from him, give him 
plenty of the pure air of heaven. With air we breathe and live — without it we die. 
The young and old, the small and great, of all animate nature, breathe and live in 
the same atmosphere. It is food and medicine for alL 



THE HEART. 

The history and development of the heart has been of the utmost interest to 
mankind, from his creation to the present time. The law by which the heart is 
developed is rather curious. Before birth of the child it is characterised by its 
great weight compared with the rest of the body. At the end of the fourth or fifth 
week of intra-uterine life, it is so large that it seems to occupy almost the whole 
cavity of the chest. 

There is no use for the lungs before birth ; no air has entered them, and but very 
little blood ; therefore the lungs are very small and in a collapsed condition. But 
the heart at the end of the third month of the embryo state, or foetal life, is about 
one-fifth of the weight of the whole body. At birth, however, it is only 1-1 20th of 
the weight. In adult life it weighs from seven to twelve ounces. 

Before birth, there is a hole, aperture, or door through the heart through which 
the blood passes from the mother to the child, and from one side of the heart to the 
other. At the moment of birth, when the first breath is drawn by the child, this 
door or opening closes forever, and the mode of circulation of the blood is changed. 
The closing of the orifice mentioned, is generally perfect at birth, although in some 
W cases it does not occur ; but in these the child seldom fives, and if it does, not 



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often enjoys good health, unless it has particular medical treatment, which physi- 
cians generally seem incompetent to administer. 

The heart is the centre of the circulating system. It is divided into four apart- 
ments, two called auricles, the others ventricles, one right and one left of each. It 
lies on the left side of the chest, with its base or large end up. The left ventricle 
is much thicker than the right one — the former having for its office the forcing ol 
the blood to all parts of the body except the lungs — the latter to the lungs alone. 
The strength or power of the left ventricle is equal to a weight of fifty-two pounds* 
The powerful muscular contraction of the heart is so great that when placed on 
r.rt coals it will jump from four to six feet in the air ! The heart of a rattle-snake 02 
of a sturgeon will contract or pulsate for a long time after being taken from the body. 
The action of this organ is continued from seventy to one hundred and fifty years, 
or while life remains in the body. In some animals it performs its office for a much 
longer period than that mentioned ; and, in old times pulsated in the human frame 
for several hundred years. Seemingly it never tires, laboring day and night with 
great endurance. 

Diseases of the heart (which are various) have hitherto, by all physicians, whether 
of great or little skill, been considered as incurable. But it affords me happiness to 
be able to say to the afflicted, that I am prepared to perfectly ascertain the condition 
of and to cure any heart disease, by the aid of my invention — the Lung Barometer 
— and the administration of the proper remedies. By the light afforded by this in- 
vention, the appropriate medicines for the 
particular disease can be prescribed with 
the greatest safety, and with perfect success. 
This, all persons troubled with any affection 
of this important organ should know. My 
Heart Regulator, for all diseases of tliis 
organ, and for fits, is without a competitor 
in the whole field of medicine. 

The subjoined section of a heart shows 
the right and left cavity (auricles and 
ventricles) into which the blood is received, 

NO. 4.-SECTI0N OF THE HEABT. and fr ° m Vhich tt iS ^^ ^ ^ P° W ' 

erful muscles which surround them. 




NO OTHER BOOK TEACHES THE USES OF THE LUNGS. 



No book heretofore laid before the public has taught the true uses of the lungs. 
Many have been put forth upon the subject, filled with nonsense upon the nature 
and uses of these organs. The lungs are nothing but air cells, air tubes, veins 
and arteries. Each cell has a pulmonary vein leading to it, and a pulmonary ar- 
tery leading from it, carrying to and from the heart all the blood in the system. 

The strength of the body is not in the lungs, as some lung doctors have pre- 
tended, but, as I have proved, in the blood. The action of the lungs is partly 
voluntary, and partly from the control of the will. They assist to brace the chest 
and prevent it from falling in under the effect of pressure; but they have no power 



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to send air to any other organ or to assist the strength. The chief uses of the lungs 
are to aid in singing and talking, to act as a furnace in the combustion of the air, to 
purify the blood and to assist in generating animal heat. 

Under a proper condition of the lungs, heart and liver, and when the person is 
in health, and even in some cases of consumption, the lungs are capable of great 
expansion. They will expand from ten to one hundred cubic inches in a day, 
Without producing any injurious effect. This expansion, operating as it does upon 
the pleura, diaphragm, ribs, and abdominal muscles, has tendency to give a full chest, 
large lungs, and a beautiful figure ; and if properly practiced even for a few months 
effects a great change in the flat and distorted human figure. 

Previous to my invention of the Lung Barometer, physicians knew but very little 
about the nature and uses of the lungs ; but by guessing and experimenting, they somrv. 
times accidentally afforded relief to 
the afflicted, though often doing in- 
jury. To tell to a perfect certainty 
whether or not the case is consump- 
tion, or whether it is consumption of 
the lungs or liver, is beyond the skill 
of any one who does not use the infal- 
lible detector alluded to. Nor can the 
whole of the medical fraternity cure 
the various kinds of consumption 
without experimenting, until first an 
examination is made with the Lung 
Barometer. This I unhesitatingly 
assert from the experience gained 
in the treatment of twenty-five 
thousand cases of consumption, of 
every possible kind and form: — 
which is more than any other living 
physician has treated. Since the 
invention of the Lung Barometer, 
I am able to say — I am master of 
my business, which no other physi- 
cian can tirithfully assert. 




No. 5. — Heart and Lungs, 

WITH ARTERIES AND VEINS LEADING TO TIIE 
AIR CELLS. 

1. Heart. 

2. Pulmonary Artery. 

3. Aorta — carrying the blood to the extremities 

4. Air Tube, leading to the Lungs. 



ABUSE OF THE LUNGS BY INHALING TUBES 



The abuse of the lungs by inhaling tubes is without doubt one of the greatest evils 
arising from any invention of man under the garb of effecting good. That extra 
inflation in some cases is healthful I do not deny ; but the good or evil arising must 
depend upon the condition of the internal organs and hoiv it is accomplished. AB 
the good there can arise from the use of the inhaling tube must flow flora calling 
the attention of the invalid to it two or three times a-day, and making him think it 
intrinsically valuable ; when, in fact, the tube only enters the mouth ; and extra 
Inflation can be had without the tube, as well as with it, by the nose — thus getting 

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all the good that may arise, without danger of the injurious effects that sometimes 
follow the use of that instrument. 

No extra inflation whatever of the lungs should be practiced, with or without 
inhaling tubes, for the reason that the diseased state of the lungs, heart, liver, 
stomach, and spleen may be greatly aggravated, and a cure rendered more doubt- 
ful, except there is first an examination made with the Lung Barometer. The grand 
starting point, in doctoring, or in any other business, is to first start right; and 
whoever disregards this great principle of action, is lost in doubt, perplexity 
and disappointment, followed by failure in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred. I 
assert boldly and from knowledge, that the advocates of inhaling tubes have no 
accurate scale or rule by which they can determine when to commence or leave off 
extra inflation of the lungs, or whether or not the lungs are deficient in air, or 
whether the various internal organs will admit with safety of extra inflation, or 
whether that course of treatment is needed. They may measure the chest with a 
string or the eye, without being more wise as to the state of internal diseases, than 
would a man who should attempt to decide what minerals were imbedded in the 
bowels of the earth by walking over the surface. The inhaling tube is dangerous 
to inhale air through, as it admits small particles of dust and contagious matter 
directly into the air-cells of the lungs, causing irritation and inoculating disease in 
healthy parts of the lungs, when the nose would act as a, filter, purifying the air, 
and preventing both dust and contagious poisons from entering the lungs. 

The inhaling tube often causes bleeding at the lungs, and produces dangerous 
ruptures of those organs and of the heart and liver. In cases of asthma, when tho 
lungs are generally too large, its use is very injurious. It causes sudden death 
when there is an enlarged and dropsical heart, and by rupturing the liver and 
spleen when affected by grub ; and induces disease from the inhalation of poisonous 
matter collected in a tube previously used by a consumptive whose lungs were 
badly diseased. By the use of such a tube, contagious matter is directly inoculated 
into healthy parts of the lungs, and thereby the whole system is poisoned. 

Goose-quills, sticks with holes through them, tin candle-moulds, and a great 
variety of tubes made of all kinds of materials and in different shapes, some more 
and some less liable to collect dust and poison, have been resorted to with eager 
and anxious expectation of benefit, ever since the introduction of the instrument 
But the whole of them are worthless, and decidedly dangerous, to say nothing of 
the liability to contract disease from the use of tubes used by other persons. 

The whole mass of inhaling tubes should be carefully avoided. Physicians ad- 
vocating their use have no right to hold up to the world the remarkable longevity 
of Thomas Jenkins, Flora Thompson, and others, who have never seen or used an 
kihaling tube. 

There is no recorded evidence that any of the ancients were acquainted with 
the use of irJialing tubes, and yet it is undeniable that they attained to a much 
greater longevity than do the great mass of mankind at the present day. It is 
obvious that conformity to the natural laws that govern life and health, will do 
much more than all the artificial mechanical helps in the universe, in restoring ana 
preserving health, where these laws are violated. There is not the slightest 
evidence that a single individual of modern times, who has attained to great or 
remarkable longevity, ever saw an inhaling tube. 

It is at least, then, unfair and uncandid for any physician to hold these up to thf 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 19 

world as fair examples of longevity to which mankind may, and will be likely to 
attain, if they will use inhaling tubes. 

For the examples to be relevant, it should be proved that the subjects, who hat* 
been adduced and held up to the public as having attained to a remarkable longev- 
ity, should, at least, have used this artificial help for the prolongation of life. 

Still I do not claim that artificial mechanical helps may not occasionally be used 
to great advantage ; but maintain that strict conformity to the laws of our own 
being, will accomplish more than all the artificial helps that have been devised by 
the ingenuity of man. 

Gymnastic exercise for the cure of diseases was introduced among the Greeks 
about the time of Hippocrates ; and among them were walking, riding, running on 
foot or horseback, recitation, talking loud, holding the breath, &c, for the cure of 
lung complaints : but the inhaling tube was to them a thing unknown ; and well 
would it have been for the afflicted if it had never been thought of 

It may reasonably be presumed that if inhaling tubes were indispensable to the 
health and longevity of mankind, some such provision would have been made by 
Nature herself and that the proboscidate member of the "human face divine" 
would have been extended enormously beyond its ordinary length, the nares have 
been vastly enlarged, so as to take in, at each inspiration, much greater quantities 
of air for enlarging and strengthening the lungs. 

But as Nature has made no such extraordinary provisions, we may safely con- 
clude that no such were needed. 



MAN'S STRENGTH IS IN HIS BLOOD. 

This the experiences of both learned and unlearned men, for thousands of years, 
would prove ; and still many are slothful to receive the great truth. If we can 
drain the blood from the most powerful of animals, he falls helpless at our feet 
Drain the vital fluid — the blood — from the giant, and he becomes powerless as an 
infant. Age after age has proved this, in the slaughter of men and animals — yet 
many regard it not. 

On the field of battle or at the bed of the sick, as you drain the vital fluid of life, 
either with the sword or lancet, the victim falls powerless before you. Need I ask 
the dead to declare from their graves that this is so? Has not God said that "the 
blood is the life of all flesh ?" and did not Moses, David, Solomon and the ancient 
prophets declare this truth? Did not the bleeding side of Jesus when on the cross 
prove it ? Let the physician think of this when he unsheathes his lancet to draw 
the balsam of life from the suffering sick I Let him think of it when he pretends 
that the strength of man is in the lungs, and that the inhaling tube and abdominal 
supporter are the only remedies for the prostrated sufferer ! And let the emaciated 
invalid, with weak voice and feeble pulse, a hollow cough, a fluttering heart, a 
glassy eye, and a feeble step — trembling upon the verge of the grave — think of it 
Where is your full vein ? where the rich, pure and healthful blood ? Where the 
blossoming of health upon your face ? Like the widow mentioned in the Scripture 
lamenting over the corpse of her husband, you may exclaim — Alas ! alas I the rc\V 
VatiLon of my face has departed. 



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No. 6. — The Emaciated Invalid. 



As seen in the annexed cut, where thr< 
blood has become very thin, watery, and 
impure, for want of good and wholesome 
food, or from working, living, and sleeping 
in badly ventilated and lighted rooms, or 
from any other cause, so that it loses its rich 
color and nearly all its nourishing qualities, 
great emaciation of vital, nervous, and mus- 
cular fibre speedily follows, accompanied by 
a constant sense of languor of body and 
mind; while the brightest and purest ob- 
jects that earth presents, tend rather to sink 
than to cheer the spirits of the dying invalid, 
from whose horizon the bright sun of Hope 
has been withdrawn, and set in darkness. 

Believe, then, no more the deluding 
quack, but go to a physician who has spent 
a life-time in searching out the hidden se- 
crets of health and long life, (which is in the 
Mood,) and can send the pure, animating blood to the brain, give the flash of love 
and beauty to the eye, restore the voice to the lungs, strength to the muscles, elas- 
ticity to the step, power to the heart, carry health to the cheek, and flesh to the 
emaciated frame. All this can be done through the agency of the Mood, and in no 
other way. I have saved thousands from an early and untimely grave, while thou- 
sands of others have died, having had no access to my healing medicines or ever 
having heard of my successful endeavors, until, too late, to heal and restore them 
to health and happiness. 

[For further particulars on the blood, see under the head of " On the Blood."] 
Blood Nourishes the Child before Birth, for when it is in the womb there 
. no digestion, and nothing but blood can nourish it. The lungs are small and 
inactive, and the stomach is not used ; but the blood of the mother passes to the 
foetus through the umbilical cord, and then to the heart and liver. The liver of 
the child is quite large before birth, but diminishes in size at birth, when di- 
gestion in the stomach and action of the lungs commences. In old times it was 
advocated that the child actually nursed while in the womb ; and many physiolo- 
gists supposed, very strangely, that nipples were furnished to the child by the 
placenta or "after-birth," and that the child did really eat; but this whimsical 
notion was long since abandoned. Such a thing as nursing before birth could not 
possibly be. 

The umbilical cord is to be tied in two places with a waxed string — one not 
less than an inch and a half to two inches from the abdomen of the child, the other 
an inch further along ; the separation to be made half way between the two 
strings. When cut with the scissors, after being tied, one string saves the child 
from bleeding to death, the other the mother. 



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No. T.— The Fcetus, showing the Umbilical Cord through which the Blood 

PASSES FROM THE MOTHER TO THE CHILD. 



1. Heart— large in the Foetus. 

2. Aorta. 

3. Lungs— emalL 

4. Liver -large. 
6. Stomach. 



6. Kidney — large. 

7. Gall Bladder. 

8 and 9. Umbilical Cord 

10 and 12. Womb. 

11. Placenta or After-birth 



The point where the scissors are seen shows where the cord is to be cut ; the strings, where 
it should be tied. 



GRATIFICATION OF THE PASSIONS. 



That the natural passions of mankind should be temperately and wisely gra- 
tified, is both natural and reasonable to infer from this fact, (if from no other,) that 
oach organ of the system has its particular nerves leading to the brain, and its own 
representative stationed there, whose business it seems to be, by a law of human 



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economy, to attend to the wants of the organ in the healthful gratification oi it% 
peculiar desire. 

The brain may be described as a con- 
gress or assembly of phrenological organs, 
and the nerves as telegraphs, leading from 
the physiological organs to their respect- 
ive representatives in the brain, as seo 
cut. Lung, liver, eye, ear, stomach, genital 
and other organs have their representa- 
tive in the congress of the organs, and 
through that representative are their re- 
spective wants and natural desires made 
known. If the stomach desires food, Se- 
nator Alimentiveness moves the passage 
of a bill for the supply of a fresh lot of 
provisions ; and though Senator Acquisitive- 
ness may speak against such an ena3tment> 
the bill is generally passed without great 
delay, and hunger is appeased. Dot s man 
desire to be honored, Senator Self-esteem is 
desirous to procure the doing of some 
act which shall bring reputation and glory, 
Are children desired, Senator Philoproge- 
nitiveness is upon the floor with loud de- 
mands for the enactment of a law favoring 
an increase of the population ; to him the 
smiles of the infant are powerful stimu- 
lants, and neither he or Amativeness, or 
their masters, the genital organs, will rest 
in peace till the desire for offspring is gra- 
tified. They will not be comforted with- 
out children any more than would Eachel 
of old, when she said unto Jacob, " Give 
me children, or else I die." — Gen. xxx. L 
Abraham and Sarah could not be content 
or satisfied until God had given them a 
child, although Sarah was ninety, and 
Abraham one hundred years old, when God 
them their desire, and they were 
pleased, and fell on their faces and laugh- 
ed. — Gen. xvii. 17. How many males and 
females in this age of the world are dis- 
contented and unsatisfied, who in their inmost souls cannot be sane, without having 
children, any more than Rachel, Abraham or Sarah. 

If sexual intercourse is desired by the youthful or aged, Senator Amativeness is 
eager to have a law passed by the phrenological congress that the sexes may unite 
m sexual love, to gratify the finer feelings, perpetuate the species, and yield fruit 
unto God, who hath said, "Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth." 




No. 8.— -Nervous Telegraphic 
System. 

A back view of the spinal nerves con- 
nected with the organs and limbs, and with 
the brain through the spinal cord. 

Also a view of a perpendicular section of gave 
the back part of the brain. 

1. Cerebrum. 

2. Cerebellum. 



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God hath declared children to be his heritage, and the fruit of the womb hia 
reward. — Psalms uxxvii. 3. The gratification of the sexual passion keeps Senator 
Amativeness pleased and contented : so it is with the other phrenological senators ; 
but it is more particularly so with Amativeness, for it is well known that animal 
electricity so abundantly accumulates about and stimulates that honorable person? 
age — whether in the male or female of the human species, or among the brute 
creation — that he becomes perfectly unmanageable upon the subject, and often 
takes the whole phrenological congress by storm, seeks his sexual magnet and 
gratifies his desires, when he immediately cools down, and becomes as quiet and 
peaceable as ever. 

It is well known that the sexes are magnetic, both of men and animals, and 
their connection in sexual love produces animal electricity, and throws off tho 
semen or seed. An emission of the semen, in either men or animals, cannot tako 
place without the power of animal electricity, either by a connection of the sexes, 
masturbation, or by a concentration of the mind in dreaming, throwing the c^oc- 
trical power upon the genital organs. 

When the being is deprived of animal nervo-electricity of the sexual organs, 
there can be no erection nor any emission of semen ; and without proper health- 
fulness and power of these organs, all other powers of the physical and phreno- 
logical organs will fall into a state of stupidity and become incompetent to the 
rightful discharge of their duties. In the strength and richness of the blood, and 
in the nervo-animal electricity in the nerves, he the grand secret of life and action. 
They are the propelling powers of the mind and body ; and man is successful or 
unsuccessful in proportion as he is supplied with them. The young man or woman 
addicted to the habit of masturbation can tell you of the debility, loss of energy, 
and the perfect worthlessness to themselves and society, that follow a too frequent 
loss of the semen and the animal electric power necessary to indulge in co- 
habitation. 

There is no passion implanted in man but should have proper and temperate gra- 
tification, subject to the laws of our being and the dictates of reason. A rational 
gratification of the passions implanted within us by the Creator acts as a safety- 
valve to the system, and prevents many dangerous results that otherwise might 
follow. If any ©rgan is constantly kept over-charged with nervous animal electricity, 
insanity or bodily disease will as surely result as would an explosion follow the 
accumulation of an undue head of steam in the boiler of an engine. But where 
the electricity is gently conducted away by its own magnets, every organ performs 
its functions with pleasure and precision, and in harmonious concord with its 
fellows. 

The female receives the animal electric impression of the genital organs from the 
male, and the male from the female, in the act of cohabitation, by an electric emis. 
sion of the semen. Rachel's natural passion could be satisfied only with a child ; 
and so was it with Abraham. — Gen. xxx. 1. Paul's advice — an unfailing remedy 
for strong amativeness or animal electric heat of the genital organs — was, to marry. 
In 1st Corinthians vii. 9, he says, " it is better to marry than to bum." 

Thousands of both sexes have shortened the number of their days upon earth by 
neglecting to gratify properly the natural passion, by connection with the opposite sex. 
(See Longevity by Marriage.) Others sink into an early grave from the effects (A 
artificially producing electric emissions ; (see Masturbation ;) and still others from an 



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excess of cohabitation in the early months of married life, induced from the pas- 
sons having become ungovernable by delaying sexual intercourse until too late a 
period. (See Onanism of the Married, or Quick Consumption frou Marriage.) 

Food satisfies hunger ; water, thirst ; property, acquisitiveness ; music, tune ; honor, 
self-esteem, and sexual intercourse, the organs of generation. Gratification is the 
safety-valve of the passion ; and without it there must of necessity be an explosion. 
The heavenly planets seek their attracting magnets, and act in harmonious concord 
when obeying the laws of their nature ; but if there should be a neglect to obey the 
natural laws of their several beings, the countless orbs that roll in the illimitable re- 
gions of space would be plunged in the chaos of confusion ! And as it is with the 
planetary, even so with the human system. There can be no departure from the 
laws laid down by the wise Creator of all, but must result In more or less of con- 
fusion, discord and evil to the being. 

Man, in all his organs, is created perfect by the hand of God, and no organ has 
been made in vain or without wise purpose and design. Each organ of the system 
in due time develops its own peculiar passion, which wisely calls for a natural gra- 
tification, in accordance with reason and obedience to the dictates of prudence ; 
and he who would attempt to impede the just workings of any law established in 
the system, must act contrary to the intents of the Divine Creator, and in oppo- 
sition to the health, happiness, and well-being of the creature. 

God has not created any principle in nature, nor implanted any passion in man, 
which in its right workings is calculated to produce injurious effects. To suppose 
that he has is to impeach either his wisdom or his goodness of heart. No organ 
of the human system, or its passion, may be tampered with and unwisely con- 
trolled with impunity, but it should be indulged in the natural enjoyment ordained 
for it by God. The complete restriction from enjoyment of any of the passions im- 
planted in the human being must sooner or later produce an injurious effect, and in- 
evitably lead to insanity or bodily infirmities, and finally to death I (See Insanity, 
how induced.) It is a violation of the laws of nature ; and when these laws, whe- 
ther in the animal or chemical world, be broken over, the punishment of the trans- 
gressor is certain and severe. 

This view of the matter is neither fanciful or unphilosophical ; it is the correct- 
and real view ; based upon common sense and reason, proved by the experience of 
ages, and established by the testimony of the Bible. If we attempt to confine the 
electricity that is in the atmosphere beyond a due measure of power, it will break 
the bonds we have placed upon it, and launch forth, to the imminent danger of our 
lives; and if we attempt to put too great a restriction upon the nervo-electric 
fluid in the human system, it will be certain to burst forth in rage upon some inno- 
cent victim, or to shatter the system itself with the throes of its impatient desire. 
To restrict within the bounds of reason is both wise and prudent ; to restrain wholly 
Ls contrary to nature, and dangerous in the extreme. 

The passions of animals are gratified ; and there is in all the history of the world 
no proof that injury has followed from obeying the dictates of nature in this ro- 
spect. "When the sexual desires of animals are developed, they are gratified ; but 
mankind are restrained by custom and teaching from marriage and indulgence in 
qexual love till 25 years of age, when puberty commenced at 12 to 15. The ani- 
mals have no venereal diseases, because of natural gratification of the sexual do- 



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sire ; but mankind, being restricted, burns into passion and violates the command 
of G-od by plunging into piostitution, which is cursed with loathsome diseases. 

Generally speaking, the laws, customs and habits of society do more towards tho 
deviation of men from the paths of virtue than the natural desires within them. 
This is proved by the records of crime, the statistics of prisons, and of asylums for 
the insane and poor, to be beyond doubt or question. In some future age, the laws 
and customs of society may be arranged upon physiological and phrenological prin- 
ciples, and adapted to the legitimate wants of man and the proper gratification of 
his natural desires and passions. Could this be so, there would be more happiness 
for the race than is now enjoyed. But there are a few high-priests o" the schools 
of law, medicine and mental philosophy, who will attempt to dictate for a whilo 
longer. Let our children be encouraged in their natural desires, and schools of 
education and mechanical trades be established to phrenologically suit all, and give 
all a chance to become men and women in the world, and crime would cease to 
blot the pages of history, and our lunatic asylums be left destitute of inmates. 



EDUCATION AND DISEASED BLOOD AT WAR. 

Much of. the popular education of the day, based upon erroneous views of 
the science of phrenology, is at variance with the infallible teachings of experience 
and contrary to the established truths of medical science. Acting upon the rules 
laid down by those who make of phrenology the all in all to decide upon the char- 
acter of man and the treatment he should receive, people are apt to overlook the 
effects produced upon the mental being by the diseased or healthy state of the sys- 
tem. Nor do parents, nor the teachers in our schools, nor our ministers, always es- 
cape the same condemnation. 

Upon the state of the body, as regards health, is dependent much of the every- 
day, and no little of the permanent, condition of the mind. So intimately and 
closely connected is matter and spirit — so woven together, and made as it were parts 
of each other — that it may be set down as a rule from which there are few if any 
deviations, that if the body is diseased in any vital part or portion, the mind will be 
diseased in connection therewith. Particularly will this be found to be the case 
when the blood is " out of order." "We may regard it as certain, that if the blood 
is seriously diseased, the brain will be badly affected thereby, and the character of 
the individual, for a longer or shorter period, be materially different from what it 
would otherwise be. 

From this it follows as a necessary consequence, that to decide of the character 
from the sinuosities of the skull with any degree of certainty is a matter entirely 
out of the question. And he who would attempt to base his education of a child 
upon a decision thus made, without having regard to the impressions the mind has 
received from the state of health of the body, is committing a most grievous error. 
Ifj as we have proved, the life of all flesh is in the blood, the blood must be the life 
of the brain, and therefore the brain must be affected by the blood, and the charao 
ter in a greater or less degree dependent upon it. 

The first step to be taken in education, or in the treatment of tbe insane, is to set 
aright the health — to purify the blood and restore the physical system to order. 
When suffering from irritation the mind is incapable of acting in its full strength and 



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clearness — no matter from what cause the irritation may proceed ; whether it be 
from a pin thrust in the leg, the want of food in the stomach, a fever in the system, 
or a neglect to gratify rationally the appetites and passions. And when under tho 
effects of these or other existing causes, the character of the individual is so gov- 
erned or modified by them that phrenology cannot fathom it or decide upon its 
quality. 

The body and mind reciprocally affect each other ; whatever invigorates the body 
renders the faculties of the mind proportionably active and strong ; what depresses 
the strength, lessens the spirit, (See in tables of Causes of Insanity,) the resolution, 
and the more active intellectual faculties, although the phrenological organs may 
have the same size and appearance. The circulation of the blood and the nervous 
electricity unite the soul with the body, and govern and direct its operations ; with 
the circulation of the blood, the vital functions continue ; they vary and cease to 
be according as the circulation varies or ceases. To preserve, then, the faculties of 
each, we must attend to the health of both in connection. And it follows from this 
that upon the diseased or healthy condition of the vital fluid much more of tho 
character of man must depend than upon the size of h*is phrenological organs. If 
decided upon at all, the character must be pronounced upon from the phrenological, 
the physiological and the nervous being in connection ; and all these governed in a 
great degree by the state of the blood in the system. 

Phrenology, in the estimation of a modern school of mental philosophers, is the 
one great science connected with our being, by the aid of which we may determine 
the whole character of man, and guide him in safety through the world. But this 
school of philosophers has become over-zealous, and in their labors for their favorite 
science have overstepped the truth as established by the experience of ages. 

Phrenology can teach us the location and comparative size of the different phren- 
ological organs ; but as to deciding with certainty upon the character of the individ- 
ual, it cannot ; for, generally speaking, however learned the phrenologist may be in 
his favorite science, he knows little or nothing of chemistry or medicine ; a knowl- 
edge of which it is essential to possess in order to become fully capacitated to de- 
cide upon the mentality of the subject, or to attempt his education, or to decide 
what in his character he should strive to overcome, and what to increase. 

The condition of the blood has been entirely overlooked by the fathers of phre- 
nology. Their science is wholly founded upon the bumps ; and education of the or- 
gans is with them the great thing to produce a change of character. But how, allow 
me to inquire, can an organ be educated by force of will when it is acted upon and 
governed by diseased blood, or electric fluid, until these are first set right ? Or how 
can we decide from the size of the dumps upon the proper education of a child, 
when, from a diseased state of the vital fluid, the passion which a particular bump 
decides as weak manifests itself in the actions to be uncommonly strong ? It is here 
that phrenologists have gone beyond wisdom, and are teaching contrary 10 the truth. 
They should retrace their steps, or the experience of future years will place the seal 
of disapprobation upon their favorite science. They have embraced a fatal error. 
lo give full force and weight to their science, they must know whether there has 
been deformity in the development of the organ or not, whether the natural desires 
and passions have been wisely and rationally gratified, and whether or no the 
nervo-olectric fluid be diseased or the blood impure. And if they attempt the edu 



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cation of an organ without first knowing these things, they proceed ignorantly and 
dangerously, 

It often happens that when the physical constitution is out of order, men who 
nave hitherto been remarkable for their noble qualities of mind, manifest the most 
ungovernable evil passions. The condition of the physical being has in these cases 
overcome the strength of the moral phrenological organs ; and it is by no means a 
matter of rare occurrence that such a state continues for a season sufficiently long 
to place the character of the subject in direct opposition to that phase which tho 
size of the phrenological organs might seem to indicate to exist. 

When the derangement and inflammation of the moral and religious organs of 
the greatest and best of men takes place, as frequently happens, they sometimes 
uso the most profane language imaginable ; and even where intellect is not do- 
throned, they frequently manifest but little religious inclination, and often a peev- 
ishness, and irritability, and unkindness, wholly inconsistent with the Christian 
character, and with that of their own, when in health. To attempt to educate per- 
sons in this condition, without medicine, is absurd and irrational. How important 
that moralists and religionists should sacredly guard their health, and do all in their 
power to preserve it, if they would not suffer loss in their moral and religious feel- 
ings. 

Uj then, as I have shown, not only the e very-day, but the 'permanent, character 
of the individual is more dependent upon the state of the blood and the nervo-vital 
fluid than upon the size of the phrenological organs with which the subject happens 
to be born, of what vast importance it is to the individual and to society that the 
blood should be kept in a state of health, and the body in a correct condition. 
This should be the first subject of consideration; and it should be considered under- 
standingly, and without being led astray by false lights hung about these important 
sciences connected with mind and matter. 

Be he king or president, governor or statesman, lawyer or divine, physician or 
scholar, general or soldier, merchant or sailor, mechanic or laborer — no matter what 
the station or calling of the individual — no matter what the condition or sex — no 
matter what the age, — the health should be attended to — the blood should be kept 
good and pure ; else both body and mind will be suffering in weakness and agony. 
Consider this as worthy your first attention, and hasten to avail yourselves of the 
great vegetable remedies which God has provided, and medical skill prepared for 
your restoration to health and happiness ; for thus, and only thus, may you attain 
to fulness of days and fulfil the duties of your station. 



NO BOOK TEACHES THE TRUE CAUSE OF INSANITY. 

The brain, although the most important part of man, has never received that at- 
tention from medical men which it deserves. The brain is an assemblage of organs, 
whose business it is to answer the calls of nature and attend to a rational gratifica- 
tion of the desires and passions of the various members of the body. The desires 
of the members of the body are communicated to the brain by the nervo-electrio 
fluid, by means of the nerves. When the wants of the various members are made 
known, the organs of the brain act to reasonably gratify the desire, and in its pro- 
per and legitimate gratification all the organs experience pleasure and deligiit 



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But when any member of the body transcends its duty as established by natare, 
and oversteps a proper path, there is tumult in the assemblage of organs, and inter- 
ference on the part of those not especially connected with the offending members. 
So that, whether there be over-gratification or neglect to gratify properly, there ia 
discord and variance in the brain, which lead to disease and frequently to a dis- 
organization of mind and matter. 

The fact of this phrenological congress of organs existing in the brain of man to 
act over and for the various members of the body, is a powerful argument in favor 
of the American form of general government, pre-eminent over all others ever es- 
tablished, and which must endure through all ages of time, because of the great 
natural and correct principles upon which it is based — which is a congress from the 
various parts acting in concord, the same as the phrenological organs act for the 
body. The fact of our government being founded upon this great natural principle 
presupposes an existence as interminable as the continuance of harmony, and de- 
stroys all the vain hopes of the monarchist against its permanence ; even as the 
hopes of death are disappointed while there is harmony in the brain and the natu- 
ral wants of the various members receive proper hearing and attention. 

The quality of the blood in a great measure decides the character of the man; 
and if the blood be pure, rich and healthy, each and every member of the body 
will be healthy. / 

The blood has never been supposed, until recently, to affect the mind, either 
when it was in a healthy or diseased condition. But it does strongly affect it. The 
brain, in the intelligent person, is greatly charged with phosphorus, though in idiots 
it is not. The intelligent and nervous become insane, but idiots do not. The brain 
contains more phosphorus than any other part of the body of equal size, and is sus- 
ceptible of greater electric action than any other substance. The substances con- 
taining the most phosphorus are subject to the greatest action — being acted upon 
most powerfully by electricity. The electric nervo-vital or nervous fluid passes in 
such rapid currents to the brain when any of the members of the body are heated 
with passion, and acts so powerfully upon the phosphorus of the brain, that it be- 
comes convulsed and sometimes disorganized, and reason is dethroned, unless the 
particular passion of the organ causing such convulsion is gratified. And this con- 
vulsion (or derangement), will continue until relief is had by a gratification of the 
passion or the effect of medicine. Thus, insanity may be caused by one or any of 
the passions of the phrenological organs ; but its reasonable and proper gratifica- 
tion will prove a safety-valve, and the evil thereby be averted. 

In cases where the insane can be gratified with the enjoyment of whal caused 
the derangement, the disease will generally more readily yield, and work out its 
own cure ; but unless assisted by remedial agents, in those cases where gratification 
cannot be had, the nervo-electric fluid will not stop convulsing the brain, and a cure 
is rendered more uncertain. With proper food and treatment, insanity in ninety- 
nine of an hundred cases can be cured ; but not by the course ordinarily pursued in 
medical treatment 

The cause of insanity, then, is from the brain, (which is filled with phosphorus^) 
becoming over charged by continued shocks of the nervo-electric fluid, (arising from 
an intense concentration of the mind, or the warring of an heated passion, or from 
any other cause sending too much nervo-electric fluid to the brain,) acting upon tho 
phosphorus of the brain. 



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20 



Having explained the cause of insanity, I now shall prove its correctness from 
the following table, exhibiting the average proportions of substances entering into 
the composition of bone, muscle, blood and brain. 



Gelatine, .... 

Albumen, - 

Ormazome, - 

Phosphate, sulphate, and carbonate of 
lime, also sulphates, muriates %nd 
phosphates of soda, potass, ammonia, 

White fatty matter, - . - 

Free phosphorus, - - - 

"Water, 



Bone, 


Muscle or flesh. 


Blood. 


Brain 


30 


T 











22 


3 


1 








2 


1-5 


10 


2 


12 


6 











5 











2-5 





69 


83 


78 



100 



100 



100 



100 



From this tab je we perceive, that the only difference between the composition of 
the brain and the rest of the body, is the presence of white fat-like matter and 
phosphorus ; but, as the fatty matter is composed of the same elements as the ordi- 
nary flesh, differing only in proportion, it remains conclusively that phosphorus alone 
gives the brain its peculiar qualities and action. Galvani, an Italian Professor of 
Anatomy, in 1*791, discovered in his experiments, that frogs and fish were greatly 
excited and convulsed by a spark of electricity from the battery — they containing a 
great portion of phosphorus. It is also a fact that the proportions and variations of 
phosphorus in the brain are found to correspond with the differences in the charac- 
ters through life ; as I have said, idiots have very little, — lively and intelligent per- 
sons have much. Through the whole animal and vegetable worlds, the degree of 
susceptibility, sensibility, vitality and power is evidently owing to, and has been 
found to correspond with the proportion of phosphorus in their composition.* 



The following are the actuating 
HI health, various kinds, 
Intemperance, 
Loss of property, 
Disappointed affection, 
Intense study, 
Domestic difficulties, . 
Fright, 

Grief— loss of friends, &c, 
Disappointment, ambition, 
Intense application to business, 
Religious excitement, 
Political excitement, 
Metaphysical speculations, 
"Want of exercise, 
Engagement in a duel, 



causes producing insanity : — 
Inventions, 
Hard labor, 
Tic Doloreaux, 
General debility, 
Want of employment, 
Mortified pride, 
Celibacy, 

Anxiety for wealth, 
Use of opium, 
Use of tobacco, 
Puerperal state, 
Nursing too long, 
Tight lacing, 

Excessive sexual intercourse^ 
Injuries on the head, 



* Bostwick on Natural Death. 



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Stock speculations, 

Periodical cases, 

Hereditary cases, 

Costiveness, 

Jealousy, 

Trouble with children, 

Indulgence of temper, 

Old age, 

Jaundice, 

Cancer, 

Paralysis, 

Love affair, 

Animal magnetism, 

•Spiritual rappings, 

Epilepsy, 



Masturbation, 

Mental anxiety, 

Exposure to cold, 

Sun struck, 

Intense heat, 

Fits, 

Heart disease, 

Anxiety, 

Dyspepsia, 

Pevers, 

Grub in the brain, 

And various other internal and exter- 
nal causes bearing heavily upon the mind 
and body. 



Although considerable attention has been paid to the subject of insanity, it has 
not received that amount which it deserves. More adequate provision should be 
made for the restoration of those persons. At present, in the United States, the 
benefits of asylums are extended to about 4000 persons continually ; but it has been 
found that the total insane population of the country is over 23,000! So that, 
though much has been done, there is much more to do. 

By examination of the reports of lunatic asylums throughout the country, we 
shall find that all classes and conditions of people are represented in the hospitals 
for the insane, and that persons of all ages are liable to this grievous affliction, 
although the difference in age is very great. The greatest number of cases of in- 
sanity occur between the ages of 15 and 35, and particularly between the ages of 
20 and 30. Persons may be attacked at any season of the year ; though the debilitat- 
ing months of summer and the changes of weather in fall and spring, have a tenden- 
cy to add to the numbers of the afflicted. The cases of insanity among the unmar- 
ried are much larger in proportion to the whole number than among the married ; 
and among the males, larger than among females, and among widows larger than 
widowers. 

In the dispensations of the wise Creator, it seems to have been established as a 
law from which there is no deviation, that if mankind, either by neglect or improper 
action in eating, drinking or otherwise, allow the system to become diseased, they 
shall receive punishment in pain and sorrow. But if there is a bane, let us be 
thankful that there has also been provided antidotes, which, by the labors of the 
physician, and the skill of the master mind, are made subservient to the wants of 
man in the prevention and removal of disease. To these, in trouble, the sick man 
turns his thoughts and learns their efficacy for his relief. 

Is insanity threatened you by an impure state of the blood, fail not to notice, that 
in the great blood medicines, which I have had the pleasure to prepare for the relief 
of tho unfortunate, you may find fortification against disease and bo spared days 
and months, perhaps years, of sickness and sorrow. 



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NO BOOK TEACHES THE CUKE OF CONSUMPTION. 

The great number of deaths from this destroyer of the human race, and its iapid 
increase, call with trumpet voices for the genius of some son of Adam to deviso 
means for the dethronement of its power and provide an antidote against its bane- 
ful effects. The fact that the entire archives of medicine have heretofore afforded 
no clue to the cure of this disease, and that physicians from the earliest days of the 
science to the present time have been wholly incompetent to combat successfully this 
destroyer, called forth the author into the field of medicine, and induced the pub- 
lication of this volume, and a series of lectures on health, which treat upon the pre- 
vention, causes, and effects of diseases and the remedies for the ransom of the sick 
and afflicted. 

The reason why we have heretofore had no treaties teaching the cure of con- 
sumption is, that there were no means of determining the different kinds of consump- 
tion or its exact location or condition ; consequently medicines were given as expe- 
riments, and in doubt of their effects, and therefore physicians could not but get dis- 
couraged and give up their labors in perplexity and doubt. And all this class of 
complaints was turned off under the wholesale name of consumption, and called in- 
curable. 

Before the invention of the Lung Barometer, I labored under the same difficulties 
as other physicians ; but I determined to overcome those difficulties or die a sacrifice 
in the cause. I kept my mind constantly upon the subject, at all hours, whether 
eating, attending to business, or in times of leisure ; and after six or eight years of 
application and intense study I succeeded in producing an invention, by the aid of 
which, in all cases and under all circumstances, I could determine to a perfect cer- 
tainty the true nature of the different kinds of consumption ; and then I could ad- 
minister the medicines suited to each and every particular case. I could take hold 
of a case of consumption knowingly, and ascertain daily and hourly its nature, and 
whether the disease was increasing or decreasing. And if it changed from one form 
to another, or from one organ to another, I could follow it untiringly and certainly, 
until it was eradicated from the system. 

"While other physicians are content with jogging along in the old track, and class 
all the deaths which they cannot prevent as "providences of God" that cannot be 
helped, I am one that objects to such neglect of the means placed in our hands by 
the Deity ; I boldly declare that doctors can cure each and every kind of consump- 
tion, if they will only come forward and arm themselves with the proper remedies, 
and relinquish their old superstitious notions. 

I am annually curing numberless cases of consumption, and saving from the grave 
thousands of the most lovely ladies and noble men. It is usually this class of per- 
sons that fall victims to the scourge of this disease: — "Death loves a shining 
mark." Physicians, where not selfish, are constantly sending their most difficult 
cases to my care, and availing themselves of my books and medicines ; and even 
express their inability to treat these cases with success — which I have always 
known, without their acknowledgment, from examination of the bills of mortality 
from this disease. But it affords me pleasure to be able to say that since the inven- 
tion of the Lung Barometer, in all communities where consumptives generally have 
made application to me, the number of deaths from this scourge has materially do- 



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creased. Let not, therefore, any say or think that consumption is incurablo 
Genius has invented a detector, Nature has furnished remedies, and Science has pre- 
pared them for the saving of the people. Avail yourself of these, and your redemp- 
tion from disease is certain ; neglect them, and you may be the next victim to fall 
before the insatiable destroyer. 



HEREDITARY DISEASE. 
" Visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children of the third and fourth generation." 

The transmission of disease from the parents to the child is the cause of much of 
the infirmity that afflicts mankind ; but so seemingly reckless are people generally 
of the welfare of a being yet unborn, that they pay little or no regard to the effects 
that may follow to their offspring from the indulgence by themselves in the follies of 
fashion and in the vices of life. If they have a care at all, it is for their own well- 
being — the creature that is yet to be is not considered in their estimates of effects 
following causes ; and of consequence we find that misery in both the corporeal and 
intellectual man or woman is the inheritance of thousands, and often the only one 
they receive ! 

It is universally agreed by all who have paid attention to the subject of phy- 
siology, that a vigorous and healthy constitution of body in the parents will com- 
municate the most perfect state of existence to the offspring; and that if the 
parents be diseased, enervated, or suffering from bodily infirmities, not the result of 
violent action, their children will be likely to be wanting in strength and vigor, or 
be lacking power in some organ. The transmission of diseases from parents to 
children is a matter of universal notoriety ; consumption, gout, rheumatism, scrofula, 
and insanity, are well known to descend from one generation to another ; and so 
also do deafness and blindness. These last are often hereditary defects ; they have 
been known to exist in a family successively for upwards of a hundred years. 
Parents frequently live again in their offspring. A celebrated French writer, speak- 
ing of the family of Guises, says — " for generations they were alike ; they were all 
six feet high, and with the same features." 

In regard to the transmission of bodily qualities, it has been noticed even in the 
growth of supernumerary fingers and toes and other like marks. Maupertius men- 
tions that in Germany there were two families who had been distinguished for 
several generations by six fingers on each hand, and the same number of toes on 
each foot. 

The causes which may result in the transmission of disease to the offspring are 
many and varied. In the hope of opening the eyes of the negligently blind, and 
calling the attention of the indifferent to this important subject in medical science, 
I will speak briefly of a few of the more prevalent inducing causes of hereditary 
disease, and of the mode of its transmission. 

The first and great cause of the hereditary disease found in children is in the im- 
pure blood and unhealthy system of one or both of the parents; and were the 
health of the parents what it should be, no complaint of mind or body would bo 
entailed on the offspring. 

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upon offspring may be found in the improper modes of dress, prescribed by fashion 
and followed in foolishness by both ladies and gentlemen in this country — particu- 
larly the former. Bad habits in dress sooner or later prove detrimental to the 
health and welfare of a people. Tight lacing, and the wearing of heavy t iiirts that 
press down the bowels and derange the womb are prolific causes of complaints that 
are transmitted to the unborn child, and for which, in its years of breathing life, it 
often suffers more than its sinning parent. It is through these and similar mediums 
that the iniquities of parents are visited upon the children unto the third and fourth 
generations ! They should be carefully avoided. The voice of reason rather than 
the voice of fashion should be hearkened to — comfort and health to both the living 
and the unborn should be more considered than the whims of pecuniarily interested 
mantua-makers and tailors. It is by no means contended that people should not 
dress comfortably and beautifully and in accordance with the requirements of civil- 
ization. This can be done, and no injurious effects follow. It is uncomfortable and 
ungraceful costumes, and uncomfortable compressions of the body, destroying the 
beauty as well as the health, with which the welfare of offspring is at war. 

Another source from whence is derived hereditary disease is the bad habit of eat- 
ing and drinking improper articles, and of partaking of the "good things" of life to 
repletion. Erom these causes arise impurities of the blood, (manifesting themselves 
in gout and kindred complaints or in offensive sores,) which impurities affect the 
semen of the father, and are also conveyed from the mother through the umbilical 
cord, by which means the " life of the flesh " of the child is poisoned and he be- 
comes possessed of the diseases of hi3 parents. Care, therefore, should be taken 
about what we eat and what we drink, and in what quantity, that the blood may 
be kept pure and healthful, and both ourselves and those who shall come after us 
be saved much of suffering and misery. 

A most prolific cause for the production of diseases to be transmitted to children 
may be found in the debasing habit of masturbation, indulged in by hundreds of 
both sexes, who take hold of and continue in the practice till both body and mind 
are wrecked^ because not being married they do not find gratification of the natural 
desire in tho legitimate manner ordained of God. The effects of this habit, both 
upon the person himself and upon the child that is born to him afterwards, are ter- 
rible. By it the whole system is reduced to a perfect wreck of matter, without 
strength and without power to act, and the mind is tumbled in confusion and chaos 
— plunged in the darkness of insanity. From a parent thus conditioned, how can it 
be reasonably supposed there should emanate an offspring aught but a libel upon 
the human being as God designed him to be ? It is impossible that it should be 
otherwise. The man or the woman who has pursued this habit of masturbation till 
the grave yawns before the eyes, is no more fitted to generate a child, than are the 
icy mountains of the frozen zone for the production of the fruits of the tropics 
(See under head of Masturbation.) 

Excessive sexual intercourse, or tantalizing the passion, and suppressing emis- 
sion, (generally induced by too long delaying marriage,) are still other sources from 
whence originate evils to the system to be handed down to the children. The 
effects of these are similar to, if not exactly like, those arising from masturbation ; 
as injurious to the system, and as hurtful to the offspring. They should be guarded 
against. u Be temperate in all things" was a wise injunction of the Apostle Paul, 
and one which we shall do well to follow. (See Sexual Onanism, or Pollution.) 
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And still another cause is found in the inducing of pregnancy when in a stat& of 
beastly intoxication. Offspring germinated when one or both of the parents were 
in this degraded condition are often born with an inordinate appetite for the in- 
toxicating cup, and not unfrequently idiotic — they seeming to take the stupid and 
unintelligent condition of the parent at the moment of conception. It therefore 
behooves those who will indulge in the unpardonable folly of stultifying the senses 
with strong drink, that they should not, unless using the Male Safe or Prevention 
Powder, indulge in cohabitation while thus situated, lest they entail misery or 
idiocy upon the child that shall be born to them. 

Ladies suffering from leucorrhceal difficulties and womb weaknesses will find 
oftentimes that their children born while they are thus diseased will inherit bodily 
infirmities. Conceptions at these seasons are like to the wheat sown upon stony 
ground, which sprung up, but having no nourishment, withered away and died. 
It would be the part of wisdom to abstain from intercourse while thus con- 
ditioned, and betake themselves to the means afforded to produce a cure. Other- 
wise the effects upon children will be such as no parent, with the feelings of a pa- 
rent, would like to contemplate or transmit. 

A further cause for the transmission of diseases may be found in the prostitution 
of females, and in the distempers so common among that class of our population, 
and so frequently contracted by those who visit their vile abodes. These diseases, 
often innoculated into the blood, become secondary, and are thence transmitted to 
children, upon whom we often see manifested the horrid effects of syphilitic poison 
If for no other reason than this, the home of the harlot should be avoided, 
and a rational gratification of the desires be sought through the holy and refined 
institution of marriage, ordained of God for the health and happiness of man 
While prostitution fives and scatters the seeds of distemper and death, and 
contaminates the world, a fruitful cause of hereditary disease will have being 
jnong us. 

And a still further, and I may say a wonderfully prolific source from whence flows 
hereditary distempers, is the poisonous mineral medicines dealt out needlessly to 
the sick by the members of the " regular" profession. These poison the blood, 
weaken the system, unstring the nerves, deaden the intellectual faculties, and 
render the whole body liable to be easily affected by all baneful and pestiferous 
outward influences — such as taking colds, running into consumptions, and kindred 
complaints. Mineral medicines generally induce more disease than they can pos- 
sibly cure ; and bodily affections created by them are readily transmitted to the 
offspring. Therefore, and because of the fact that there is no good effect arising 
from their use that cannot be derived from some vegetable production which will 
leave no evil results behind, they should be discarded and kept out of the system. 
There are enough, certainly, of aggravating causes for the entailment of grievous 
physical burdens upon future generations that cannot be so easily avoided, without 
continuing to include this among the number. I therefore can do no less than cau- 
tion my readers against their use. If the " regular" physicians would cast in the 
street their calomel, and other mineral poisons, a great cause of hereditary disease 
and liability to colds, would be banished from our midst. 

Parents disposed to consumption, to insanity, and to many other ills which grow from 
impure blood, transmit their diseases to their children. To prevent this deplorable 
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their systems, they should become whole themselves and have their blood renovated 
and restored to a state of purity. The health and the happiness of unborn nations 
of men and women demands this at the hands of the living generation. Let them 
see to it that this is done. It requires no sacrifice on the part of the living for tho 
benefit of the unborn, for by the healing of themselves only can safety for those who 
*ire to come after us be ensured. Eor this nature has furnished the materials, that 
by partaking thereof the people may be healed. 

Hereditary diseases may be partially cured in the child by the use of the proper 
medicines ; but were the htighting first cause removed, hereditary complaints would 
inevitably die a natural death ; but until this is done they will continue. 



EARLY MARRIAGE AND LONGEVITY. 

" Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord." — Prov 
xviii. 22. 

Of late years we have had put forth from the teeming press numerous works 
upon the important matter of marriage, examining it in all its various phases, and 
volunteering much advice upon the proper age of entering into the state of wed- 
lock. In reason there should be needed no advice upon this point ; for it would 
seem that nature in her wisdom had given the whole animal creation — man in- 
cluded — infallible and correct teaching upon the subject. But inasmuch as the 
wise Solons of this latter day and generation have seen fit to put forth their views 
contrary to nature and the teachings of God in His revealed word, I may be par- 
doned for expressing my ideas upon the subject, (which will be found in accord- 
ance with Scripture and nature,) and of attempting to show the unsoundness and 
fallacy of their opinions. 

Many of our popular (?) phrenological and physiological writers, teachers, and 
would-be guardians of public virtue, hold forth that marriage should be put off by 
the male till he has arrived at the age of twenty-eight or thirty years, and by the 
female till twenty-five or twenty-seven! — because, as they say, earlier marriage 
will enervate the system, lead to a deterioration of the human race mentally and 
physically, and induce disease in various forms. Now, if I understand what these 
people mean by not marrying till the age they in their wisdom prescribe, it is this — 
that the natural passions of amativeness and philoprogenitiveness implanted in 
every member of the human family by a wise Creator, should be entirely sup- 
pressed until the certain period of life which they appoint ; that there should be in 
no manner a gratification of the natural desire; for certainly these men would not 
wish us to understand them as meaning that the passions of man should find gra- 
tification clandestinely and illegitimately, out of wedlock, and in the lazar houses 
Df corruption that lay, like putrid sores, upon the system of society ; in the bed or 
the diseased, blasphemous, abandoned and reckless courtezan, from whose heart 
all feminine beauties have fled, and on whose face the blush of modesty is never 
seen. Nor that the natural desires and wants of the female should find gratification 
out of the pale of marriage, where shame and derision from every quarter await 
her exposure, or unrestrained licentiousness brings its train of mental misery, 
barrenness, disease and untimely death. No ; God forbid that we should interpret 



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them (1ms. Nor can it be believed that they mean to say that the debasing aabit 
of masturbation should be resorted to and followed for ten or twelve years by the 
whole human family, that by a discharge of the secretions in that unnatural man 
ner the desire for cohabitation may be quelled and smothered. Certainly not; 
therefore it must be that, suppression of desire is the doctrine they would teach. 

This being the case, it behoves us to candidly inquire, to carefully investigate, 
to examine in reason, and ascertain from facts, the effects that legitimately and in- 
evitably follow a prolongation of celibacy to the periods of life these writers make 
mention of. The subject is important, considered in any view, whether as regards 
the health of individuals, the virtue of the people, the happiness of the race, or 
the spiritual salvation of those who may be affected by the teachings we have al- 
luded to. At the creation of man God implanted in his system certain desires and 
passions, to the end that through them and by a rational gratification thereof he 
might enjoy life, drink the sweet waters of love, and propagate his species. And 
it is only by this rational gratification that life can be made worth the living, or the 
race be continued. If we hunger, God designed that we should eat ; if we thirst, 
that we should drink and be satisfied. And if hungering and thirsting we eat and 
drink not, evil is sure to come to us. 

Exactly so is it with any other natural desire within us. It is wisely ordained that 
the sexes should have desire one to the other, and if this ordination is not followed 
ill effects are sure to come, as examination will show us. 

One of the sad results legitimately following a prolongation of celibacy beyond 
the period designed by nature, is masturbation. This the reports of hospitals and 
lunatic asylums, and the testimony of physicians, and the shattered frames of thou- 
sands of victims incontestibly prove. The report from the New York State Lunatic 
Asylum, for the year 1850, shows that out of 816 cases of insanity 101 were 
caused by masturbation ! I being a little over J part, or about 17 per cent. Reports 
from various other institutions throughout the country for a series of years show a 
per oentage of masturbators ranging from 5 to 22 per cent., or an average of about 
IT per cent, of the number of insane II It is well known that there are thousands 
of other cases of insanity arising from this cause which never come within the ob 
servation of the asylum officers ; and many cases of insanity ascribed to other 
causes arises from this prolific source. The total number, could we obtain them, 
would present a catalogue frightful to contemplate. 

It has been ascertained that amongst 411 male patients admitted to the Colony 
Hatch Lunatic Asylum, England, there were 170 married, 208 single, 25 widowed, 
and 8 not ascertained. Amongst 669 female patients admitted, 180 were married, 
356 single, 109 widowed, and 24 not ascertained. These instances m?y be cited in 
addition to the many existing proofs of the tendency of " single blessedness" to 
foster insanity, especially among the female sex. "Who would not get married 
after reading such evidences ? Every bachelor, and every unmarried lady, should 
keep tnis fact constantly in mind, and whenever they find themselves going in favor 
of celibacy, should turn it over and admit that they are half crazy already I 

Insanity is not by any means the only result of masturbation. It is a most fruit- 
ful cause of the monster consumption. Inducing, as it does, finally, emissions of 
the semen that cannot be controlled, both in waking hours and in sleep, it exhausts 
the nervous vitality, wrecks the whole frame, and frequently sends the victim to an 
oarly grave. And if this result is escaped, the system is so enervated and reduced 



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that the offspring of after years will be found to be sickly and weak — inheriting in- 
firmities from the parent. In the treatment of 25,000 cases of consumption, I havo 
found that the number arising from masturbation is 25 per cent. 

Besides insanity and consumption, numerous other evils to the system follow from 
masturbation [for which see article on this subject]. And of all these the first 
cause is prolongation of celibacy ; for had the person wedded at a proper age, and found 
in the undefiled bed of marriage that temperate gratification which God and Nature 
designed he should have, his passion would not have driven him into the debasing 
and destructive vice. And upon the heads of those who advise the delay of mar- 
riage to a later period than Nature designed must rest much of the sin of this 
vicious habit. 

Prostitution, with its train of attendant evils and festering sores, is another sure 
and certain fruit of delaying marriage, which follows for the same reasons as mas- 
turbation. From the police reports of London, Paris, and New York, where pros- 
titution thrives with luxuriance, we find that nine in every ten, or 90 per cent., of 
the prostitutes embrace the degrading trade of the harlot before arriving at the age 
of twenty, and thousands commence this life as early as fourteen or fifteen years, cr 
soon after the development of the sexual passion. This fact speaks strongly of the 
danger of delaying marriage ; for had these females married at an early age, and 
found gratification of their strong natural desires in wedlock, the appetite would 
have been appeased and they saved from disappointment in love and the life of the 
harlot. To give a faint idea of the extent of this evil (mostly arising from the cause 
mentioned,) we might state that at one time in London, according to Dr. Ryan, 
Dr. Campbell, and Mr. Tabolt, every fifth female between the ages of fifteen and 
fifty was a harlot 1 1 In New York at one time the proportion was about the same ; 
and at the present day it is as large as one in every eight to ten ! 

Another evil arising from prolonged celibacy is the shortening of human life. 
This is conclusively shown by census returns, to be the case in all countries ! — a 
direct and pointed contradiction of the theories and teachings of the self-constituted 
almoners upon the subject of marriage. The institution of marriage is a healthful 
institution — it is a prolonger of the days of man upon earth. 

From statistics in four successive Registration Reports of the State of Massachu- 
setts, it appears that the average duration of life after 20 years of age of those who 
die without having married is 15.82 years for the males and 25.60 for females; of 
the married 34.61 for the males and 24. 1 1 for the females; of those dying in 
widowhood 53.94 for males and 53.67 for females. By coupling together the 
figures of the married and widowers (who have been married) — 34.61 and 53.94, 
and dividing by 2, we find, that the average duration of life after 20 years of males 
who have enjoyed wedlock, is 44.27 years to 15.82 for those who have not; and 
a similar coupling of the ages of married ladies and widows, gives the years of the 
wedded after 20 as 49.22 to 25.60 for the single. The statistics of various European 
countries show a much greater difference of life in favor of the married state. These 
statistics speak strongly of the influence of marriage upon health and long life even 
after the persons have arrived at the age of 20 years; and when we recollect the 
great number of deaths occurring from puberty to the age of 20 of complaints and 
from causes which marriage would have prevented, we shall observe that we have a 
most powerful and convincing argument in favor of early marriage and against tho 
theow oi some of our modern philosophers. 



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From these figures it appears that marriage and the influences following thoro- 
from have the effect of giving man upon the average, after 20 years of age, twenty- 
eight and a half years more of life than he would have enjoyed without them ; and 
to women twenty-three and half 1 This proves the pure, untainted sweets of nuptial 
bliss to be the life-balm for prolonging the days of man and woman upon the earth 
which God has given them for an inheritance. 

From this delay of marriage also arise the most of the illegitimate births that 
occur in society. The natural passions seeking gratification — and which cannot be 
suppressed — plunge the young woman into sexual connection, and the fruit of her 
womb becomes to her a curse and the token of her shame and degradation in the 
eyes of a community. Had she been married at an earlier age, she had brought 
forth children in honor ; but being left to the sport of an ungratified passion which 
she could not always control, she is tortured in travail with the reflection of being 
thenceforth branded with the mark of sin, and perhaps of becoming an outcast from 
the roof of her father. The results that follow from this are well known. Often 
the house of the procuress becomes her abode in her shame, and she is added to the 
fearful fist of those who pander to the salacious passions of the unrestrained and 
vile. Once the portals of infamy are crossed, her steps down the path of vice and 
degradation are swift and certain ; and but few years go by ere she is hurried to 
the tomb, unwept, uncared for, and unregretted. 

And if the fruits of this evil result of delayed celibacy be not gathered in the 
home of the courtesan and the tomb of the abandoned, we may see them in the 
dens of abortion. Scarcely a day passes but we may see recorded the finding of an 
infant in some out-house or by place, where the victim of a passion ungratified by 
rational sexual connection in marriage has cast it, to hide her shame and disgrace. 
The number of such child-murders — in good part arising from following the teach- 
ings of the high -priests we have alluded to — has become frightfully alarming. They 
are a disgrace to any people and to civilization, and should be a warning against 
the inculcation of the baneful theories of false teachers and philosophers. 

Such are a few only of the baneful and damning results that legitimately flow 
from the teachings of those who have unfortunately obtained for their doctrines too 
great an ascendancy in society. 

In order to show that the philosophy of these men is not only pernicious in its 
influence, — detrimental to virtue, destructive to health, prejudicial to long life, 
injurious to offspring, and contrary to reason and the laws of nature, but also in 
opposition to inspiration, and the virtuous ancient customs of marriage, the injunc- 
tions of the wisest men that have lived, and to the natural teachings of godliness, — 
we shall adduce the testimony of the Holy Scriptures upon this important subject. 

In 1 Timothy v. 14, we read — " I will, therefore, that the younger women marry, 
bear children, and guide the house." In Proverbs ii. IT, we read of the strange 
woman who has " forsaken the guide of her youth " — her husband ; and in Joel i. 8, 
of " the husband of her youth /"—the Jews marrying very early, in obedience to the 
injunction — " Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth." In 1 Cor. vii. 9— 
" It is better to marry than to burn." In Hebrews xiil 4 — " Marriage is honorable 
in ally In 1 Cor. vii. 2 — " To avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, 
and let every woman have her own husband." In Psalm lxxviii. 63, it is repre- 
sented as a mark of displeasure of the Deity that " their maidens were not given to 
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From these and other passages in Scripture it will be seen that early marriage 
was enjoined by God and considered favorably of by the prophets and the apostles. 

The Jews esteemed marriage a matter of the strictest obligation, and embraced 
it at an early age. The time prescribed was eighteen years for the men ; and the 
virgin was ordinarily married at twelve. The Jews follow the commands of the God 
of Abraham. They circumcise to prevent masturbation, and marry young to give 
proper gratification to passion. (See Circumcision.) 

The Hindoos also marry their daughters at twelve, and consider it as a great 
calamity and disgrace if they are not disposed of in marriage before that age. 

I do not wish to be understood as advising marriage before nature intended, but 
as combating the mischievous and baneful theories that have in great measure 
obtained among us. My view of the subject is in accordance with the injunctions 
of Scripture and the infallible directions of Nature. Eor the correct and proper 
guidance of men and women in this matter nature has established signs that cannot 
be mistaken. Passion develops itself at the proper age ; and when puberty has 
arrived, we may safely follow the example of the whole animal creation. And if 
we do not, there will, as we have conclusively shown, manifold dangers arise against 
the health and the happiness of the human race. 

In reference to the subject of the " strength of the sexual propensity," as regarded 
in the light of a cause of loss of virtue by the female, in many cases, Dr. Hollick 
offers the following remarks, which afford us a most powerful argument of the 
absolute necessity of early marriage in certain instances, if we would preserve the 
female from shame or from the baneful effects of self-pollution. 

II In some females, the organs of susceptibility of sexual pleasure are so exqui- 
sitely sensitive that it is scarcely possible for them to prevent their becoming 
excited and creating sexual desires. Even by contact of the clothes they may 
become congested, and excite both the uterus and brain. In these cases it is sheer 
nonsense to say, that the strong sexual desire experienced arises merely from 
depravity, or that it can be overcome by moral efforts alone. We might just as 
reasonably conclude that the hunger of an empty stomach arises merely from an 
unruly appetite, and that it may also be overcome by moral effort. In making 
these remarks, I, of course, do not intend to deny the great power of a determined 
will over the feelings, under most circumstances, nor to discourage such efforts ; on 
the contrary, they are most important and often highly effective; but I wish to 
draw attention to the obvious fact, that they alone cannot always succeed. It is 
unquestionable that in many females, and especially about the age of puberty, the 
excitability is so great that they cannot overcome or escape from the feelings and 
desires that this excitability creates ; and, beyond doubt, it is from this cause alone 
that many seek improper indulgence and become depraved. With these persons, 
therefcre, it is not moral suasion alone, or threats, or the fear of consequences, that 
can be depended upon. * * Licentiousness is fully as often a result of the bodily 
condition as it is of the mental disposition, or probably even more so. It should 
never be forgotten, when reasoning upon these subjects, that some persons cannot 
prevent sexual desires." 

And yet, in the face of this well-known physiological fact, men would tell us that 
no woman should marry till eight or ten years at the least after the age of puberty I 
The consequences to which such a doctrine, if carried out, inevitably must, and, in 



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mar.y cases, does lead, it is easy for the blindest to see, — is so palpable and plain 
11 that the wayfaring man, though a fool, cannot err therein." 

To show what have been the opinions of eminent divines upon this subject, we 
introduce an extract from Lectures on Magdalenism by the renowned Dr. "Wardlaw, 
of Scotland, delivered before forty ministers of the gospel and eleven hundred 
citizens of Glasgow— published by J. S. Redfield, New York : — 

" The causes which, by various authors, have been assigned as, some more and 
some less, conducing to the melancholy aggregate of wickedness and misery, are 
numerous. I can only select some of the more prominent. 

11 "Whenever we think at all on the subject, the first thing which, in the order of 
nature, forces itself upon our notice is, the strength of the sexual propensity, and the 
comparative weakness of the moral principle which ought to hold it in restraint. 
This, however, is a topic of which, whether absolutely or comparatively, I shrink 
from the public discussion ; and am glad to think that I can waive it without ma- 
terially if at all affecting the completeness of my argument, or the force of m; 
appeal. It may be enough, on a point of such peculiar delicacy, to say, that whilt 
other causes blend their influence with this, it is absurd to suppose that, but for this., 
they could operate with such fatal success : nor can it admit of a doubt, as to either 
sex, that this cause does at times cloak itself under the allegation of others, which 
can be pleaded in extenuation with less of shame. 

" Early marriages, wherever they can be contracted with any ordinary regard to 
prudence, are among the best preventives of prostitution ; and whatever contributes 
to hinder the formation of these, may be regarded as standing chargeable with their 
share of its encouragement, as ranking among the causes of ma.gdalenism. I deny 
not that prudence is a virtue, and the question of marriage is a proper sphere for its 
exercise. Eut there cannot be a doubt that high notions, which, by the refinement 
and extravagance of our times, have been introduced, of the style in which young men 
entering on life must set up their domestic establishment, have, in many instances, 
laid restraints on the early cultivation of virtuous love, and prevented the happy 
union of hearts in youthful wedlock. I cannot look upon this as at all an improve- 
ment on the homely habits of our fathers. Many are the young men who are thus 
tempted to remain single by their felt inability to start in what is regarded a some- 
what creditable style. Would to God I had the ear of all the youth in our city, and in 
our country, that I might tell them of the sweets of early virtuous union; and that 
I might earnestly and affectionately urge them to consult their own best interests, 
and to set an example pregnant with the most beneficial results to the community, 
by bidding defiance to the tyranny of fashion ; by returning to the good old way ; by 
finding a partner who will marry from love, and who will be willing, and more 
than willing, to begin upon little, and by the blessing of providence, to rise grad- 
ually to more. That was the way in the olden time ; and, although no croaker for 
the superiority of all that pertained to ancestry, this, most assuredly, is a point in 
which I should say of the former days, ' they were better than these.' I would say 
to the rising youth — the hopes of coming generations — ' Moderate your views ; defy 
custom ; marry ; fear God ; be virtuous ; and be happy.' Could my voice and my 
counsel prevail, what a salutary check would be given to the prevalence of the vico 
which is our present subject. 

" Virtuous love operates with a most beneficial influence on the vicious principles 
of our fallen nature j nor are there many sights on earth more delightful for t^e ove to 



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rest on than that of youth joined with youth in honorable and hallowed union — 
union of heart as well as hand — and living together in all the faithfulness and ten- 
derness of a first love. E\ en should their outset in conjugal life be somewhat stinted, 
how much better a little mutual self-denial than that cold, calculating celibacy 
which is ever looking forward to some distant stylish starting point, and which, in 
the mean while, is so frequent an occasion of young men ' falling into temptation 
and a snare, ' and into ' foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown them in destruction 
and perdition ! " 

To the views of Dr. "Wardlaw, thus expressed, I fully subscribe. They are wor- 
thy the attention of all well-wishers of the human family. And I would suggest 
to the eminent divines of this country, to such men as Drs. Beecher, Cox, Hawks, 
Bushnell, Potts, Phinney, "Wainwright, and others, the propriety of following th • 
excellent example of Dr. W., and delivering courses of lectures, similar to his, tc 
the American people, which might be published for universal circulation throughout 
the country, so that every parent and every son and daughter in the land migh* 
read and profit thereby. You have before you, in the publications and teachings 
of some of the distinguished phrenologists and physiologists of the day, the theory 
of protracted celibacy : and in millions of degenerated consumptives, broken down, 
insane, prostituted and death-struck human beings, you have presented some of the 
legitimate fruits that follow the practice of such a theory ; a theory which leads to 
degeneration of the race, is a blighting curse to civilization, and Christian religion, 
a destroyer of wedded bliss, and a fruitful source of infant mortality. On the other 
hand, you have that theory of marriage ordained of G-od, advocated in the words of 
Holy Writ, approved by reason, and prescribed by nature, to follow which leads to 
health, virtue, morality, purity, happiness, and long life to both men and women. 
The roads, with the results to which they inevitably and of necessity conduct the 
traveler, are before you : choose ye into which of the two you will direct your steps 
and the steps of those who are to fill your places in the world. 

In addition to the foregoing, I would submit to my readers the following opinion 
of the revered and celebrated Dr. Benjamin Franklin, upon the subject of early 
marriages, as expressed in letters to his friends. The views of so observing a 
man are worthy of the deepest consideration : 

" From the marriages that have fallen under my observation, I am rather inclined 
to think that eany ones stand the best chance of happiness. The temper and habits 
of the young have not become so stiff and uncomplying as when more advanced in 
life ; they form more easily to each other, and hence many causes of disgust are re- 
moved. * * By early marriage, youth is sooner formed to regular and useful 
life ; and possibly some of those accidents,, or connections, that might have injured 
the constitution, or reputation, or both, are thereby happily prevented. * * In 
general, when nature has rendered our bodies fit for it, the presumption is in nature's 
favor that she has not judged amiss in making us desire it. Late marriages are often 
attended, too, with this further inconvenience, that there is not the same chance 
that the parents will live to see their children educated. 'Late children,' says tho 
Spanish proverb, ' are early orphans. 7 A melancholy reflection to those whose case 
it may be ! * * In fine, I am glad that you (John Alleyne,) are married, and 
congratulate you most cordially upon it. You are now in the way of becoming a 
useful citizen ; and you have escaped the unnatural state of celibacy for life, the 
fate of many who never intended it, but who, having too long postponed the chango 



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of their condition, find at length that it is too late to think of it, and so live all 
their lives in a situation that greatly lessens a mans value. An odd volume of a set 
of books bears not the value of its proportion to the set What think you of the 
odd half of a pair of scissors ? It cannot well cut anything ; it may possibly servo 
to scrape a trencher." 




No. 9. — Married Couple with their Child. 

" I Will that the younger women marry and bear children." — 1 Timothy v. 14. 
H Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undented. "— Heb. xiii. 4. 

[In the above cut our readers are presented with a picture of the married couple, it 
the enjoyment of bodily health, mental vigor, mutual domestic happiness and 
peace, living in the pleasure of connubial bliss as ordained by God, and rejoicing to- 
gether over the beautiful child given them as the choicest blessing cf heaven — an 
honored image of themselves and of the Deity.] 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 43 

And again : 

"The account you (John Sargeant), give me of your family is pleasing, except that 
your eldest son continues so long unmarried. I hope he does not intend to live and 
die in celibacy. The wheel of life that has rolled down to him from Adam without 
interruption, should not stop with him. I would not have one dead, unhealing 
branch in the genealogical tree of the Sargeants. The married state is, after all 
our jokes, the happiest, being conformable to our natures. Man and woman have 
each of them qualities and tempers, in which the other is deficient, and which in 
union contribute to the common felicity. Single and separate, they are not tho 
complete human being ; they are like the odd halves of scissors ; they cannot an- 
swer the end of their formation." 



MINERAL QUACKS. 

" The wholo nation is groaning under the present practice of the medical profession, which 
fosters disease more than it cures it, and debases or ruins our constitutions." — Mokison. 

The history of the term quack is as follows : Mineral medicines were first intro- 
duced into use in the cure of diseases in 1493, by Theophrastus Bombastus Paracel- 
sus, in Switzerland, and the German vegetable doctors called him and his followers 
quacks, from the introduction among other things of quicksilver or quacksalver. 
"When we apply the term of quack to that class of physicians which bleed and giv© 
mineral poisons to cure diseases, we by no means use it as a term of reproach, but 
as an appellation that we have shown legitimately belongs to them, to distinguish 
them irom the class of botanic physicians which existed long before minerals were 
ever thought of as fit for the healing of the sick. And this name will cling to them 
in spite of themselves so long as they continue their present practice. 

It ia manifestly absurd and unjust in the mineral doctors to attempt to cast the 
term of quack as a reproach upon the botanists, who never sanctioned the use of 
minerals as a medicine, but have steadfastly set their faces against them, and en- 
tered their protest against their use, as being unnecessary in any case, and often 
highly injurious. If the " regulars" are ashamed of the term, (as they evidently are,) let 
them cease to practice upon the principle out of which the name originated. Or if 
they will persist in their unnatural treatment of the human system in disease, let 
them manfully wear the name which their father Paracelsus earned for them, and 
not resort to the infamous trick of using it in abuse of those who continue in the 
practice of the Botanic system, that was ordained of God for the healing of the sick 
and disabled. 

Paracelsus in a great measure succeeded in overthrowing the Galenic system, 
which had stood the test of fourteen hundred years ; and in its place he introduced 
the mineral or chemical system. The introduction of mineral agents into medical 
practice, caused great excitement. The regular physicians of that day, the Galenic 
or Botanic, (now irregular,) contended with much zeal against minerals ; while, on 
the other hand, the chemical practitioners, or quacks, inveighed against Botanies, as 
being weak and inefficient. The whole medical world was thus kept in commotion 
for two hundred years. Both sides assailed each other with the most opprobrious 
epithets, and the contest has continued to the present day. Since the days of Panv 



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celsus, the great mass of physicians have placed their chief reliance upon the Ian 
cet, the knife, and a few acrid and poisonous minerals. But I rejoice that many 
distinguished physicians of the old quack school are beginning to abandon their 
poisonous quackeries, and enter their solemn protest against them. 

Of this number is Dr. Beach, President of the Reformed Medical Society of New 
York, and founder of the Reformed Medical Colleges of the United States. Drs. 
Ken worthy and Price, founders of the Eclectic Medical College of Petersburg, Ya., 
gentlemen of the highest order of talent and skill in their profession ; Dr. Anthony 
Hunn, of Kentucky ; Dr. Bigelow, of Boston ; Drs. Mathias, Blackall, Cheyne, I. J. 
Sperry, A. W. Russell, of Albany, ¥m. Elmer, of N. Y. ; and a host of others, too 
numerous to mention, who have abandoned their old method of mercurial quackery 
and gone to the vegetable kingdom for the great natural remedies which God has 
there furnished in rich abundance for the " healing of the nations." Let us hear 
the opinion of some of these noble reformers, in relation to mineral poisons as cura- 
tive agents: 

"Those," says Dr. Beach, "who wish to preserve their health, must avoid the 
use of all minerals internally. They never were designed by the Author of nature for 
medicine. They injure the coats of the stomach and intestines, and, instead of re- 
moving, create diseases. Mercury, which is universally in use, is the worst of alL 
Yegetables should be used in preference, being safer, and more congenial to the 
system." 

Dr. Hunn says : " The present calomel practice in fevers is a calamity co-exten- 
sive with the empire of civilization ; and war, with all its ghastly concomitants, 
must hail calomel its master." 

Dr. Bigelow says : " Mercury enters into every part of the body — the blood, 
bones, milk, urine, bile, cutaneous discharges, serum, saliva, breasts, intestines, and 
there continues : and if the victim to such quackery lives, his system will be a liv- 
ing barometer, to denote the changes of the weather — great pain making the only 
difference." 

Dr. Cheyne says: "Minerals are the most destructive to animal bodies that 
malice can invent, beyond gun-powder itself and even spirituous liquors ; for not 
only nature has provided none such, but as poisons in venomous creatures, to kill 
their enemies. They become iron, bristles, nails and lancets, darting perpendicularly 
into the solids of the body, so as quickly to tear, rend, and destroy ; and, therefore, 
can never be proper for food or physic. 

"Whereas Galenical, or vegetable, productions have none of these bad properties, 
and are, consequently, designed for both food and medicines for the sick." 

Testimony to this effect might be multiplied to very great length ; and it is most 
gratifying to the friends of the medical reform to hear these testimonies from those 
who have occupied the highest seats of honor in the school of Quackdom. We 
boldly predict that, at the rate medical reform is now advancing, the world in 
twenty-five years, will not contain an advocate for mineral poisons as remedial 
agents for diseases of any description. 

The Galenic age, which has begun to dawn again upon the world, after a long 
night of over three hundred and fifty years, will spread its glories over the world. 
Signs of these glories meet us on every hand. 

The people have caught a glimpse of the true and genuine remedies, which the 
God of nature designed for the use of mankind under their various diseases. These 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 45 

are all found in the vegetable or botanical kingdom. They are found in and among 
the trees of the forests and the luxuriant productions of the hills and the -valleys. 
They grow in the crags and on the tops of the highest mountains ; and lift up their 
enameled heads by the side of every lake and streamlet. 

These, like the leaves of the mystic tree which were beheld in the apocalyptic 
vision, are designed for the healing of the nations. 

These are our remedies. "We have tried them, and found them to be safe, agree- 
able, powerful in their effects, and fully efficacious in removing the most inveterate 
maladies with which mankind are afflicted. 

We have long and carefully studied their nature, and observed their effects ; and 
we find that, while they are potent in eradicating diseases of every kind from the 
buman system, they leave none of those baneful and crushing effects upon it, that 
often last during life; such as general emaciation and debility, increased action 
of the heart and arteries, tubercles in the lungs, scrofulous blood, inducing various 
forms of chronic disease ; thickening of various membranes, particularly the pleura 
and the pericardium ; metallic taste in the mouth ; peculiar and offensive odor of the 
breath ; rotten teeth and spongy gums ; excessive flow of the saliva ; swollen and 
stiffened joints, tongue, and moveable palate ; increased secretions and excretions , 
irritable state of the whole system ; temporary delirium, palsy, and epilepsy ; a pale, 
contracted countenance and trembling nerves ; rapacious appetite for food, and bad 
digestion ; disturbed sleep and frightful dreams ; frequent aches and pains, darting 
through the limbs and various parts of the body ; sudden loss of strength, as if dy- 
ing ; shocking depression of spirits ; tendency to commit suicide ; loss of memory 
and judgment ; sometimes incurable mania, and other evils, too numerous to men- 
tion ; all of which, to a greater or less degree, follow directly in the wake of mineral 
poisons administered as curatives of disease. 

These dreadful effects cannot but be known to all who are engaged in giving or 
directing their use ; and, inasmuch as they know them, they ought immediately to 
abandon their use. 

Even admitting that mineral poisons have a direct tendency to eradicate any acute 
disease ; yet, when their ultimate chronic effects are considered, they ought nevei 
to be used ; nor have physicians any earthly excuse for using them, inasmuch as 
the God of nature has spread out before them, on every hand, in the vegetable 
kingdom, remedies that will produce all the good effects that can possibly be claim- 
ed to be produced by mineral poisons, without any of their injurious effects. 

If they are in doabt in relation to the correctness of this statement, their doubts 
will at once vanish, if they will but make the experiment with a strong decoction 
of Iris Versicolor, or Bme Mag-root, steeped in alcohol, giving a tea-spoonful threo 
times a-day ; or they may use Eupitorium Perfoliatum, or Thoroughwort, in doublo 
the above quantity, after having boiled it down till it is very strong. 

Either of the above substitutes will produce all the desirable effects claimed for 
mineral poisons, without one of their undeniably pernicious effects. 

Why then should any physician longer persist in the use of mineral poisons ? 

Eor them ho has no earthly excuse ; and benevolence, at least to his patients, 
who confidingly trust their fives in his hands, ought to prompt him, forthwith, to 
abandon their use. 

Tf the sword has slain its thousands, mineral poisons have slain their tens o* 



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THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 



thousands; and that within its period of three hundred and fifty-eight years ; previ- 
ously to wLich, as we have proved, they were wholly unknown to the world as cu* 
ratives of disease, of any kind or form. 

For five thousand four hundred and ninety-seven years before the adoption of the 
mineral practice, during which the diuretic, abluent, and botanic practice prevailed, 
the world were, for the most part, strangers to those dreadful chronic maladies 
which have every where prevailed since the introduction and adoption of the min- 
eral practice. 

Almost all constitutions have become more or less affected by the use of miner- 
als, so that there is now very little use for thermometers or barometers, to indicate 
the present or prospective state of the weather. 

A man has but to consult his own, or his neighbor's constitution, to obtain all need- 
ed information in relation to this matter. 

If you wish the blooming goddess of health, happiness, and long life, to take up 

" To everything wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat." — See Genesu 
i. 29, 30 ; and Genesis ix. 3. 




No. 10. — The Vegetable or Botanic Medicines! 



Adapted to every age and to every condition of the bodily health, being bothfooi and medicine f&r 
msn and animals, have been in constant use for nearly six thousand years, during which long 
period not one has ever died from their effects, or been injured, except through their misapplica- 
tion ; nor one in ten thousand, when compared with the mineral patients in three hundred and 
fifty-eight years. 

The cnemical or mercurial medicines, first introduced to the world in 1493, by Bombastus 
Paracelsus, the great prototype of all succeeding quacks, have, in the short space of three hun- 
dred and fifty-eight years, sent death and destruction broadcast over the land, furnishing con- 
stant employment to doctors, dentists, coffin-makers, and grave-diggers ! Make your choico 
The vegetable and mineral medicines are before you. 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 47 

hor abode within your dwelling, banish all quack mineral poisons therefrom , and 
when any curative agents are needed, resort to such as Nature has provided in the 
vegetable kingdom, where you will always find an abundance adapted to the nature 
of man, either in a state of health or disease. 

From these last I have labored many years to compound medicines suited to the 
various disorders to which the human system is liable, each calculated to work be- 
neficially in the particular diseases which it is designed to cure, and all co-operating 
together to restore the disturbed system to its proper state of quietness and health. 
From the proper use of these you will find relief from sickness and pain, and the 
number of your years be prolonged upon the earth. (See notices of medicines In 
another part of this volume.) 



VEGETABLE MEDICINES ARE OF GOD. 

M The Flora of North America is astonishingly rich in remedies. There is no doubt in my 
mind that, in more diseases than is generally acknowledged, vegetable simples are the prefer- 
able remedies." — Prof. Waterhouse 

YEaETABLES were given by God to man both for food and medicine ; and they 
have been used for these purposes since the creation of Adam, and stood the test 
through every age of the world. When man was formed and became a living soul, 
God particularly declared vegetables to be food for man. See Gen. i. 29 and 30. 
" And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the 
face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, 
to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of 
the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have 
given every green herb for meat." Gen. ix. 3, 4. " Every moving thing that liveth 
shall be meat for you, even as the green herbs, have I given you all things. But 
flesh, with the life thereof; which is the blood thereofj shall ye not eat." 

King David said — "Purge me with hyssop (not calomel or blue pills,) and I shall 
be clean." — Ps. li. 1, St. John said — " The leaves of the tree were for the healing 
of the nations." — Rev. xxii. 2. Paul said — " The weak eateth herbs. 11 — Romans 
xiv. 2. 

The Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels, bearing spices, and balm, 
and myrrh, carrying it down to Egypt. — Gen. xxxvii. 25. And father Israel said unto 
them—" Take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down to the 
man & present: sl little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds." 
Gen. xliii. 11. "Would not this example be a good one for the minerals doctors to fol- 
low, when they visit their sick, rather than carry their deadly poisons ; at least these 
are the medicines of the botanies ; and their patients had rather see these than the 
lancet, blue pills, or emetics. 

Jeremiah lamented for the Jews — " Is there no balm in Gilead ? is there no phy- 
sician there ? why, then, is not the health of the daughter of my people recover, 
ed?" — Jer. viii. 22. Jeremiah said — "Go up into Gilead, and take balmy And ho 
also pronounced the vegetables, in this case, as medicines; for he said — "In vain 
«hait thou use many medicines, and shall not be cured." This passage also proves 
that God afflicts persons with disease, and that they shall not be cured ; thereforo 
provoke not God's wrath, that you should fall into incurable sickness. "Babylon is 



48 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

suddenly fallen and destroyed ; howl for her ; take balm, (not minerals,) for her %>ain t 
if so be she may be healed." 

Am I judging too hard when I say vegetable medicines are healing remedies for 
the sick, and that mineral poisons are not of God, but from the devil ? The whole- 
sale slaughter of mankind in every age since the introduction of mineral medicines 
proves this to be true. And the thousands living who have been tormented with 
diseases following the use of the deadly poisons cry out against them ; but tho 
mineral quack heeds not their voices. 

In speaking of the moral corruption of Judah, the prophet Isaiah speaks of 
ointment — Isa. i. 6 ; and in various portions of the Scriptures there is mention 
made of ointments, balms, myrrh, aloes, and other healing vegetables ; but we find 
no mention of calomel or other minerals as medicines. 

The ancient Egyptians encouraged and profited by the growth of many wild 
plants of the desert, which were used for medicinal purposes. Many of them aro 
still known to the Arabs, and many others have fallen into disuse from the ignor- 
ance of the modern inhabitants of the country, who only know them from the 
Arabs, by whom the traditions concerning their properties are preserved. Prom 
what Homer tells us of "the infinity of drugs produced in Egypt," the use o* 
"many medicines" mentioned by Jeremiah, and the frequent allusion by Pliny to 
the medicinal plants of that country, we may conclude that they were highly 
prized. 

Of vegetable remedies, Prof. Rafinesque has remarked: — " The popular belief that 
every country produces simples suitable to cure all the prevailing local diseases, is 
not void of truth ; vegetable substances afford the mildest, most efficient, and most 
congenial remedies to the human frame. The numerous cures that are daily per- 
formed by the use of vegetable medicines are sufficient evidence of their super- 
excellent virtues." 

Enough is here presented to show that mineral medicines were not appointed 
of God for the use of man, but that vegetable medicines were ; and enough to 
banish the former and establish the latter as the only true and safe ones. And 
the experience of ages has confirmed the wisdom of the Scriptures upon this point 
so strongly that all the mineral quacks in Christendom cannot shake it from its firm 
foundation. 

And when to these teachings of the Bible and experiences of the past we have 
added the dictates of common sense and reason, making an array of arguments that 
cannot be overthrown, we may be pardoned for asking why people will longer con- 
tinue in the use of these pernicious and baneful mineral potions — especially when 
the labors of science in the vegetable kingdom have prepared for us remedies for 
the various diseases with which mankind is afflicted ? 



HOMEOPATHY. 

Homeopathy we may regard as no better than allopathy, since all the medicines 
used by the homeopathic physician that have any power in themselves are tho samo 
as those used by the allopathic — being no more or less than tiz.6 deadly mineral 
poisons of the "old school" doctors — yet prepared in a more concentrated form. 
Their little sugar pills, however, and drops of distilled water, possess remarkable 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 49 

healing properties when administered to highly nervous and notional persons, who 
have no disease but what exists in the imagination. Such persons they not unfre- 
^uently cure : such persons are often restored to health from an imaginary disease 
by a few doses of 'powerful and efficacious bread pills ! 

The care of the homeopath to remove all medicines but his own from the sick 
room, for fear of the loss of the power of his remedies by absorption, is a grand thing 
where the patient is nervous and whimsical, and has little or no disease. The more 
of such affectation and pretension they practice, the better for that kind of invalids. 

But as regards the system of homeopathy, when practiced upon the principle laid 
down by its head and father, Hahnemann, and considered aside from the nervous 
and notional state into which people having no real disease sometimes get, it is 
utterly worthless. I have seen it tried in various acute and real cases of sickness 
and it produced no effect whatever — unless medicines of other schools were used. 

The theory of practice, however, is perhaps a good offset to that of allopathy ; foi 
while physicians of the latter school give too much medicine, the homeopath gives 
none at all, but pretends to give, and by governing the diet and exercise sometimes 
effects good. I am not opposed to the practice, for, while it does no harm it may 
prove beneficial through the imagination. And did they adhere to their sy&tem in 
all cases they would be much less accountable for the entailment of disease upon 
the subjects of their skill than the allopaths. 

But, unfortunately, this is not the case. Prescribing for the imagination does not 
always answer, for there are cases of sickness of such severity and upon such per- 
sons that the infinitesimal doses and bread pills will have no effect upon them. In 
these instances they resort to the remedies used by the allopath — calomel, arsenic, 
morphine, quinine, strichnine, delphine, veratrine and others, prepared in highly con- 
centrated forms and sugared over to hide the taste. These remedies constitute 
almost the entire materia-medica of the homeopath — at least all that have any real 
power. So that in reality they are under the same condemnation, no matter what 
their pretensions may be, for the injurious effects of the medicines they use are the 
same as those produced by the agents of the allopath. And from the use by th<? 
homeopath of the medicines and practice of another school, we are brought to the 
inevitable conclusion that the theory of Hahnemann has been found incompetent, in 
cases of real sickness, to effect cures, saving and excepting the good which may be 
wrought by any medicine through the imagination of the patient ! and this, too, by 
the experience of the pretended disciples of the homeopathic school. 

The theory of Hahnemann is totally based, and homeopathy as a distinctive 
school is entirely dependent, upon dilution, not concentration. The doctrine is that 
" like cures like," and medicinal agents are more active and powerful in infinitesimal 
quantities than in ordinary doses : for, says Hahnemann himself, " a grain of salt divid- 
ed to a millioneth degree of attenuation, and a particle dissolved in diluted alcohol, 
and the division of this extended to a millioneth degree, becomes a powerful and 
heroical medicament, which can be administered only with the greatest caution!" 
How absurd and ridiculous I This would be like throwing a spoonful of tea into the 
Hudson at Albany, and telling the ladies of New York that therefrom they could 
dip up a cup of the excellent beverage at the entrance of the river into the ocean ! 
In the name of common sense how could a man grasp, or see, even by the aid of 
a powerful microscope, this truly homeopathic dose which Hahnemann speaks of? 
An atom of water or alcohol could not by any power be separated from its sur- 
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50 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

rounding atoms, but would contain an hundred times more salt than Hahnemann 
describes ! And how could it produce any effect, when every patient using it takes 
millions of times as much with his daily meals ? and when his secretions, his gastric 
iuices, and every atom of his blood, contain always, as an indispensable constituent, 
billions of times more salt than he says will produce such extraordinary effects ? 
Such is the whole doctrine of homeopathic doses ; and we need not pursue it further 
in order that the reader may see its utter absurdity. It may be reasonably wonder- 
ed if the intelligence of those who believe in such a theory is not diluted to a greater 
degree than is one of their homeopathic doses ! 

With reference to the other dogma, that " like cures like," or that " all diseases 
may be cured by such remedies as are capable of inducing symptoms similar to each 
particular disease," it is by no means true. The doctrine is not based, as Hahnemann 
pretends, upon an invariable law. In some cases, it is true, that a certain medicine 
given to a person in health, will produce in him symptoms common in a disease. 
Creosote, which is given to cure vomiting, will, if administered in a dose sufficiently 
large, induce vomiting in a healthy person ; but it does not follow that it cures in 
the one case because it induces in the other ; for were this theory true, tartar emetic, 
which is almost sure to excite vomiting, when given in a large dose, would be sure 
to cure it when given in small ones, in all cases where the vomiting was not induced 
by tartar emetic. But we all know that it will do no such thing ! So we see the 
fallacy of this dogma. 

According to this theory of homeopathy, if a man is stung by an insect, he must 
let a snake bite him as a cure ; or to extinguish a fire we must throw on gunpowder 
or saltpetre. Would it not be more rational to use water to quench fire, and health- 
renewing remedies to destroy disease ? 

The theory of homeopathy as practiced, whether it be acknowledged or not, is this 
and only this ; they wish to dispense with the strength of medicines in many cases, 
because they have no confidence in them in those cases. But they cannot dispense 
with the use of something, because the patient is impressed with the idea that me- 
dicines must cure. They then start the theory of dilution, or giving the shadow of 
medicine without its strength or substance. Diluting the medicine, and at the same 
time impressing and concentrating the mind of the invalid, it requires no real virtue 
in the medicine, because the concentration of the mind strongly impressed, acts with 
a magic and wonderful power on the nervous electricity and animal secretions, blood 
or fluids, producing the cures without a particle of medicine. This theory and its 
practice is in many cases a grand one ; the theory of operating upon the mind is ex- 
cellent ; but it will not do in all cases. 

But while we can indorse that part of homeopathy which operates upon the mind, 
we must enter our protest against their use of the deadly minerals of the allopath, for 
reasons heretofore given in remarks upon mineral medicines. And if they would 
hold to the concentration of medicine, it is by no means necessary that they discard 
the vegetable remedies ; for these, capable of producing all the good, and leaving 
behind none of the ill effects that follow mineral antidotes, can be had in concen- 
trated forms highly powerful and efficacious in the cure of diseases, divested of their 
cumbrous and worthless substance. 



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LOVE-SICKNESS CAUSES CONSUMPTION. 

Love is a natural passion of both sexes. Properly influenced, love is animated 
with the noblest expectations, and an ardent desire to promote the happiness of its 
object. Though not in itself a disease, love often produces an unhealthy state of 
the system and leads to diseases. The symptoms of love as outwardly manifested 
are as follows : 

The eyelids often twinkle ; the eyes are hollow, and yet appear as if filled with 
pleasure ; the pulse is not peculiar to the passion, but the same as that which at- 
tends solicitude and care ; when the object of the person's affection is near, particu- 
larly if thaidea is sudden, the spirits are confused, the pulse changes, and its force 
and celerity are very variable ; some, not conscious of their state, pine away, are 
slothful, and regardless of food ; though the wise, when they find themselves in 
love, seek pleasant company and active entertainments. 

As the force of love prevails, sighs grow deeper ; a tremor affects the heart and 
pulse ; the countenance is alternately pale and red ; the voice is suppressed in the 
throat ; tho eyes grow dim ; cold sweats break out ; sleep absents itselfj at least un- 
til morning; the secretions become disturbed; the heart dilated, and appetite 
lost ; a hectie fever, melancholy, perhaps madness, suicide or consumption, end the 
life of the victim. How to distinguish the love-sick, is particularly described above, 
which, in observing closely, will always determine the fact. 

Love-sickness is a most fruitful cause of decline and consumption. I have found 
many fast inclined to consumption, who, had they not accidentally fallen under my 
medical care, would have soon died ; but I am happy to say that I rarely fail of chang- 
ing the mind and directing it to other phrenological organs, by agency of the blood 
and diet, so as to effect a radical cure, and restore mind and body to health. Love- 
sickness is a fruitful source of insanity, as we may see from the reports of the vari- 
ous lunatic asylums in the country ; the average of cases from this cause being set 
down at about six per cent. That consumption often grows out of love-sickness, 
physicians have been compelled to admit ; yet, very few of them are able to do any 
good to the sufferer. But by careful study of the disease, and observing how the 
mind acts upon the body, and upon the blood, and renders it impure, and how the 
blood in turn acts upon the brain and its several organs through the nervous elec- 
tricity of the system, I have been able to ascertain the nature and character of tins 
disease, and to prepare remedies for it which are offered to those suffering from its 
Influence, with an assurance of their producing the most salutary results. 

Disease and Health coupled m Maeriage. — In the present age, it has be- 
come a matter of frequent occurrence that disease is united to health in marriage, 
without regard to consequences that will follow to offspring. Owing ic customs of 
dress and habits of living, in connection with the evils arising from protra-aed celi- 
bacy, there are few couples united at the age of twenty-five or thirty without seated 
disease existing in either the lady or the gentleman. This is a serious objection to 
putting off marriage and to the production of offspring. 

The consumptive invalid, fast approaching the grave, is wedded in marriage ; the 
female, having by tight lacing and heavy skirts broke down and deranged the health 
and functions of the womb, is a subject for wedded life: the young man having de- 
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mind, involuntary emissions, or partial idiocy, from a habit of self-pollution, is fre- 
quently a subject for the matrimonial life, (and what a piece of crippled mechanism 
is he too, to offer himself to a blooming young lady, fresh as the dew-drop of the 
morning.) This is all wrong. Individuals, and society as a whole, should endeavor 
to set this matter right by beginning at the fountain head, and advising obedience 
to those laws of nature which, being followed in wisdom, will prevent falling into 
the infirmities I have mentioned. Then we should have sound couples given in 
marriage, and the race would be perpetuated in strength and health. 



PKOTRACTED CELIBACY A VIOLATION OF PHYSICAL LAWS. 

Marriage, in my opinion, should be instituted as soon as the person has budded 
into man or womanhood and the sexual passion is fully developed. Delaying mar- 
riage ten or twelve years after puberty is altogether wrong — destructive to health, 
happiness and long life. All the secret habits which injure both the male and the 
female, lay the foundation for sickness, break down the constitution, and induce 
consumption directly or indirectly, grow out of too long a separation of the sexes ; 
for if the amative passion is not gratified naturally, it will be unnaturally ; if there 
is no sexual intercourse, there will be self-pollution in nine out of ten cases, as ex- 
perience of the past most conclusively shows. And in all other cases (if there be 
any such,) where the secretion of semen is not discharged through the natural pas- 
sage, it must be absorbed into the body in a decomposed state, to clog up the sys- 
tem, impart impurities to the blood, and derange the action of the lungs and heart ; 
acting the same as costiveness in the bowels, which gives headache, derangement 
of the stomach and insanity ; or as the urine, which, when not discharged by its 
natural passage, works out through the pores of the skin, and imparts a disagreea- 
ble odor to the body ; or as the bile, which, when obstructed, produces jaundice, 
known by yellowness of skin. The point, therefore, to be considered by all is this : 
Shall we have natural or artificial gratification? I say, most decidedly, the 
natural. 

The average life of married women is nearly twice as long as is that of the single. 
Woman is by nature a propagator of the human species. She is instinct with tho 
desire of offspring, and nothing but offspring can appease the desire. Her soul is silent- 
ly but ceaselessly on fire with a love of progeny ; her physical form, her mental organi- 
zation, her tastes and feelings are constituted in harmony with the increase of tho 
human race. The eye was not more evidently formed for seeing, the ear for hearing, 
the nose for smelling, the feet for walking, than was woman for the production of 
offspring. Deprive any of those organs of their proper functions, and observe the 
penalty of deprivation that is visited upon the system. And yet when GTod has es- 
tablished menstruation as an unmistakable sign of womanhood and marriage at 
fourteen or fifteen years of age in this latitude, (which ought as much to be heeded 
and followed as a shining fight to man's or woman's health and happiness, as the 
unmistakable fiery cloud of God, hung in the heavens for a sure guide to Moses and 
the children of Israel to lead them with safety to the promised land,) physiologists 
and phrenologists, with unblushing impudence, instruct us not to marry till twenty- 
five or thirty, while meantime the passion of amativeness is raging within and 



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Dursting out into prostitution and self-pollution, because not quenched in the pure 
waters of connubial love. 

Proofs the most incontrovertible have been afforded by experience and observa- 
tion that early marriage is beneficial to the health, and consequently to the contin- 
uation of life in the aggregate, fanatics^ and others, teaching to the contrary notwith- 
standing. 

The following table, giving the age when menstruation of the female commences, 
shows the time that nature has appointed for marriage. It is derived from Dr. Parr 
mid Dr. Lee of England, and Dr. Meigs of Philadelphia, and others. 

In 1781 females, the menses first occurred, 

At 11 years of age in 110 At 16 years of age in 284 

12 " " 144 18 " " 144 

16 " " 356 19 " " 12 

14 " " 366 20 " " 40 

The time of puberty in the male sex is upon the average about two years later 
in life than among the females, indicating the age for marriage according to nature 
,0 be that much greater. But notwithstanding these plain teachings of the Creator, 
Taany attempt to deny men and women indulgence in marriage for ten or twelve 
/ears, and until they become possessed of wealth and great education from the 
schools. But if all waited for wealth, how many marriages should we have ? The 
race would become extinct ; for statistics in the financial world show us that only 
one man in a hundred ever becomes rich ; and that the most of those who do, be- 
come so after marriage. And if all waited for the education prescribed, the race 
would be broken down before the time of marriage came ; for until the natural de- 
sires of the body are gratified, man cannot be properly educated — the mind cannot 
be brought to bear so strongly upon the education while the passions rage within, 
as after they are properly appeased. And it is the ne plus ultra of man's success 
in study, to first gratify the sexual desire. This done, he may attain the highest 
rounds upon the ladder of science ; and not without, for ungratified exciting passion 
is constantly at war with education, and generally proves conqueror over it. The 
rattle-headed young man is as uncontrollable and as unfitted to receive education if 
natural desire is not rationally gratified, as is the untamed lightning of the heavens, 
or the raging billows of the storm-driven ocean. Were this teaching of modern 
philosophers fully carried out among men, prostitution, self-pollution, and their legiti- 
mate offsprings, disease and short life, would exclude nearly the whole human fami- 
ly from participating in the divine institution of marriage. 

A comparison of the average age of the married and unmarried affords a strong 
proo^ in the prolongation of life, of the wisdom of early marriage. [See calcula- 
tions upon longevity under the head of " Early Marriage and Longevity."] From 
such comparisons we ere forced by facts derived from the most careful observation 
of distinguished men in various countries, to admit, that length of days is in no 
small degree dependent upon obedience to the law of God and nature. 

God, as I have shown, has determined the time of marriage for both men and wo- 
men, by the token of puberty, or the first change of life. He declared, in the fall 
of Adam and Eve, that woman's desire should be unto her husband ; and thai, 



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though in sorrow she should bring forth children, obedience to the law of marriage 
should prolong her days upon the earth. 

In my opinion, parents are accountable to the displeasure of God, and answerablo 
for sin, [Psalms, lxxvii. 6,1,] while withholding their sons and daughters from mar- 
riage to so late an age as is often done, in order that they may start wealthy, or for 
some other unpardonable and wrong reason. Where there is true love, and no 
moral or physical reasons interpose, desire for wealth or station for the child, noi 
false and foolish pride of any kind, should keep young men and women from the 
happiness to be enjoyed in a state of wedlock, appointed of God and received from 
His hand by man. 



IMPERFECT MENSTRUATION CAUSES CONSUMPTION. 

Menstruation is a periodical discharge of blood from the uterus, vagina, or both, 
and continuing from about the age of fourteen till fifty. There is a difference as 
regards climate, in the age at which the first discharges take place ; in warm clim- 
ates the average is about nine years, in temperate, fourteen, and in the arctic re- 
gions, nineteen. There is also a difference in different individuals, sometimes of as 
much as ten years — the extremes in this climate being ten years of age in the very 
precocious, and twenty in the very backward. The quantity discharged is from four 
to ten ounces, but in this there is much variety ; the discharge continues from two 
to eight or ten days. In some relaxed constitutions there is occasionally not more 
than a week's interval ; and in general the more lax the constitution, the larger is 
its discharge, and the longer its continuance. The indolent, the sanguine, and the 
luxurious have generally a large periodical evacuation. Usually, the earlier the 
menses appear, the sooner they disappear. In this latitude they disappear about 
the forty-fifth year, though, from some accidental circumstances, the cessation may 
take place in the thirty-sixth, or be protracted to the fifty-second year. Of the time 
when menstruation commences, much depends on the climate, mode of life, struc- 
ture of the body, and peculiarities of the constitution. Thus in a warm climate the 
period may be accelerated to the age of ten or eleven, and in a cold one retarded to 
eighteen ; a girl indulged in all the luxuries of a modern fashionable life, and the 
sedentary seamstress, or the laborious peasant, experience equal prematurity or re- 
tarded expansion; a full-bosomed, plethoric girl, and a thin, attenuated one, with small, 
delicate limbs, and a torpid circulation, are respectively in the same circumstances. 
Somewhat depends also upon structure. Where the ovaries have been wanting, the 
menses have never appeared ; and where we see masculine manner and growth, it 
is highly probable that the menses, if they appear at all, will be scanty, and im- 
pregnation impossible, as the female structure is in some important respect de- 
fective. 

The menses flow chiefly from the uterus, and occasionally from the vagina alone, 
as happens sometimes during pregnancy. When the natural discharge is stopped, 
a vicarious bleeding takes place from the nose, the lungs, the nipples, the hemor- 
rhoidal veins, the stomach, the bowels, and even the gums, without any particular 
inconvenience. In some cases, the accumulation of blood that is usually thrown oft* 
by the vagina, is evacuated by the lungs and mouth, or nose. Instances are record- 
ed where the surplus of blood was entirely discharged in this way. When the men 



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ses liave been suppressed, and there is a copious discharge of blood from the mouth, 
it will generally be found of benefit to the person ; and the physician who is ac- 
quainted with the philosophy of this matter, and knows sufficiently of his business 
to detect this discharge from a discharge of fresh blood from rupture of the lungs, 
will not regard it as an unfavorable symptom for the health of his patient, until he 
can restore the evacuation to its more proper and usual course. Bleeding at the 
nose, to a certain extent, is favorable in cases of suppressed menses. 

The continuance of the discharge is different in different constitutions, but it usu- 
ally continues from three to five days, when it ceases, sometimes leaving a serous 
discharge for a day or two, sometimes a mucus one, which, if continued, constitutes 
leucorrhcea. The recurrence of the courses is with more difficulty explained. "Wo- 
men, from their sedentary life, and from a looser contexture of vessels, are more 
subject to plethoric congestions than men, and the uterus is from its structure more 
likely to receive these accumulated fluids. By degrees these topical congestions be- 
come habitual, and recur independently of any real general excess of blood. This 
explanation appears to be supported by the irregular terms of the catamenia in the 
earlier periods, and the irregular continuance of the discharge before the habit is es- 
tablished. "Why the accumulation requires a lunar month before it is equal to pro- 
duce the effect it is impossible to ascertain, as why the courses should commence at 
about the age of fourteen or cease at about forty-five ; or why the period of fourteen 
days should be most commonly required to produce the crisis of a fever, or why the 
seventh and the fourteenth years should be marked by striking changes in the consti- 
tution. Such is the determination of Him " in whom we live, and move, and have 
our being." 

"When the monthly changes commence a great degree of irritaoility occurs, and 
sometimes considerable debility. At this period in young women, we find a languor, 
want of appetite, terrors, tremors, and even convulsions, often running into fatal 
consumption. Where the constitution is more robust and plethoric, violent pains, 
flushing in the face, and even feverish attacks, occur. 



OBSTRUCTION OF THE MENSES. 

Similar symptoms follow the obstruction of the menses, joined with other incon- 
veniences and troubles that specially arise therefrom. "When there is a suppression 
independent of pregnancy, it generally results in disease, runs into tumors or can 
cers, attended with pains, uneasiness, or a disturbance of the functions. [See cut of 
cancel ous womb.] "When the discharge does not take place, the whole system be- 
comes languid, the complexion pale, the mucus secretions defective. The appetite 
is bad, or fanciful, often requiring substances not alimentary. The mind is whimsi- 
cal and variable, the voluntary muscles convulsed, the sleep disturbed, the urine 
pale. In fact, the animal functions are almost wholly suspended, and the vital ones 
feebly carried on, fbr the pulse is low and quick, the breathing laborious, consump- 
tion or palsy seem to impend, and the patient appears to sink rapidly to the grave. 
In this weak state women often continue for many years. Tet in most cases, hav- 
ing had great experience in the treatment of thousands thus afflicted, by giving at 
tention to the patients and administering proper aids to nature, the symptoms have 
fcaken a most favorable turn ; a little mucus or serous discharge, perhaps somewhat 



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colored, changes the scene, and gives most decided signs of returning health ; the 
menses recur at distant and irregular intervals, attended each time with amendment 
of all the symptoms, till at last color, appetite, spirits, increase of flesh and strength, 
and perfect health return ; and the once pallid and sickly female becomes a blooming 
and healthy woman. 

Suppression op the Menses. — When the habit of regularity in the courses is 
once established, and the discharge occurs monthly, it cannot be broken with im- 
punity. The most frequent causes of suppression are exposure to cold, frights, falls, 
sometimes fever, anxiety of mind, or confinement by ill health. Suppression of the 
menses in females of delicate habits induces pain and uneasiness. In plethoric hab- 
its the symptoms are different ; if the cause occurs during the discharge, a feverish 
attack follows, the face becomes flushed, the eyes red, pains in the head and back 
come on, with sometimes a bleeding at the nose. If the cause occurs in the intervals, 
and its effects are continued till the proper period for menstruation, the same symp- 
toms will be observed at each expected return, but gradually growing less, till there 
is a complete retention. When the symptoms denoting a suppression of the menses 
are found to exist, advice should be taken upon the subject, and remedies used with- 
out delay. I have found in my experience numerous cases of consumption, fits, and 
sometimes insanity, arising from the want of the proper attention to these matters ; 
but where I have been consulted in season, I have seldom failed to afford the desired 
relief. 

Difficulty of Menstruation is a similar disorder, and an important one, for it pro- 
vents the completion of conception. On the occurrence of the discharge, the pain 
iS peculiarly violent; accompanied sometimes with obstinate constipation, or a 
suppression of the water. Frequently the spasms are so violent that the hold ol 
the embryo attached in the intervals of menstruation is broken. No disease is 
more distressing in its symptoms or consequences ; and it should receive the im- 
mediate and careful attention of an experienced physician. Generally, doctors 
know but very little about these matters — they do not understand the disease or its 
symptoms — they are ignorant of the proper remedies, and not, therefore, to be 
trusted ; but in the hands of a skillful physician there is safety. I have treated 
numbers afflicted with difficult menstruation, and always with the most gratifying 
success, seldom failing of a perfect cure. 

Excessive Menstruation is a difficulty with which females are sometimes sorely 
troubled, and one which requires the most skillful treatment and perfect knowledge 
of the inducing causes. In this complaint most physicians have found difficulty in 
effecting good, and often the life of the patient is lost. But from the experiences of 
my practice, I can say that it is easily curable, if correctly understood and properly 
treated. 

Cessation of Menstruation, or " Change of Life," is the period when the dis- 
charges naturally cease ; and it is of the utmost importance to the future health of 
the female that she should receive the most careful attention at that time. Gene- 
rally females attribute every future complaint to improper treatment at this period 
of their lives. 

The cessation of the menses is preceded by temporary suppression, continuing 
for two or three months, followed by an increased and continued discharge. This 
will sometimes occur at short intervals and in profuse quantities. In this way the 
change is effected often without disease ; but the suppression is generally attended 



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with, headache and wandering pains, and the excessive discharge, with debility. 
Great care should be taken in treatment of these cases, or else they had better not 
be treated at all. The incompetent physician is better out of the way, and Nature 
is more to be trusted than an unskillful doctor. Where the proper assistance is given 
to Nature by the administration of correct medicines, that will strengthen the sys- 
tem, purify the blood, and help her in removing the impurities from the system, 
and effecting the important change, everything may go on smoothly, and the fe- 
male live in health for many years. As medicines to be used at this important 
period in the life of woman, I can with confidence recommend the Blood Reno- 
vator and Anti-Bilious Pills as safe and excellent, and the best medicines to be 
used in all cases where the female is not personally treated. I have put up many 
of these articles for ladies about experiencing a "change of life," and have heard 
from them often as having given the desired aid to Nature, and strength and sup- 
port to the female system. 

The first appearance of Menstruation is an important event in the life of the fe- 
male, and should be carefully looked after, so that it may in no way be interfered 
with ; and also that proper means may be employed to bring it on at the requisite 
period. Every girl should be timely informed upon this subject by the mother or 
some other friend, to the end that she may conduct herself with, reference thereto, 
and may not be unnecessarily alarmed at its first appearance. 

Says Dr. Hollick, "It is especially important to bear in mind that females are 
usually more irritable and unsettled at these times, and that full allowance should 
be made for their being so. In a young person this is more apt to be the case, 
from the very novelty of her situation. The strange phenomena that is occurring 
in her system, the development of her person, and the new feelings and instincts 
that are awakened, all exert a powerful influence, which is still further increased by 
the mystery with which everything relating to the wonderful operation is en- 
shrouded. In the absence of proper information, imagination is busily at work, 
curiosity is excited, and the mind becomes filled with strange fancies and romantic 
dreams, which often exert a baneful influence in after life. Proper instruction 
at the proper time, would give more correct ideas of her real duties and actual 
situation, and prevent much of that sickness and unhappiness of mind which is so 
commonly seen after marriage. 

" There are few objects more interesting to the philosopher and philanthropist 
than a young female at this period of her existence, when the body is assuming 
its natural beauty of form, and becoming fit for its wondrous functions, and when 
the expanding mind receives the first faint perception of her real destiny. 

" To a great extent the development of the whole physical system depends upon 
the proper action of the organs of generation at this period. * * Every one 
must have noticed what an astonishing change occurs in a young female at that 
time. The bust becomes full, the pelvis enlarges, the features change — especially 
in their expression — the mind takes a different turn, and the manner and conduct 
become altogether different, denoting the new feelings and instincts that begin to 
be experienced. In short, the girl is changed into the woman, and is conscious 
herself of the alteration." 

Speaking upon this subject, Dr. E. H. Dixon remarks: "The child dances, 
laughs and skips away its early years, and we are astonished at its growth, without 



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being able to perceive in what feature it has altered. No marked distinction occurs 
to render one year more memorable in its existence than another until the approach 
of puberty, when suddenly the forces of life seem to acquire new strength ; and 
before we are aware of the change, often within a few weeks, we no longer ad- 
dress a child, but a woman. 

" "What has occurred to mark so important an era in her existence ? But yester- 
day she was pleased with the veriest trifle — a doll, a dancing puppet, was to her a 
treasure. Now she is a creature prepared to sympathize and to love." 

Generally, menstruation is not carried on during nursing, though it sometimes is, 
commencing the first month after the birth of the child, and continuing uninter- 
ruptedly. The reason for this is, that the blood from which the menstrual dis« 
charge is secreted before conception, is now used for the secretion of milk. During 
the months of conception, it supported the foetus. When menstruation takes place, 
either during conception or nursing, it must arise from a superabundance of vital 
energy and blood, by which both the functions can be carried on, or some of the 
organs of generation must be in an unhealthy state. In the first case, no injurious 
effects will be felt ; but in the latter, the double drain upon the system will exhaust 
the strength and impair the health of the mother. 

"From the age of puberty," says Hollick, " till the change of life, Nature is con- 
stantly laboring at the functions connected with generation. This is the true ex- 
planation of those peculiarities that are seen in the female character, especially their 
excessive sympathy, sensitiveness, and excitability, and also much that is peculiar 
in their diseases. The incessant action of the ovaries keeps the nervous system in 
a constant state of irritation, and makes all the organic functions liable to derange- 
ment, so that it is impossible for a female to preserve that equanimity of mind, 
aud that evenness of temper and disposition, which to individuals of the other sex 
is a comparatively easy matter. The female is, in fact, in a great measure, like a 
man who is constantly subject to annoyance from those around him, and who is 
obliged to use constant efforts to keep himself cool. Her situation is, indeed, in 
some respects, even worse, because the cause of her uneasiness is inherent in her- 
self—she cannot escape from it, and knows not what it is, and those around not 
knowing it either, she meets with but little sympathy and consideration. There are 
numbers of females who are most unfortunate in this respect ; some being subject 
to distressing depression of spirits, or the most melancholy despondency, while 
others are irritable or peevish, or subject to ebullitions of the most frantic gaiety ; 
and others, again, constantly change from one mood to another, without any appa- 
rent reason for so doing. Ignorant persons attribute these eccentricities to mere 
caprice, or whim, and fancy that females can avoid them if they choose. Some- 
times they are blamed or scolded for them, and sometimes females even accuse 
themselves of being ungrateful, and in tins way increase then distress. IfJ how- 
ever, the true nature of their constitution was understood, it would be seen that no 
blame whatever should be attached to them for these peculiarities, since they can- 
not be avoided ; on the contrary, every allowance should be made for their invo- 
luntary aberrations, and the fullest sympathy exhibited for the distress which they 
ronlly endure." 



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59 



THE LUNGS MAY BE CUT, ULCERATED, DRIED UP, TUBERCULOUS, 
BLEEDING, OR SHOT THROUGH, WITHOUT LOSS OF LIFE. 



To give a full description of the lungs under the various conditions mentioned 
above, and to prove the fallacy of the assertion that diseased lungs are incurable, w 
no easy task for the pen ; but having a duty to perform, though in contradiction to 
the high priests of medicine, I shall attempt to establish the truth that the lungs 
can be ruptured in various ways, and yet be healed. As a consolation to the 
afflicted, I assert that the doctrine of diseased or ruptured lungs being incurable 
arises from the ignorance of physicians, and has no foundation in fact. 

If my reader is a person of unbiased 
mind, I would have him peruse this at- 
tentively; as I shall prove, from the 
most reliable authority, that the human 
lungs can be cut, torn, mangled, separ- 
ated, dried up, ulcerated, tuberculous, 
calculous, catarrhal, and bleeding, either 
from disease or the introduction of for- 
eign substances, as a sword, bullet, 
dirk, pin, needle, or splinter, — and that 
they can be and are healed, and the 
person live years and enjoy as good 
health as ever. 

There are three important changes in 
the color and condition of the lungs. 
In the child, before birth, the lungs are 
small, and collapsed, with a pinkish 
color; at birth they become filled with 
air, and then change to a whitish pink 
color. In adults, the lungs are greyish, 
and bluish in the aged. 

The lungs are divided into two lobes, 
each inclosed in a distinct bag or sac, 
formed of the pleura. The right and left 
lung have not the slightest communica- 
tion with each other, except by adhesion 
of the pleura, which often happens. The 
pleura covers and surrounds the lungs, 
and also covers the ribs. An inner 
laminae of the pleura passes into the 
substance of the lungs, in the infant. 




No. 11. — Lungs pierced and dreed up. 

1. The wind pipe. 

2. Represents a lung pierced with a dirk, 
which was afterwards healed up, so that 
the person enjoyed good health. Lungs 
have been shot through similarly with a 
ball, and healed up. 

3. Shows a case where one lobe of the lung 
was d>ied up, so as to be completely imper- 
vious to air, and useless, and yet the person 
enjoyed good health for many years, with 
this condition of the respiratory organs. 



I have previously said, in treating of 

the lungs, that there were from three to six lobes to each lung in some cases, but 

generally three of the right and two of the left. The whole mass of the lungs is 

composed of air-cells and tubes, blood- vessels, lymphatics, nerves, and cellular 

membranes. 



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There are two distinct sets of cells in the lungs, each being affected by diseases 
different from the other — which are the cata/rrh sujfocatus and the hydrothorax. 

Pulmonary arteries carry blood from the heart to the lungs, and pulmonary veins 
return it back after it has been purified by the oxygen of the air, and the injurious 
portions thrown out by the respiration. 

"While asleep, we breathe less than when awake. An office of respiration 
being to give heat to the system ; and breathing being slower in sleep than in wake- 
fulness, persons require more clothing to keep them comfortable when asleep than 
when awake. 

Disease of the lungs hastens respiration, and action of the lungs; and concussions 
often arise from coughing; but notwithstanding these spasms or concussions, 
wounds often heal readily. 

Coughing is often the effect of a cold upon the lungs, but not always arises from 
that ; frequently it is produced by tubercles or grub in the lungs, which cause 
cough. Many persons of a scrofulous blood never have a cold in the commence- 
ment of a cough. Coughing is an effort of nature to free the air-cells and tubes, 
either in case of colds or tubercles. Hence the ignorance of many lung doctors and 
medicine dealers, in always attributing consumption or cough to colds. 

Numerous are the instances on record in which the lungs have been wounded by 
a sword, dirk, bullet, or other foreign substance, and the patient has been restored 
to full health. Bierling mentions a case in which one hundred and twenty ounces 
of blood were lost from a wound in the lungs, and the subject lived. "What think 
you of this, who have bleeding lungs ? — are they incurable ? I have taught that 
they are not incurable ; and in my practice have proved them not fatal ; I have suc- 
ceeded in curing such cases, while other physicians pronounced them past redemp- 
tion. I have quite recently had ten cases of bleeding lungs, and not one fatal 
But with those troubled with bleeding from the organs of respiration, there should 
be no delay in obtaining the services of the most skillful physician ; for ignorance of 
the case or long delay may end in fatality. 

A German author gives a case where a ball passed through both lobes of tho 
lungs, and did not prove fatal. In another case, the whole right lung was exposed 
and severely wounded, and cut in pieces, and then cured. The lungs of soldiers 
in battle are often pierced by the bayonet and cut badly, and yet heal. The dirk of 
the assassin is plunged into the lungs, and a cure is often effected. I have found 
abscesses in the lungs the size of an egg, and of an ordinary teacup, in which a cure 
was speedily effected — but in only one way, — attending to the blood. I have had 
as many as eighty cases of persons with but one lung — the other having been 
lost by accident or disease, or been dried up or collapsed so as to be perfectly 
useless. Such cases are not of unfrequent occurrence in my examinations and prac- 
tice. 

Eivinus, Haller, and De Haen have recorded numerous cases of the little injury 
which has resulted from the concretions in cases of wounds, and Dr. Parr mentions 
cases where the whole of one lung was completely decayed or destroyed, without 
any considerable inconvenience. 

Gangrene often affects the lungs, yet a cure is not doubtful. Malpighi mentions 
cases of decay of one lung, and abscess of the lungs, in putrid epidemics, which oc- 
curred as long ago as 1648 at Pisa. A dissolution of one lung is mentioned by 
Fontanus ; and a great change in their texture, in the Memoires de Medecines, 



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from Haller. In the same collection we find remarkable cases of the lungs being in 
a dried state. I have had more than eighty such cases, in my practice of twenty-five 
thousand consumptive invalids. What say you to these facts recorded by English, 
French, and German physicians of the greatest repute ? Do you say that diseases of 
the lungs or wounds of the lungs cannot be cured ? Go hide your ignorance ; tell 
it to the trees, the stumps and stones ; but never in this age of science utter it to a 
man or woman. 

By aid of the Lung Barometer, and by the 
use of the proper remedies, I have cured and 
can cure, consumption in almost any case, 
even in the worst stages of ulcerated, tuber- 
culous or catarrhal disease; for the blood 
can be successfully treated ; and unless both 
lungs are wholly gone, a cure may be ex- 
pected. 

Some physicians have pretended that a 
person cannot die of consumption if the air 
tubes are filled or capable of being filled 
with air ; and they palm off upon the public 
inhaling tubes as a means of lengthening 
life. But this is without reason or founda- 
tion in fact. If the lungs are being de- 
stroyed by the poisons in the blood, all the 
air and inhaling tubes in the universe cannot 
save them. The causes must be removed: 
the blood must be purified, and then the 
lungs can be healed of their affections. God 
did not think of an inhaling tube for the mouth or nose of a man ; if He had, it is 
reasonable to suppose He would have supplied him with one. 

The causes of lung diseases are numerous. I will mention a few general causes, 
which are, protracted celibacy, disappointment in love, failure in business, scrofula 
or venereal taint, miscarriage, sexual pollution unnaturally by the married, colds, 
humors of various kinds, dyspepsia, masturbation of the young, disturbed menstrua- 
tion, with a host of others too numerous to mention. Dust from stone-cutting and 
grinding causes consumption. I have the lungs of a man perfectly filled with steel 
and sand by grinding axes at Collinsville, Ct. Hundreds have died with grit in the 
lungs, called grinders' or stone-cutters' consumption. About from six to eight years 
causes the consumption of the most strong and healthy. Beware of all dust or grit 
to inhale in any business of life. Mechanics' shops are very dusty and cause the 
death of thousands. Kail-road cars, dusty coaches, and streets of cities where the 
side walks are covered with fine dust, kicked by the feet, for persons to breathe, — 
the dust being a compound of manure, stone, iron, expectorated catarrhal and scro- 
fiilous matter, hairs, leather, filth of sores, and a host of other deadly agents ; these 
inoculate disease, and cause consumption in thousands of persons who ride in or 
frequent them much and continuously. 

From what I have said, it will be seen that though the lungs be wounded they 
can be healed, when particular portions thereof have not been injured ; and that 
oven if one lung be entirely gone, the person can enjoy good health. And from 



No. 12. — Ulcerated Lung. 

This cut shows a lung laid open, ex- 
posing large and small sloughing ulcers, 
which were afterwards healed, and the 
health of the patient restored. 



62 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

this it will be seen how wrong it is to give np the patient to death, and to say in 
all cases that " consumption is incurable." It is not incurable. There are thousands 
and tens of thousands sinking into the grave every year, after being given up to 
death by their physicians as beyond all hope of recovery, who, had they been at- 
tended properly, and received such medicines as I have prepared for such com- 
plaints, would have been saved to their friends and relatives and lived years in the 
enjoyment of health. It is no less than an awful sin to thus let consumption 
carry away the gifted and beautiful of the earth, while the proper knowledge will 
give power to turn aside this monarch of disease and snatch from the grave its 
expected feast. 



GRUB CONSUMPTION. 

To the readers, grub consumption will appear to be a disease of which they have 
never before heard. This will be true ; but it is not less true that such a disease 
exists — or rather that a prevalent kind of consumption arises from grub located in 
one or many parts of the human system. The disease nor the cause are at all new 
— grub have preyed upon men in every age of the world ; but in the establishment 
cf this fact I may justly lay claim to some credit ; since, though ages ago the insect 
was believed to live in the human being, no physicians of modern times have recog- 
nized or known of their existence. In ancient times, it was believed that men 
were troubled with grubs ; but after trying for ages to prepare a medicine which 
should reach, kill, and dislodge them, without success, they were ultimately lost 
sight of, and the task was finally abandoned. 

I have long been acquainted with this deadly insect, and of the fact of his having 
baffled every means used in the cure of consumption he produced — he being so 
ieeply seated in different organs of the system, that nothing appeared to reach him 
with power of expulsion. After exhausting all supposed remedies, I became nearly 
discouraged in my efforts to treat successfully cases of consumption produced by 
the presence of the grub; especially considering my success in all other cases. 
Yet, to give up, and say that a mere insect should live in the human system and 
suck the very life away, and no one devise means for his expulsion, was not in the 
spirit of Yankeedom. I did not make known the fact of my having satisfactorily 
ascertained the existence of the insect in man, for because of the difficulty of con- 
vincing the ignorant of the truth, one who announces aught that is new is liable to 
loso his reputation. But I explored the whole vegetable kingdom, and fed the 
grub on various extracts and compounds, till finally I succeeded in getting a med- 
icine that would reach, kill, and expel him, without doing injury to the patient. 
And I have now the pleasure of being able to declare, that the exact location of 
the grub can be determined, his post invaded, and he driven out, and the consump- 
tive, (made so by his presence,) be cured. 

By the aid of the Lung Barometer, I have found that many cases of the worst, 
and apparently incurable, kinds of consumption, are caused by the grub in some 
part of the system, where, like a thirsty blood-hound, he lies and destroys the 
patient, sending him a victim to the icy arms of death. 

The grub infests the liver, spleen, uterus, bladder, ovaria, kidneys, placenta, 
heart, brain, lungs, and even the muscles. He carries his sway over men and 



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animals, and is as destructive as the locusts that flood the land of the Pharaohs. 
He varies in size from a large pin head to a hen's egg, and is sometimes larger than 
this. I have succeeded in expelling them, whole and in pieces, or in matter. Tho 
insect is some times found alone, sometimes in clusters. 

Grub in the head of man cause pain, loss of memory, dizziness, dark vision, in- 
sanity, idiocy, and death. In the head of animals, as the sheep, they produce 
vertigo ; and when in the liver or kidneys of sheep or cattle, cause rot, horn dis- 
temper, weakness, and emaciation. In the lungs of man, they produce protracted 
cough, expectoration of a peculiar kind, severe pain through the chest, short breath, 
bleeding lungs, and lung consumption. "When in the liver, they cause dyspepsia, 
enlarged gall and liver, ulceration and consumption of the liver — with a dark, 
bad appearance of the skin. Grub in the womb, or ovaria, cause dropsy, gleet, 
whites, miscarriage, false conception, tumors of the ovaria and womb, deranged 
menstruation, and consumption of those organs, with great pain, weight, sinking 
feeling in the side, stomach, abdomen and various parts. Grub in the kidneys 
cause great pain in the small of the back, dropsy of the abdomen, heart, chest, 
limbs, or other parts of the body. In the spine, they cause curvature, deformed and 
soft spine, pain in the back of the head and about the spine, and nervous feelings 
generally. In the stomach or spleen, they produce a sinking, gnawing feeling, 
dropsy, enlargement, and great pain and difficulty in the left side. Grub in the 
heart cause dropsy, enlargement, hard beating, ulceration, and great pain about the 
heart, bad circulation of blood, great debility of the heart, with strange and peculiar 
conditions of the mind. 

The presence of grub produces but very little uneasiness at first, or when they 
are small, but the symptoms increase as they enlarge, and there are pains, uneasi- 
ness, discharge of mucus, gleet, blood, and pus, and expectoration of a peculiar kind. 

Grub are found in sheep, cattle, deers, hares, hogs, goats, rats, and various other 
animals. I ha\ e taken pains to dissect different animals, and found them in somo 
part or organ, with few exceptions, (always when the animal manifested the pecu- 
liar symptoms of the grub disease). Cattle, sheep and hogs in Ohio, Michigan, and 
other parts, with the wild animals, are well known by the butchers to have the grub 
in them. 

The largest of the specie are found floating in the cavity of the ovaria and abdo- 
men. I have succeeded in expelling them from the head, wnere they cause a gleet 
similar to catarrh ; from the lungs, by suppuration and expectoration, and from the 
liver, womb, ovaria and kidneys. Sometimes they are found floating loose in tho 
oye, (where they have been seen,) and in different parts and organs ; but generally 
they are in nests, sacs or cysts, and seem to hatch, and be in great numbers. [Seo 
cuts of lungs, ovaria, eye and liver, with grub in them, in another part of this work.] 

There are two or three species of the grub, varying in color, which are grey, and 
spotted with black, with four or six fangs or blood-suckers on their heads. 

As there is no such disease as grub consumption known to other physicians, nor 
any mention made of it in modern medical works except here, I have given tho 
name of grub to this insect that infests the system ; have described the symptoms 
arising from his presence in the various organs, and named the disease which he 
occasions. I shall now give some ancient authority respecting the grub, from reliable 
sources, out known there by the more technical name of hydatids. 

Dr. Cullen was acquainted with them. They were found on the liver, brain, ovaria 
and other vjsce r a of the human being, with heads and fangs. 



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Br. Tyson discovered the hydatids in the livers and heads of sheep, Bartholin© 
observed them in the. livers of goats, Dr. Pallas discovered them in both men and 
animals, Dr. Pyerus observed the hydatids in the hog. Drs. Goeze, Batsch, Bloch, 
and others have added to the stock of facts. Dr. Pallas says the size of the hydatids 
or grubs, varies in size according to the age and temperament of the person or animal 
at whose expense they live, but from the size of a kernel of wheat to the size of 
the fist and often larger ; and are found in the human person, chiefly in the liver, 
the spleen, the uterus, the ovaria, the kidneys, the placenta, the lungs, and tho 
muscles or spine. Dr. Parr says those in the kidneys or accumulating fluids cause 
dropsy, those in the brain, insanity or idiocy ; but wherever they exist they cause an 
acute pain either continual or temporary, and their existence may be known or sus- 
pected by weakness, emaciation and oppression at the stomach. Dr. BaiUie saw these 
in a cyst, with coagulated lymph or pulpy substance, sometimes float'ng loose or 
attached to the side, and in size from a pin's head to that of a walnut ; but the 
largest is found in the ovaria or abdomen ; he also found them in both men and 
animals. They are found under the tongue and in the fat and muscles of hogs. In 
animals they cause measles and leprosy. Dr. Goeze found the hydatids or grubs in 
the liver, the uterus and hydropic sacs of the human race, and thinks they more fre- 
quently cause dropsy and other disease than pathologists have suspected. He says 
they are very numerous, in their nests or sacs and when in the ovaria of the 
female, (their most frequent residence,) cause female diseases and false pregnancy. 

Although ancient physicians detected the presence of the hydatids or grub in 
man, they found nothing to kill and dislodge them ; besides they seemed unable to 
account for their existence. My first assurance of the existence of the grub was by 
its expulsion, when dead. By the aid of the Lung Barometer, I can now detect the 

location of the grub, and then 
by administering the appro- 
priate medicine can kill and 
dislodge them from the sys- 
tem, when a speedy cure or 
the afflicted patient can be 
effected. 

The grub causes the most 
fatal cases of consumption, 01 
any organ. And as I have 
previously stated that there 
were different kiuds of con- 
sumption, growing out ol 
different causes, the cause 
and disease must be perfectly 
known and understood be- 
fore the invalid can be cured 
Thousands who die annually 
might be saved were it not 
for the ignorance of medical 
men, upon this and similar 
subjects. But, being Ignor- 
ant, it is not to be supposed that they can give anv relief to the afflicted. 




No. 13. — Lung with Grub in it and Ulcerated. 

This shows a lung laid open, exposing to view in one side 
the grubs of various sizes, encased therein ; the other side 
represents ulcers in the lung, developed on the surface. 



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WOMB COMPLAINTS 



Ahe produced by frequent colds, wearing thin shoes, tight lacing, disappointment 
in love, hereditary diseases, scrofula, venereal taint, cancers, tumors, protracted celi- 
bacy, self-pollution, too frequent sexual intercourse, sexual or married pollution, 
loss of children or friends, unhappy mar- 
riage, disappointed ambition, and a host 
of causes — both bodily and mental. 

As seen in this cut, where a complica- 
tion of diseases and weaknesses, arising 
from mechanical causes and impurities 
of the blood, appear, the individual will 
feel and exhibit a weariness and lassi- 
tude, both of body and mind, and that 
woe-begone expression of countenance 
and attitude, of which this is a fair resem- 
blance. 

Multitudes of females suffering from 
weakness peculiar to their sex, early lose 
all their bloom and elasticity of spirit, 
and become wholly unfitted for the dis- 
charge of the common duties of life. 




No. 14. — Weariness and Lassitude. 



DISEASES OF THE WOMB CAUSE CONSUMPTION. 



The organs which are affected in this manner are the uterus, ovaries and fallopian 
tubes. The diseases of those organs are leucorrhcea or whites ; yellow, green, and 
black sickness; cancers, tumors, polypi, barrenness, flooding, miscarriage, irregu- 
lar and suppressed menstruation, &c. The symptoms attending these diseases are 
a clouded or black-spotted countenance, a pale and ghostly expression of the eyes 
and around the eyes, dropsy or swelling of the limbs, with pain, weakness of the 
knees, small of the back, shortness of breath, cough, emaciation, insanity or con- 
fused memory, expectoration, ending in consumption and death. These diseases 
often affect the heart and cause palpitation, dropsy and enlargement of the heart. I 
have known ladies to have from one to thirty-three miscarriages, by weakness of 
those organs. I have known a lady to have her courses periodically from the liver, 
lungs and stomach by vomiting, having had the womb lacerated in child-birth, 
which caused the mouth of the womb to close up ; but in all cases where the men- 
struation of ladies is not perfect as nature designs, an affection of the liver, lungs, 
and stomach immediately follows, and if not regulated, consumption comes on. I 
do not recollect a case of any of the above diseases where I have failed of a cure 
when applied to in their curable stages. These diseases should never be neglected, 
as they lead to helpless and incurable forms ; although I have cured many cases 
pronounced by all other physicians to be incurable. But I found that they were 
mistaken in the nature of the disease and its stage. 

* T must say that great ignorance prevails among most of our medical men, and but 

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very few are qualified to treat successfully diseases of ladies. As a natural pre- 
vention of female diseases, girls should marry young, and prevent all the weakening 
causes that break down and destroy the lives of so many valuable ladies. Avoid 
tight-lacing, heavy skirts, wet feet, damp houses, sudden exposures to cold, and 
numerous causes which lead to disease. But if you are already troubled, make use 
of the Blood Renovator, the Anti-bilious Pills, the Female Wash and German Oint- 
ment ; if you have a cough in addition to other complaints, take the Lung Corrector ; 
and if any heart disease, the Heart Regulator, but not otherwise. 



STERILITY CAUSES CONSUMPTION. 

Barrenness is a great misfortune to woman, and incompetency of generation a 
misfortune to man. No person would be willing to take a partner for life in mar- 
riage, who was incompetent to the proper fulfillment of the requirements of nature 
for the generation of children. The doctrine so prevalent among self-constituted 
teachers on marriage, generation and kindred subjects, that men should marry with 
reference purely to the intellectual, and having no regard to the gratification of those 
passions sneeringly denominated animal, is a false, unnatural and pernicious one — 
detrimental to the bodily well-being (upon which in great degree the intellectual 
depends,) of both the parties themselves and the generations that shall come after 
them. It is not less necessary that the animal passions should be consulted than 
the moral ones ; it was designed of nature that they should be, and if we make a 
rule of and carry out this doctrine of false teachers for a series of generations, the 
effect upon the race will be pernicious and hurtful in the extreme. 

Observations in this country and all others have shown us, that in those cases 
vvhere the strongest intellectual love existed before marriage between parties, the 
discovery after that either was incompetent, whether from malformation or disease, 
to the gratification of the sexual desire, banished the pure platonic passion before 
the natural wish for cohabitation. From this invariable experience of the past, the 
lesson of wisdom to be learned is, that the sexual as well as the n ental should have 
due consideration in the formation of the marriage tie. Were it known before mar- 
riage that any cause existed in either party to positively prevent cohabitation, the 
parties would never be united ; nor do I know that an instance of this kind has 
ever been recorded or has occurred — no matter how strong the attachment was be- 
fore the fact of incompetency was learned by the other party. 

All of us are fond of our young ; we are happy in our offspring ; and though we 
nave a dozen, we do not wish to part with or lose any of them. This is in accord- 
ance with a principle of nature inherent in the human being. 

To woman belongs the honored name of mother, and the honor of having nourish- 
ed from her bosom the great and renowned of earth — poets, philosophers, statesmen, 
heroes, philanthropists, divines, physicians, artists, mathematicians, scholars and 
mechanics. And these honor and love the woman ; they look up to and bless her in 
her character of mother. 

While woman is honored in the noble station of mother of the human race, man 
is blessed and honored as father. And who among men is there that does not love 
to hear the sound of voices calling him father ? — who among women that does not 
love to hear the name of mother ? Thrice blessed are they that bring: up children, in 



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obedience to the wise command — M Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth ;" 
and how much of happiness is lost to those whom barrenness leaves destitute of the 
fruit of the womb, can be known only to those who are made happy in the chil- 
dren who are like olive branches gathered about their tables. 

Barrenness, therefore, which is induced in the woman by diseases of the womb, 
by self-pollution in the younger days and before marriage, by an excess of sexual 
indulgence, and by dress and other causes that affect the purity of and weaken the 
blood, by which debility of all the organs is produced — should be carefully guarded 
against by her ; both as regards her health and happiness and the natural desires 
and wishes of her husband. There are few ladies that care to bear the reproach 
of barrenness ; for it is regarded as an ignoble infirmity. In all ages it has been 
looked upon as the greatest deprivation of woman — that she could not bear child. 
In the Bible we find it spoken of as an especial mark of the displeasure of God, 
manifested towards a people, that the women were visited with barrenness and 
the womb brought not forth its natural fruit. 

When this condition of the female is induced by colds, leucorrhcea, cancer, tumor, 
polypus or other disease in the organs connected with conception and child-birth, 
the female should speedily seek for relief from them, in order not only that she may 
conceive and bear child with safety, but be saved from running into a consumption ; 
which follows not only from the cause I have mentioned, but is sometimes a direct 
result of sterility itself, as I have often satisfied myself And if the barrenness be 
the result of " secret vice " in youth, or of excess of gratification after marriage, it 
is necessary that the weakened frame should be strengthened by proper restorative 
medicines and the blood be made rich again by some renovating power, in order 
that the organs of generation be reinstated in their original condition and enabled 
to perform each its function with desired energy and effect. To this end, and from 
jm experience gained in prescribing for many cases, I have prepared medicines that 
have never yet failed, when taken according to my directions, to effect the attain- 
ment of the desired end. But if these matters are not attended to, and nature 
receive no aid in its labors against disease in the enervated system, not only will 
barrenness be continued, but consumption, as I have before stated, will fast lead 
the individual down the path of life into the silence of the tomb. 

In the male, the cases are by no means of rare occurrence where inability to 
cohabit exists. This may have arisen from one of many causes ; but, as a general 
thing, if I may be allowed to judge from observation, it is the legitimate fruit of 
masturbation or its offspring, involuntary emission. I need not here enter into any 
description of how this detestable habit finally produces an incompetency to per- 
form the functions that nature intended for the propagation of the race. The effect 
follows so plainly from the cause, that the observer, though more than a fool, can- 
not be mistaken. As a prevention of this, the best prescription that I have ever 
iieard of is offered by nature in the person of the opposite sex — provided always 
that nature's medicine be taken in youth and before the habit has been formed, 
and the evil in greater or less degree produced. But where nature has not been 
heeded, and the habit of masturbation has commenced, it should be broken off at 
once ; though this does not always answer, inasmuch as it will be found that in- 
voluntary nocturnal emissions will quite often follow masturbation ; when there is 
no other course than to resort to the vegetable remedies that will restore to the 
weakened blood its strength, fortify and renovate the enfeebled system, aid in the 



63 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

retention of the secretions, and finally work out a cure for the patient. "When 
Involuntary emissions have reached that degree where the whole system is badly 
affected by them, they must be suppressed, or they will surely result in an incom- 
petency to gratify amativeness naturally, and the marriage bed will be barren of 
fru.it ; and worse than this, consumption or insanity will soon fasten upon the once 
deluded but now stricken sufferer, and his days be quickly brought to an end. 

There is another cause of barrenness, and of consumption, growing out of the 
genital organs, of which I will make brief mention here. It will be found more 
particularly treated of under the head of sexual onanism or pollution. That is 
excessive indulgence of the sexual appetite. Remember this good advice — excel- 
lent in all times and seasons — Be temperate in all things. Abuse not the gifts oi 
God given to you for your happiness — not for your misery. 

The evils of excessive sexual indulgence are not unfrequently like those of self- 
pollution. Barrenness, debility generally, and consumption, often follow from excess. 
To the young married, I would offer these remarks with an earnest feeling foi 
their welfare. Upon them depends in great measure the health and happiness oi 
the coming generation ; and due regard for their own welfare and the welfare oi 
those who shall come after them should induce attention to these matters. 

Thousands are the cases of disease arising from a substitution of pernicious prac- 
tices for the healthful enjoyments of nature ; for God having established laws, has 
also affixed penalties for deviations therefrom, and those who sin are sure to meet 
with punishment. Although a physician, and expecting to gain a subsistence as 
other physicians do, by curing those who are sick, I wish it distinctly understood 
that I teach the doctrine of prevention being better than cure, and that an obedience 
to a law of nature and the preservation of health thereby is a far better course than 
to disobey and afterwards be healed of the punishment of transgression. I do not 
wish any to get sick to be compelled to call on me or any other physician. Keep 
your own health ; it is, in a great measure, within your reach, and is the richest gift 
of God to man. 

I have often been called upon to advise with, and prescribe for, young married 
people, in cases where the lady was sterile, or the gentleman incompetent, and 
sometimes where both of the parties were incapable to perform the functions of nature 
to the production of offspring ; and I have had the satisfaction of not only working a 
reform in their systems and making the barren fruitful, but of saving many such 
from death by consumption induced by the causes mentioned. Therefore let none 
despair, but apply at once and find comfort and perfect restoration. Nature has 
furnished the means for your relief: come to her fountains and be healed. 

Floodings often cause Consumption. — Miscarriage gives rise to floodings ; also 
they occur from weakness induced by masturbation and excessive sexual indul- 
gence ; also by strains and falls. At the " turn of life" many suffer severely from 
this affliction. The effect is to weaken the patient and exhaust the blood, out of 
which arise debility and consumption. 

For this complaint, vinegar or spirits and water bathed upon the bowels is good, or 
a weak injection of white oak bark tea may be given. I mention these remedies 
for the reason that their aid is sometimes immediately demanded, and they may be 
easily procured. A cloth wet with cold water and applied to the bowels is also 
good. 

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known a case that would not readily yield to a course of medicine under my treat- 
ment. As a general medicine, to strengthen the blood and fortify the system 
against floodings, the Blood Renovator will be found invaluable. 

Irritants cause Consumption, for the reason that they weaken and destroy the 
general health. It is of frequent occurrence that when physicians, particularly of the 
Allopathic school, treat a weak organ, they blister it and cup it or burn it with a hot 
iron, sometimes all of these in a few days. They produce effects decidedly injurious, 
weakening the part instead of restoring it to health. I have never known any last- 
ing good to flow from the use of such irritants, but they often lay the foundation 
for consumption, and frequently make the patient a cripple for life. I would advise 
my readers to beware of such treatment ; it is not only barbarously cruel, but lasting 
in its injurious effects. 

The parts on which the irritants are mostly applied are the hips, legs, spine and 
chest. Some of the most helpless cripples I ever saw, (if we except the victims 01 
calomel,) were made so by a persevering use of counter irritants. By their applica- 
tion, the once livery and active are laid under bondage to infirmities forever, or led 
into consumption. I never make use of these so-called remedies in my treatment ol 
the afflicted. I have never found need of anything more than some moderate " draw- 
ing" or irruptive article, like mustard paste, and I have successfully treated ten 
times as many of such cases as these irritants are usually applied in, as any physi- 
cian living who advocates them. This is sufficient to show me they are not needed. 
By giving the proper internal medicines to produce a quiet and healthy state of the 
system, and applying soothing emollients to the affected part, cures can be effected 
without having to resort to the barbarous practice that has been too long in vogue 
If they cannot, then there is no such thing as a cure to be looked for in the case. 

Gravel and Kidney Complaints are of more frequent occurrence than is gen- 
erally supposed by even the medical faculty. I have had the pleasure of curing 
many invalids who had been pronounced by so-called eminent physicians to be in 
consumption of the lungs ; but the very expression of the countenance of the in- 
valid pointedly indicated the contrary, and a little conversation with the patient ena- 
bled me to understand the disease ; but to be certain in the matter, I examined 
the cases, and found that th^ disease was not consumption of the lungs or of the 
liver, but of the kidneys, caused by gravel, grub, or ulceration of those parts. 

I never prescribe for these cases being blindfolded, as many physicians do. It is 
often the case that the practice is based upon guessing, or is an experiment. 
Those modes of treatment I renounce and denounce, having long since learned that 
there is danger in giving medical attendance in that way. I am proud to say that 
guessing and experimenting are no parts of my practice ; the theory upon which I 
proceed has its firm foundations in the fixed laws of nature ; the practice under 
that theory is plain and simple, when once known scientifically, and the results are 
always satisfactory in every case where the possibility of a cure exists. Experi- 
ments, in the matter of consumption, are no longer of service to rne, since I have 
the means of knowing about the disease to a certainty. Because of this certainty, 
I make no mistakes, but cure where it is possible. There be those cases to which 
human skill can offer no relief — they are beyond the reach of medicine. Still, no 
one should give up in despair because of this, since none of us know that our pe- 
3uliar case is beyond redemption, until we have satisfied ourselves by receiving tho 
ftest of medicil skiV and taking the best of medicines. 



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One office of the kidneys is to manufacture or secrete the matter or urine from ihe 
blood, and the kidneys must fulfill their office at all hazards, or dropsy and con- 
sumption will follow. When the kidneys are weak, either by an exhaustion of 
seminal weakness, masturbation or sexual pollution, gravel, obstruction and ulcera- 
tion, health Is immediately dethroned, and restored only by making well the kid- 
neys again. 

The kidneys are often affected by strains in lifting, riding or jumping, exposure 
to colds, wet feet. The symptoms are numerous, but the more general are pain 
in the back, fever, discharge of red or white gravel, high colored, bloody or wa- 
tery urine, gleet, red or white sediment in the water, little or no water, debility, 
vomiting, a ghastly looking expression, both to the face and eyes, a dilated, dull 
looking eye, and emaciation, ending in consumption. 
Both sexes are alike affected, and much oftener than is generally supposed, with 

one or more of the above diseases. The 
kidneys have another and higher office to 
perform — that of supplying the semen or 
seed from the blood — not directly, but in- 
directly. Too great an exhaustion of the 
semen debilitates and relaxes the muscles 
of the spine, brain, bowels, stomach, liver, 
and lungs, and the nervous system. A dis- 
charge of semen from the genital organs 
is a draught on the whole body. The 
body of the male or of the female is as a 
bank, from which is drawn forth the se- 
men to be applied according to the teach 
ings of nature. But if the waste of se- 
men is too great, the body will as certain 
ly break down, as will a bank when ex 
hausted of all its specie. This is what I 
would call the attention of all to when I 
speak of consumption from those causes. 
Live temperately, and run not into consumption, is the advice of the author to his 
readers. 

Piles and Liver Complaints go hand in hand : and as a general thing, when 
the piles are not troublesome, the liver is out of order, and when the piles afflict the 
patient the liver is in good condition — provided either disease is about the system. 
The causes of piles are, a dyspeptic or morbid state of the liver and bile, costive 
ness, pregnancy, drastic purges of pills or other medicine, doses of aloes, and corpu- 
lency. There are the blind and bleeding piles, the external and the internal ; also 
many tumors much resembling piles. Thousands are afflicted with one or both 
kinds ; they are exceedingly painful and troublesome, and often terminate in fisfcu- 
la, but are perfectly curable by the proper medicines. If troubled in this way, 
you should take the Anti-Bilious Pills and Blood Renovator, and where they are 
external, the German Ointment also. [For more particulars, see the notices of 
these medicines in this work.] 




No. 15. — Ulcerated Kidney. 

This cut represents a section of the kidney 
in consumption, laid open to expose to view 
the ulceration in that organ, and the diseased 
state of the orifices leading to and from the 
diseased kidney. 



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BATHING THE EEET. 



Bathing the feet thoroughly and keeping them free from dirt, should be a matter of 
often attentioD, as a means of promoting health and keeping off corns and bun- 
ions. In case of fevers, it is well to bathe the feet once or twice a day, as it will 
prevent the determination ot tho blood to the head, and equalize its circulation: 
Salt, wood ashes, or saleratus, may be sparingly used in the water. Consumptives 
should bathe the feet often in tepid or cold water ; and, in fact, every person should 
perform this ablution once or twice a week, sick or not 

Cleanliness is a great law of heaJth, from the diso- 
bedience of which, we all sooner or later suffer m a 
larger or smaller degree. And no little of the health 
of the whole body may depend upon keeping the feet 
clean and well-conditioned, so that the person may 
experience no difficulty therefrom in walking erect, 
and with a firm elastic tread, and in exercising, in 
running, dancing, etc. When the feet are sore, a 
stooping and crippled attitude is soon formed, which 
contracts the chest, oppresses the limbs, causing fall- 
ing of the bowels, crooked spine, and finally con- 
sumption. 

Keep the feet pliable by washing them and scrap- 
ing off the dead and waste skin, and after wiping 
dry, rub them over with a little of my G-erman 
Ointment, (which will keep them soft and free from 
sores,) and then retire to bed, and no colds will be 
contracted in the pursuits of daily business, nor will 
any corns grow upon the feet. 

In the East, in ancient times, it was the custom 
to wash the feet of strangers coming off a journey. 
Traveling being usually done on foot, it was 
deemed essential that the feet should be kept 
clean, and by being clean should also be kept free 
from the sores that would retard the traveler. This custom still prevails in 
many eastern countries. "Washing the feet is often made mention of in the Bible. 
"We read that the woman washed the feet of Jesus, and anointed them with oint- 
ment. This she would not have done but that it was considered a matter of mo- 
ment that the feet should be kept clean and in health. The Saviour also washed the 
feet of his disciples — which indicates the necessity of keeping the feet clean. 

I would advise the following of this excellent practice, among our own people. 
It has been said by a learned and witty divine, that no man can be a good Christian 
unless he keep himself clean. I incline to that opinion. Cleanliness is so far a part 
of religion in some countries, that the followers of Mahomet regard ablutions as es- 
sential to salvation as prayers. While I cannot subscribe to the superstitions of 
the Mahomedan, I can heartily commend his practice of cleanliness to all my readers. 
Most of the business of life is dependent upon an ability to walk about without 
trouble, and give attention to it; and this cannot be done with feet diseased ar1 
«ore. Henco tho importance of keeping them clean and in a healthy condition. 



No. 



16. — Diseased Bowel 
with Piles. 



The above represents a section 
of the bowels laid open to ex- 
pose its appearance when in- 
flamed and ulcerated, and when 
the person is troubled with piles. 



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LUNG CONSUMPTION. 

The Jungs rarely become diseased unless from an affection in some other internal 
part, operating upon those organs. Real lung affection, without derangement of 
some other organ, does not exist in one of a thousand cases ; but to terminate 
life, the lungs are at last baffled in the performance of their functions — they be- 
come so diseased as to shut out the air, which prevents a purification of the blood, 
and impedes its proper circulation. In this condition the patient is said to be in 
pulmonary consumption, and his situation is far from being a safe one. But had his 
state been known before the lungs had become deranged by the poison in the 
blood, and from other organs, he could easily have been restored to health. 

By aid of my Lung Barometer, in connection with other means, I am able to watch 
the progress of disease in other parts of the system in its effects upon the lungs ; also 
to see the rapid change in those organs from a diseased state to a state of health 
by the effects of medicines, and when under proper treatment, or vice versa. And 
this I claim to be the possession of a superior skill in the case of all complaints of 
this kind. By having the power to trace to the right organ the first seat of the 
disease,' I possess the advantage of knowing what remedies must be used, and of 
being capacitated to give such advice as will, if followed, keep the lungs from be- 
coming diseased. 

Lung or pulmonary consumption is chiefly confined to the fair, with light skins 
and blue eyes, florid complexions, contracted chests and high shoulders ; yet, other 
temperaments are not wholly exempt. The disease often attacks insidiously. The 
patient grows tall, without a corresponding expansion of the head and chest, be- 
comes languid, and loses his flesh and spirits. A slight cough comes on, which is 
not often regarded ; but if the individual be examined, he will be found with a 
pulse varying from 80 to 100. Sometimes the patient will not he so easily on one 
side as the other, and will have slight chills, and often hemorrhage from the lungs, 
which is not at first much noticed. 

After this state has continued for a few weeks, there arise shooting pains in the 
chest. The chills are more strongly marked, and are followed by burning heat 
and copious sweat, when we say a hectic fever is formed. The cough becomes al- 
most incessant. The cheeks have a spot of pure, florid red ; there are flushings in 
the face after eating, and sleep seems to afford no refreshing power. The counte- 
nance begins to give signs of wasting health ; the eyes are sunken, the cheeks pro- 
minent, and the strength begins to fail. The breathing becomes short, quick and 
offensive ; and morning sweats are increasing. The expectoration becomes loaded 
with matter, is discharged with ease, and comes up in great quantity. After a time 
the fever and cough abate, and there is a diarrhoea. Finally, the strength totally 
fails ; fainting is added to the symptoms, the expectoration is changed to a dark 
brown color ; the lower extremities swell, and unless the disease is checked, death 
comes for his victim. 

The distinction of consumption, particularly in its early stages, is of great con- 
sequence ; nor is it an object of small utility to point out its original source. At 
the age of about fourteen, in each sex, while the genital organs are assuming their 
proper powers, there is often debility and irritability of the person, and in the 
Vernal e there is sometimes a cough. At this period pulmonary consumption may 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 73 

come on without suspicion, as all the symptoms manifested are ascribed to the na- 
tural change then being effected. And this may be urged as a substantial argument 
in favor of early marriage and sexual intercourse at this particular time, to assist 
nature to make a more healthy man or woman, which might be said with safety to far 
surpass the healing power of medicine in the prevention of pulmonary consump- 
tion, by starting puberty or the courses in a natural and healthy manner. If there 
is slight fever from cold at this period, or blood from the lungs, and a spasm or a 
cough on taking a deep breath, we may suspect the presence of pulmonary con- 
sumption. 

Says Combe : " Perhaps the most important time in the life of a person born 
with a predisposition to consumption is that of puberty, comprising from the com- 
mencement of rapid growth to the full consolidation of the system, about or after 
the twenty-fourth year. In most young people, the transition from adolescence to 
maturity is so rapid, that for two or tliree years all the animal powers are tasked to 
enable nutrition to keep pace with growth, and a corresponding debility of both 
body and mind is often observed to co-exist, indicating in the clearest manner the 
necessity of a temporary omission from such studies and occupations as require 
much mental exertion or confinement within doors. The development and health 
of the physical system ought then to be almost exclusively attended to ; and when 
the body has acquired its solidity, the mental faculties will again become active. 
I have seen instances where a knowledge of the latter afforded substantial con- 
solation to young men who, while their bodies were growing rapidly, were apt 
to become despondent on account of the unusual sluggishness and inefficiency 
of their intellectual powers. In the course of a few years, when growth and 
consolidation were completed, the brain vigorously resumed its functions. 

"In such circumstances relaxation from study, residence in the country, exer- 
cise in the open air, plenty of food and freedom from care, will often do im- 
mense good, if sufficiently persisted in, and go far to protect the careful patient 
against the future invasion of consumption. "Whereas, if, under the mistaken 
notion that such precautionary measures are a waste of time, a delicate grow- 
ing youth is allowed to continue at his studies, or his desk, till diseaso has 
actually commenced, the disappointed parent may discover that it is too late to 
take alarm when health is gone." 

[In connection with this I would remark that we have in this presented to 
us a striking and powerful argument of the effects that a state of poverty may 
have in hastening death; a subject upon which I have treated at length in 
another part of this work under the head, " Effects of "Wealth upon Health." 
In the present state of society, where the wealth of a country is so unequally 
divided, the great body of young men and young women are obliged, as it 
were, to >.eep to their labor at this as well as all other periods ; the consequence 
of which, as Combe remarks, is, in many cases, to induce the early death of 
this class of people. I would not be understood as saying that at this age per- 
sons should not work at all; what I mean is, that they should not be obliged 
to over-work in order to five. There is an extreme of idleness, and there is an 
extreme of labor ; both these should be avoided, as calculated to shorten human 
life.] 

True pulmonary consumption arises from tubercles or canker in the lungs, 
forming ulcers. Tubercles are enlarged conglobate glands. Their formation and 



74 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

action depend en different circumstances. They are formed in contracted chesty 
perhaps from the pressure of the parts around obstructing the passage of the 
fluids, and sometimes in consequence of an acrimony. As the tubercle does not 
regularly suppurate, it does not heal. The cyst of it, however, sometimes sup- 
purates, and the contents are discharged; and when suppuration begins, all/ the 
symptoms of pulmonary disease supervene. If the tubercle be not deeply 
seated, it bursts in the chest; but if deep, the matter is discharged into the 
bronchias. If the discharge is not large, the patient throws it off without diffi- 
culty ; but if the quantity of pus be considerable, he dies from suffocation. 

Tubercles are found, on dissecting, of sizes from the smallest granules to that 
of a large bean. In the smaller ones no cavity appears ; but as they increase in 
size cavities are formed, some of which contain matter. Finally, these tubercles 
in some measure change their character, when they are known by the technical 
name of vomica, being an ulcer with matter that may be expectorated. Theso 
increase in size to two or three inches in diameter, with contents of a whitish- 
yellow, ash-colored, or greenish hue, and sometimes fetid, and when ruptured, 
more or less reddish. The larger vomicae, or tubercles, or ulcers, are generally 
found empty ; but on pressing the lungs, matter exudes. The branches of the 
pulmonary artery and vein running upon the tubercle, are much contracted, often 
filled with fibrous substance, and their pendulous ends completely shut up and 
covered with a thick slough. This fact may explain why death from bleeding from 
the lungs has not occurred when so great a portion of the substance of those organs 
is destroyed. The parts of the lungs around the tubercle are inflamed, and more 
or less solid, and impervious to the air ; the tubercles firmly cling to the lungs, 
preventing communication between the cavities of those portions of the lungs and 
that of the thorax. 

When a cold does not exist, and there are no symptoms of catarrh, nor any 
venereal poison in the blood, we may suspect a cough to arise from the presence 
of tubercles in the lungs, particularly if attended with shortness of breath on 
motion, and so trifling as to be denied by the patient, or has continued many 
months. The suspicions may be stronger if the lungs have been injured by measles, 
local inflammations or other complaints, and confirmed, if, in addition to the symp 
fcoms themselves, they are found existing in a person of thin, scrofulous habit, fino 
and delicate complexion, with swelled lips, glandular swellings in the neck, and 
hectic fever. 

Generally, tubercles are deposited in the cellular tissue of the lungs ; but they 
are sometimes seated in the air cells, the bronchi, or upon the surface of the mu- 
cous membrane of the lungs. The changes which occur around tuberculous de- 
posits are congestion, ulceration and suppuration. When the tubercle softens in- 
flammation supervenes in the pulmonary tissues about it. These tissues ulcerate, 
and thus is formed a cavity around the softening mass. Suppuration takes place in 
the cavity, which, mixing with the tuberculous matter, forms what is known as an 
abscess. These abscesses are not often about a single tubercle, but around clusters 
of them, so that the shape of the abscess is generally irregular ; and they are va- 
rious in sizes, from a pea to the occupancy of nearly the entire lobe of the lung. 
These abscesses, especially when of large size, communicate by ulceration with tho 
bronchi, and cut off the arteries and veins, causing great bleeding. When they 
destroy the air tubes, there results a rattle in the lungs during respiration. 



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75 




Dissections of lungs have shown that sometimes the tuberculous deposits havti 
been changed in their nature, and the lungs saved. The marks of these tubercles 
are generally found at the upper part of the lungs. They consist of small chalky 
masses, or concretions, with often a harder substance in their nature. Everything 
connected with these concretions shows that they were originally the genuine tu- 
bercles, and that nature, striving against disease through extra inflation of the 
lungs, and a renovated blood, has changed their state and prevented their produc- 
ing fatal results in the patient. Frequently these concretions remain latent in the 

lungs for years, and health is enjoyed through 
a long life. From this important fact in the 
history of tubercles, we may safely infer, 
that if nature has succeeded in a given case, 
unaided, in so changing the character of the 
tubercle by an improved state of the blood 
as to prevent injurious effects from its pre- 
sence, it is at least possible that if nature 
were aided in its labors by proper blood re- 
medies, other and many cases might be 
shown where the fatality of the tubercle was 
prevented and the life of the patient savad. 

No. 17.— Section op Tuberculous From tMs > as one reason ' do x ^hesitatingly 
t^q. say that pulmonary consumption is not al- 

ways incurable. 

However, as these tubercles are deposited in the lungs at different times, it does 
not follow because one deposition has been cured, consumption may not occur, for 
each successive deposit must be changed by the same process to prevent final dwtth 
by the disease ; or what is vastly better, if it is found that there has been one de- 
posit, the blood should be cleansed and purified, that no more depositions from it shall 
take place. In this manner we may not only cure cases of consumption, but we 
may prevent its occurrence. 

It has also been found, that in some instances there were incontrovertible signs 
of tubercles ovso having existed in a iung, when, on dissection, no part of them 
remained in an^ condition whatever. In these cases, the deposition had either 
been entirely absorbed, or thrown off by expectoration, when the wound made in 
the lung by the tubercle healed, and health returned to the patient. This is 
another way in which nature cures pulmonary consumption without any aid what- 
ever. And if this is done without aid, what, let me ask, may not be done when 
nature is assisted in its labors by a scientific and experienced physician, operating 
with proper medicines ? 

The depositions of tubercles take place in successive crops, the first of which is 
asually small. This, nature often throws off; but if the patient, when in this 
state, gives no attention to his condition, and lets nature go on unaided, struggling 
against the disease, there will be other depositions made before the first are 
changed or absorbed, and so in gradual succession till the disease gains a decided 
mastery, not only over nature, but over all its known aids. The knowledge of 
chis will show us of what importance it is that in the first states of the diseases, 
nature should have the assistance of science in some remedy for the relief of the 
patient. It has been to this point that I have devoted myself in the study of con 



76 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

sumption ; with what success the thousands who have been saved by my modi 
cines can attest. 

I would take occasion to remark here, that these tubercles are not always con- 
fined to the longs. They are found deposited in other organs of the body, where 
the nature and progress is the same as in the lungs, and their effects as destructive 
and fatal. And the symptoms by which they are attended, allowing for the differ- 
ence in the functions of the different organs of their location, are nearly the same. 
Th9 deposit is not unfrequently found in the cranium, especially among children. 
It is found in the membranes, in the lymphatic glands in the neck ; also in the 
spleen, liver, bladder, kidney, uterus, heart, and in the structure of the bones. It 
may be questioned if there is any organ of the body entirely exempt from its effects. 
But it is a general law that when tubercles exist in any other organ, they may be 
found in the lungs. However, there are exceptions to this ; and when these excep- 
tions exist is a matter of the most momentous importance to the physician who at- 
tends upon a patient. But I feel called upon to say that there are few physicians 
indeed who are capable of determining with certainty upon this point. In truth, 
they seldom think of it. It is by the aid of the Lung Barometer that I have been 
enabled to satisfy myself in every case presented upon this important matter, and 
am, therefore, better qualified to treat the patient. And it is from this knowledge 
thus gained that I so seldom fail to afford relief and effect a cure, where the lungs 
are not entirely destroyed. 

Pulmonary consumption we may consider as one of those diseases which is here- 
ditary — it is handed down from one generation to another in some families as an 
"heir loom ;" and though an inheritance not at all to be desired, it comes without 
will or law, and as something which thousands are forced to look upon as their 
sure and certain fate. But it is not always the case that persons born of a con- 
sumptive father or mother, or even of both, will be consumptive themselves. The 
chances are most certainly great that such will be the case, but it cannot be set 
down as a fixed rule. Generally speaking, those children resembling in form, in 
complexion and temperament the consumptive parent, will be afflicted with the 
disease, while those who are dissimilar in these particulars will not inherit the com- 
plaint. The same is true in this respect as in respect to scrofula, asthma, and other 
complaints that seem to be transmitted from parent to child. 

It is sometimes the case, that neither parent is consumptive, but the child will 
appear to have inherited the disease. It may be supposed, that where the family 
is predisposed to pulmonary consumption there may happen to occur a generation 
in which the complaint will not manifest itself} but will appear as a truly hereditary 
disease in the next line of succession. 

There is a singularity connected with the manifestations of hereditary pulmonary 
disease, that is, that not only the general predisposition, but the period of life at 
which the parent and child are affected are the same, independent of external 
causes, saving pregnancy in the female, and removing to a warmer climate just 
previous to the critical pei iod. Either of these may put off death for a time, but 
do not prevent final fatality from the complaint. The symptoms of pulmonary 
consumption have been noticed to occur repeatedly in the female, and to be re- 
moved by pregnancy, perhaps as many as four or five times. 

In Southern Europe, pulmonary consumption has been regarded as strongly in- 
fectious; and although not generally believed to be so in this country, I regard it 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 77 

as in. many respects & sympathetic and contagious complaint, particularly where 
persons are long and closely connected. To live in the same room or occupy the 
same bed I regard as decidedly dangerous, and in some cases have satisfied myself 
by close observation of the truth of this inference. 

In cases where there is a predisposition to pulmonary consumption, it requires 
great care to avoid the disease. All exciting causes should be carefully guarded 
against, such as catarrh and fever, especially at that period of life when the com- 
plaint has manifested itself in former generations. By giving particular attention to 
all outward causes that have a supposed tendency to bring on the first stages of tho 
disease, and hj taking such vegetable preparations as will keep the blood pure and 
prevent it from leaving poisonous deposits in the lungs, the person may be carried 
in safety beyond the critical period and his life lengthened out for years in the 
enjoyment of good health. And where women are predisposed to this complaint, 
it has been found that marriage and pregnancy have sometimes not only carried the 
person beyond the expected consumptive time of life, but that, aided by vegetable 
preventives, they have proved of more than temporary efficacy against this com- 
plaint. It is not, however, always the case that marriage and pregnancy put off 
the ravages of the destroyer, yet it is very often so ; which is a powerful reason in 
favor of early marriage and child-bearing, as efficacious in lengthening the life of 
females, considered as a body — as proved by statistical reports, embodied under tho 
head of early marriages and longevity. 

With regard to the per centage of cases of consumption arising from hereditary 
predisposition, there is great difference of opinion. Dr. Walshe, of London, gives 
21 per cent, of males and 37 of females from consumptive parents. Briquet, of 
Paris, gives 30 per cent, from this cause. But I am satisfied, that from the inability 
to learn the facts in many cases of consumption, and from the well-known reluct- 
ance of many patients to admit that their ancestors were consumptive, that the 
proportion is considerably larger than that given in either London or Paris — at 
least, that it is so in this country. "With safety, it may be set down at 60 per cent., 
and many contend for a larger per centage. It is thought, too, that the cases of 
pulmonary consumption which seem to arise hereditarily are in general more un- 
favorable in regard to a cure or a relief than those springing from other causes. 

Eeports from the London hospital for consumption show the singular fact, that 
consumptive fathers most frequently transmit the disease to their sons, and the 
mothers to the daughters. The reasons for this it would be difficult satisfactorily 
to explain. With reference to the proportion of males and females, there seems to 
be a contradiction from reports of hospitals. In some cases, there are more men 
attacked than women, in others the reverse. It would appear from statistics that 
in Paris, the number of women troubled of this disease is larger than of the men 
— say as about 60 to TO; while in London hospitals the number of men is 61 to 
88 of the opposite sex. In the city of Geneva, Switzerland, the cases are as 115 
men to 106 women. Prom the Sanitary Reports of the city of New York, we 
gather that of 1000 persons who died of consumption, that are about 22 more males 
than females. Boston shows a similar difference, but greater. On the other hand, 
reports from New York State and from the State of Massachusetts — being country 
places — show a larger preponderance the other way, in about the proportion of 5 
deaths of females by this disease to 3 of males. From this it would appear that some 
cause exists in country towns to extend the disease among females; while different 



78 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

causes exist in cities, to aggravate the disease in the other sex. From these facts it 
will appear that there is difference in locality as regards the outward influences of 
business under which the sexes are brought. This shows that consumption often 
arises from causes which might be guarded against ; and it shows, too, that by 
having proper regard to those causes, and intently considering the occupations and 
habits of individuals, and ascertaining the character and nature of the inducing 
causes, we should not only better know how to treat each individual case, but our 
labors would be attended with much greater success than generally falls to the lot 
of the careless empyrics and unprincipled quacks that infest our country under tho 
name of physicians. 

"What these causes are, it may be difficult to decide with certainty, unless wo 
attribute to the country ladies, their exposures to wet feet, arising from the mud 
and snow, during the critical periods, habits in fashions of dress, — heavy skirts, 
tight lacing, open bosomed dresses, thin bonnets and dresses, — self-pollution by 
masturbation, disappointed love, and protracted celibacy; while the men in the 
cities are more confined in-doors, deprived of pure air, exercise and light, and sub- 
jected to the dust of workshops ; and are given to excessive sexual intercourse by 
prostitution with the harlot, contracting the poisonous venereal disease of the cour- 
tesan, and early dying with consumption. If other and better reasons than these 
can be offered from statistical reports, I would be pleased to hear them. 

The influence of age on pulmonary consumption is somewhat remarkable. A 
very large proportion of consumptives die between the ages of twenty and thirty — 
probably over one-fourth. Probably three-fifths of those who suffer from it are 
attacked between the ages of twenty and thirty-five. But it is to be found in per- 
sons of all ages, and even the lungs of the foetus sometimes contain tubercles. 

Condition of life has its strong influence in inducing consumption. The circum- 
stances which seem to increase the tendency are poverty, sedentary habits, a bent 
position of the body, impure air in workshops, the inhalation of certain mineral 
and vegetable vapors, or air loaded with a coarse or impalpable dust, or with fight, 
thready, elastic substances; while those which exercise a preservative influence 
are easy circumstan'ces, an active life in the open air, and regular general exercise. 

Sedentary habits, especially sitting much with the body inclined forward, exert a 
decided influence in favor of pulmonary consumption. Shoemakers and tailors are 
largely subject to the disease. 

Statistical reports show many curious facts relative to the difference of situation 
of countries in effect upon consumption. It has been commonly supposed that 
removal to a warmer climate would prove beneficial to the consumptive ; but this is 
not always the case. The fact is, that a permanent residence in a tropical climate 
tends to increase the chances of death by this disease, though this is not true of all 
places in the tropical region. In this respect the East and West Indies have been 
found to differ materially, though situate in the same latitude — the East being more 
favorable to the complaint than the "West. This difference is so marked, that statis- 
tics show that the proportion of deaths in the West Indies from this disease is 
greater than in Great Britain, while in the East Indies it is less. The same may 
be said to be true with reference to this country ; that removal to the East Indies 
might in the main prove of benefit, while to the West Indies it would prove dele- 
terious. But taking case after case, it may be seriously doubted if removal should 
be recommended. 



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Reports from the army of the United States show 9 deaths among 1000 men 
from this disease in the Atlantic posts and those on the lakes, while those remote 
from the large bodies of fresh or salt water give only 5 deaths in 1000. This shows 
a decided advantage in the inland towns. At the same time, a sailor's life is de- 
cidedly favorable in lessening the number of deaths from this disease. 

It has been generally believed that inflammations of the chest and lungs produce 
a large number of cases of pulmonary consumption ; but of the truth of this there is 
doubt. I think it would be found that where the symptoms of consumption have 
followed a bad cold or an inflammation, the tubercles had existed in the lungs pre- 
viously. The cold or inflammation might have forwarded the injurious action of the 
tubercles, but did not cause their deposit. However, very serious results follow 
often from colds and inflammations, and whether they really cause pulmonary con- 
sumption or not, they should nevertheless receive careful attention. 

Thus I have shown you the cause, character, symptoms, and history of lung or 
pulmonary consumption, with statistics connected with its rise, progress, fatality hi 
different places, ages and occupations; and also explained how, by the opera- 
tions of nature alone, the disease is, in spite of the commonly received doctrine, 
often cured, and how it may be cured frequently if nature received the propci 
aid. And I will now assure you, whatever your physician may say, that con- 
sumption is not an incurable disease. And I do not make this assertion without 
any foundation — it is based upon the knowledge I have gained by experience 
and upon statistical information derived from various reliable sources. And let 
me here repeat, that it is only the ignorant who still adhere to the old opinion ; being 
unable, because of their ignorance, to cure the disease in any case, they assert that 
no one else can cure it. This is certainly arguing from a poor premise, and infusing 
erroneous opinions among the people, which exert a tendency decidedly injurious. 
But to prove to you that I do not boidly face the entire mass of physicians alone 
upon this point, (although the great body of them are against my assertion,) I will 
state here that a physician attached to the almshouse for aged women in Paris, 
found, on post mortem examination of 100 women, all over sixty years of age, and 
dying of various diseases, that 51 of them presented evidence, chiefly by chalky 
concretions in the lungs, of tubercles or ulcers once having existed in them, from 
the fatal effects of which they had been relieved. And a distinguished professor of 
New York, Dr. Swett, in his lectures before medical students, has admitted that 
" facts, and especially anatomical facts, prove beyond a doubt, that cases do recover, 
and that these cases are not very rare!" Speaking of consumption, Dr. Dixon, on 
page 114 of the u Scalpel," says: "When the constitution can be rapidly improved 
either by diet or climate, these ulcers may heal, and if no more tubercles form, and 
digestion and the skin be kept in full play of their powers, so as to produce plenty 
of material, and it throws off carbon or the useless matter of the system, the perscn 
recovers." "What more do we want in proof? And why should you believe the 
ignorant pretender when he declares that in your case there is no hope of recovery 
— no chance of escape ? His declarations are false ! — I knoiv them to be false — I 
have proved them to be false. Take courage, therefore ; and if others tell you you 
cannot recover, apply at once to some one who will understand your case, and can 
afford the necessary relief. Give not up to death until you have satisfied yourself 
by testing some one who has perfect knowledge of all diseases of the lungs and 
who, if a cure is possible, will be able to effect it in the most speedy mannor. And 



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to those who are continually discouraging the sick by telling them that they aro 
beyond hope, I would say — Go, ignoramus, and inform yourself; preach no more 
your abominable falsehoods ; make yourself fit for a teacher before you undertako 
to prescribe for the afflicted. 



KINDS OF CONSUMPTION. 

The causes and kinds of consumption are so numerous, and physicians making 
no distinctions between them, but treating all alike, when each should receive its 
distinctive medicine, that it is not at all to be wondered at that most fail of doing 
the patient any good. This is the reason why they do fail. Until physicians better 
understand these matters, they may as well hang up their saddle-bags and do as 
they have always done — call consumption of every kind by one name — a compound 
disease, not understood, and incurable. 

Is it true that the different kinds of consumption cannot be known and treated as 
they should be ? Unhesitatingly, I say no ! I say they can be known, and each 
separately and distinctly treated with its own appropriate remedies. [See Lung Ba- 
rometer and its use.] 

There is consumption of the lungs, liver, heart, kidney, stomach, womb, spleen, 
larynx, bowels, and other organs. A wasting disease in any organ affecting the 
general health may be properly classed under the head of consumption. 

When administered to under the knowledge gained by the use of the Lung B&r 
rometer, a cure of all lung and pulmonic diseases may be regarded as nearly cer- 
tain : without this, recovery is mere matter of chance. I have cured many persons 
who had lost one lung entirely and had the other badly diseased. A man can live 
with one lung as well as with one eye or arm. The loss of one gives the other 
greater strength and power. Some cases of lung consumption we may regard as 
incurable ; but I seldom fail of restoring to a state of health either one or both 
lungs unless the invalid is unfaithful to the directions given him. Many fail to ex- 
perience benefit because they will not sacrifice their convenience or taste ; but me- 
dicines in all cases must be compounded to suit the complaint and not the taste of 
the patient. Unless the invalid is willing to make sacrifice of time, taste and conve- 
nience to a certain extent, (provided such sacrifices are necessary,) in order to obtain 
health and enjoy a long life, I am not desirous he should apply to me for help ; for 
it is in the treatment of such invalids that I should lose my reputation for skill, be- 
cause the public could never become conversant with the facts in the case j and by 
unfaithfulness the patient would be almost certain to lose his life. 

I have seldom treated a case of consumption but that the patient has began to 
improve in a very short time, and has gone on from better to better till a cure was 
finally effected, unless, as is not unfrequently the case, there has been an inatten- 
tion to the remedies prescribed and the advice given. Frequently I have known an 
invalid brought up from the very threshold of the grave, and placed in a situation 
where perseverance in the use of the proper medicines would have certainly made 
him a well man ; but, unfortunately, when the more serious symptoms of the dis- 
ease had disappeared, the patient would become careless, leave off taking the 
medicines, go into a relapse and soon reach the grave. A relapse in these cases 
is almost always fatal. It is indeed strange that a person who has had the con 



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sumption for months, perhaps years, and has been looking for a speedy death, onco 
relieved of his complaint by the power of medicine, and feeling his lungs nearly 
healed, should give up to carelessness or indifference on some trivial excuse, such 
as that the medicines are unpleasant to the taste, or he has not time to take them, 
or it is not convenient to follow advice ; and by thus doing fall back into a state 
worse than at the first. Persevere, should be the motto of every consumptive. If 
you get better, keep on till you are well ; and when you are well, use the means 
and the preventives of disease to keep well. I would enjoin this upon all who ever 
expect to escape from the consumptive's grave. If it is not attended to, the invalid 
cannot reasonably hope for a cure. 

A physician to treat pulmonary consumption with that efficacy and good result 
that may attend his efforts, must know the real cause of it, and the effect which 
it has produced upon the organ afflicted. He must understand if tubercles or ulcers 
exist ; if ossification has taken place ; if rupture of the air-cells or arteries has oc- 
curred; whether the disease is increasing or decreasing ; whether it be immediately 
dangerous or not ; whether it can be cured in a long or a short time. He must 
know what state the blood is in, and whether the disease be scrofulous, cancerous, 
venereal, or arise from accumulation of animal decomposition, or from adulterated 
articles of food and drink, mineral poisons, from humors of the blood, or be induced 
by the action of the mind — disappointment in love or business, &c, &c. He must 
know the quantity of air the lungs will contain, and whether or not inhalation has 
been deficient ; whether stricture, or a contracted state of the lungs exists ; the 
color of the matter expectorated, if there be any ; whether the patient is troubled 
with canker, sore-throat or catarrh ; whether the lungs are weak or strong ; whether 
the liver is affected or not ; whether the liver has adhered to the lungs, and matter 
passes through the lungs from the liver or not ; whether the lungs have adhered to 
the pleura, chest, or to each other; and a thousand other things which may be ne- 
cessary in the case. And to get at these he must have a Lung Barometer ; for by 
the use of the stethoscope or by sounding the chest, they can never be determined 
about with certainty. And a principal reason why I have had so much better suc- 
cess in the treatment of consumption is because I have used the Lung Barometer 
and other inventions of mine, by which I learn positively the condition of the parts 
affected, while others only judge of and guess about them. 



SOUNDING- THE LUNGS AND CHEST. 

The most eminent of medical men have of late nearly discarded the use of the 
stethoscope in determining the nature of consumptive diseases. And, in truth, there 
can be but little reliance placed upon it. In order that you may be able to compre- 
hend in some measure the difficulty of determining the condition of the lungs by 
sounding the chest, either with the stethoscope or by percussion (rapping on the 
cnest,) I will endeavor to show you the doubts thrown* over these methods by those 
who practice them, and the reasons why such soundings are rendered doubtful in 
their results. 

In the first place, to learn anything at all from percussion or rapping upon the 
chest, you must clearly understand the natural resonance of each and every patient 
while in health ; you must know the elasticity of the internal organs, and tlr 

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parities of the chest. These are by no means alike in different persons — the lungs 
are not equally elastic in different individuals, nor equally charged with air ; so that 
on examination we find much greater resonance in one person than in another, 
though the lungs of both be perfectly free from disease. 

There is also great difference arising from the presence of great or small muscies 
upon the chest, from the pressure of flesh in greater or less quantity, and from the 
condition of the heart, (which may be enlarged in its bed in the lungs, and cause a 
very different sound on rapping from what would otherwise result,) also from the 
condition of the liver and spleen, (which encroach upon the cavity of the chest and 
cause in their well or diseased condition much difference of sound.) When the 
muscles of the chest are thick, scarcely anything can be determined from rapping. 
In the fema^ the fullness and size of the breasts often prevent the gaining of any 
certain information of the conditions of the lungs in all that portion over whicn they 
extend. Upon the back, the shoulder blades extend over a large portion of the lungs, 
which makes it impossible to obtain any accurate information from rapping in that 
quarter. The degree of tension of the muscles also greatly affects the resonance of 
the chest, and it requires the nicest care to so place the patient that you can learn 
by a comparison of the two sides how much one is affected ; for if there be the 
smallest difference in the tension of the muscles of each side, there will be a corre- 
sponding difference of sound. 

In addition to these natural difficulties, there is a greater one arising in the way in 
which the operator will percuss the chest ; and from the chest of the same indivi- 
dual no two operators will obtain the same sound. That this is so, I will not ask 
you to believe on my authority alone, but to establish the fact to yoar satisfaction 
will quote from a series of lectures delivered at the New York Hospital by a distin- 
guished professor of the allopathic school, Dr. Swett. He says — 

" The act of percussion seems to be a very simple thing ; you may think that you 
can practice it perfectly after a little practice. But it is not so. It requires much 
practice and care to percuss the chest well. Look at those who have practiced it 
for years, and what a difference is there in the results obtained by different practition- 
ers ! One will render a slight difference in sound in different portions of the chest 
quite apparent, while another will obtain only the most unsatisfactory results!" 

The truth of this, as set forth by the professor alluded to, is admitted by the me- 
dical faculty generally — at least by all that portion whose opinions are considered of 
any worth. 

Sounding the lungs by auscultation (that is by listening with the ear applied 
directly to the chest, or by using the stethoscope,) is liable to tho same difficulties 
and differences in result, and for the same reasons as percussion or rapping. There 
is such difference in different persons, whose lungs are perfectly sound, that unless 
Ihe practitioner has been acquainted with the respiratory sounds of his patient be- 
fore the patient was sick, and has a very nice ear and a retentive memory at that, 
be will be very liable indeed to be mistaken not only in regard to the state of a dis- 
ease but often as to what the disease really is. Accidental causes of various kinds 
—agitation of the mind — pains in other parts of the body, fear, nervous excitement, 
and numerous other causes, many of which it is impossible the physician should 
have cognizance of — so markedly affect the respiration, and through that the sounds 
in the lungs, that the chances are more than equal that the observer will not b« 
able to determine the condition of those organs, even under those parts of the chest 



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Where nothing intervenes to prevent the hearing. This being the case, (as is also 
admitted by the professor alluded to,) how can it be with any reason believed that 
even the closest observer can accurately determine the condition of the lungs by 
the means and in the ways mentioned. It is impossible. And yet I have been 
informed on the most reliable authority, that a doctor in New York who claims for 
himself the highest skill in the cure of consumption, and who is quite deaf of one ear, 
as often uses the deaf ear in his examinations of the lungs as the other one ! This 
shows of how much service such an examination would be. Could a man partially 
deaf hear those slight and delicate sounds made by the air in the lungs ? Certainly 
not. Such an examination of the lungs is fit to be classed with the use made of the 
other deaf and blind catch-traps of this eminent (?) physician — shoulder-brace, sup- 
porter and inhaling tube. These inventions, though useful at times and in certain 
complaints, are quackish in the application to which they are oftei put, and are 
used as mere hobbies to deceive people and lead them to resort to useless means to 
obtain relief from disease. Consumption cannot be cured by rule, nor can the dif- 
ferent kinds of this disease be subjected to the use of supporters, braces and tubes, 
as is pretended. 

Says Dr. Dixon, in the Scalpel, page 109 : — " Many physicians carry about with them 
the stethoscope, a small cedar stick with a hole in- it, ornamented with ivory, to give 
it ' professional effect ' in the eyes of the people ; but it is for the most part a mere 
trap to get business by I" Page 110 — "It is very mortifying to observe the uses 
made of the stethoscope by many physicians ; to see them frighten and fatigue a 
poor invalid, by their tricks and solemn countenances, when nature or over-feeding 
has made many of them so obtuse in their hearing and intellects, that it can convey 
no particle of information." 

It being the case, as I have shown, that these means of determining the condi- 
tion of the lungs often prove fallacious and render every thing therewith connected 
uncertain, what is it the duty of the medical man to do ? Should he continue in 
this uncertainty ? Are the matters of commerce and of pecuniary gain of greater ac- 
count than human life, that man should be without a sure guide to disease, while by 
many inventions he is placed in comparative safety upon the ocean, and surely di- 
rected in his labors upon land ? The sailor, though no cloud looms upward in the 
space over which his watchful eye extends, regards with anxiety his barometer 
which foretells him of the coming storm ; and ere the fury of the hurricane, which 
else had buried him in the bosom of the ocean, is upon him, he furls his sails and 
securely rides out the gale. And when the fogs of the ocean encompass, and the 
darkness of the night envelops him, so that nature gives no guide to his course, ho % 
matches the compass by his side and sails forward in security. And so is it in tho 
other fields of life. But in disease, we have been left without a guide, and all action 
has been made in the dark, without certainty, and by guessings, experiments, and 
clap-traps. And so it might have continued for ages to come, had not the author 
entered the field of invention, and determining to devise some means to learn the 
exact condition of the afflicted sufferers, brought out the Lung Barometer as the 
fruit of his laborious toil. This has opened the door of knowledge — has made the 
crooked roads straight, and given confidence and hope to the afflicted. By its use 
the state of the lungs is accurately determined, consumption is foretold, and the in- 
dividual warned to prepare his bark to encounter the coming storm ; and consump- 
tion is placed in the list of curable diseases. 



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The mineralogist, as he traverses the earth in search of mines of wealth beneath 
the surface, is directed by his metallic needle, which points downwards to the stores 
of ore beneath. But for this he had wandered far without profit ; the mineral 
wealth of the world had lain undiscovered of man in the bosom of the earth, and 
where now plenty abounds, ruin and idleness have prevailed. But though directed 
by inventions to the gold and the silver that enriches, man has had no security 
against disease. Even while searching for that which he hoped would give ease 
and comfort to his later days, the fangs of consumption were fastened upon him, 
and he knew it not till the destroyer was ready to slay. Had he been under the 
detecting eye of the Lung Barometer, he had escaped destruction ; for this would 
have warned him of the first approach of the disease, and he might have fceen 
saved to life and to the enjoyments of- the world. 

We have the clock and the watch to give us the hour of the day ; the scale to deter- 
mine weights to exactness ; the thermometer to indicate the degree of heat ; and numer- 
ous other inventions that detect with unerring certainty in the uses to which they are 
employed. Still, in that most important of all earthly matters, the health of the 
human being, there was for ages no infallible detector and guide. But this state of 
criminal ignorance no longer exists ; the genius of man has finally invented the 
means by which all conditions of the lungs may be determined, and through it the 
raging pestilence of consumption is forever robbed of the terrors that for ages have 
clung about its name. [See Lung Barometer.] 

A physician should be both a natural mechanic and an experienced practitioner, 
so as to know how to adapt his mechanical helps and his different medicines to 
each individual case of consumption ; since no two cases will be found exactly 
alike, any more than the physiognomy of two persons will be alike. There may be 
a strong resemblance, but there will still be a difference. A physician can no mor« 
cure different cases of consumption by exactly the same treatment than a black- 
smith can fit one shape and size of shoe to the feet of all horses, or a hatter one ha%. 
to all sizes of heads, or a milliner one glove to the hand of all ladies, or a tailor one* 
coat to a dwarf and a giant. 



IMPORTANCE OF LIGHT ON HEALTH. 

The effects of light on health and on the human system generally, both mentally 
and physically, have not yet been fully elucidated and explained, We have only of 
late began to perceive with clearness and to trace with certainty its influence on 
vegetable, animal and chemical substances. 

Light in general separates oxygen ; it changes nitre into nitrous acid, and the 
oxy-muriatic to common muriatic acid. Light also deprives many preparations of 
their peculiar color and medicinal value, particularly phosphorus, and seems greatly 
to influence the progress of crystallization. Carmine requires to be exposed to a 
strong solar light, for a cloud, it is said, will spoil the color. 

In the vegetable kingdom, and from the humblest plant to the tallest tree of the 
forest, we find that the absence of light deprives the leaves of their peculiar and 
beautiful colors, and the vegetables of their taste and healthfulness. Humboldt 
found in shafts of mines that the leaves of plants were not shaped the same as 
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the great importance of light to give a healthy and beautiful growth to his 
various plants and flowers. Plants grow very feebly and imperfectly without 
light. Their growth is not wholly dependent on the decomposition of water ; but 
their color depends materially on the decomposition of water and the carbonic gas. 

Animate which most usually live in the open air, by confinement and exclusion 
from light, become feeble, and lose a great portion of their health, liveliness and color. 
Other animals, as the mole, the pangolin, and some others which scarcely e\er seo 
the day, are not white, and are peculiarly active and intelligent. Some animals 
emit light in tbeir motions, and this light is connected with their life and activity, 
as in the lampyres, the glow-worm, the insects in oyster shells, and those which il- 
lumine the sea in storms ; in these it seems that light enters into the composition oi 
those fluids to which their activity is owing,- giving a livery action to the pho$o»*>- 
ric acid of which those animals are greatly composed. The eyes of the cat give 
out a light in the dark ; and if we rub the hair of this animal in the night, it 
will emit sparkles of light. . 

I have previously shown, when speaking of the causes of insanity, that all living 
beings having the greatest proportion of phosphorus or phosphoric acid in their 
compositions, have the greatest activity and liveliness ; and that the brains of ill 
animals, mankind included, containing the most phosphorus, gave the highest de- 
gree of mental activity and intelligence. I also stated that idiots, and animals of a 
low mental caliber, were destitute of a due share of phosphoric acid in the brain ; 
that they must necessarily be so ; and that chemical analysis had established this 
fact ; and further, that persons having a very large share of phosphorus in their 
brains or bodies, were the most sensitive and nervous, and the most likely to be- 
come insane or broken down in their mentality, under the influence of long 
continued or rapid currents of nervo-electricity, passing to the brain — caused by 
fright, disappointment in love, or any other mental excitement — and convulsing tho 
brain by action upon the phosphorus. 

It is a fact established by practical observation, that active, nervous and highly 
sensitive persons, are the ones most likely to become mentally deranged by the per- 
plexities, disappointments, and embarrassments of life : and with such persons men 
in their promises and transactions should be punctual and honest, and act with 
them according as they agree, or the mental balance of these persons may be over- 
thrown and perhaps destroyed forever — the nervo-electricity acting so powerfully 
upon the brain when it is unfitted for the shock, the connection of mind and matter 
is dissolved, and saneness is dethroned. 

All persons are aware, or should be, that the relations of accidents or trouoles to 
interested persons, should generally be by degrees rather than hastily, for fear of 
the suddenness of the matter communicated operating injuriously upon the mind. 
That those animals most susceptible to the power of electricity or galvanic batteries 
are charged with phosphorus in the largest quantities, was determined by the ex- 
periments of Galvani, from whence we argue that men containing phosphorus in 
large proportion are more likely to be injured by sudden electrical excitement than 
those possessing less. 

Light may properly be said to be a component part of our bodies ; and it seemr 
to be particularly connected with the activity of the mind. At night or in the dark 
we are inclined to be dull and sleepy ; and so it is with the animals. 

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that this peculiar acid of the system, the phosphoric, has a powerful attraction foT 
light, and appears to contain it, not only in a chemical combination, but when in tho 
form of an oxide united with it, and allows it to separate without decomposition, 
we may suspect it to be a greater and more powerful agent in the animal economy 
than has yet been believed. 

In proportion as light is shut out of our houses, churches, and school-rooms, wh\ 
the mind become sleepy and inactive, the body lose its strength and health, the 
liveliness and color depart, and the system become feverish; and if the rooms aro 
damp, we shall lose our nervous and mental activity, and become scrofulous or con- 
sumptive, perhaps sicken and die. Deprivation of light destroys the health of body 
and mind, by destroying the phosphorus of the body. Dark, damp houses destroy 
the phosphorus and prevent the nervous electricity from passing on the nerves and 
acting upon the brain ; and for this reason a person having great mental labor to 
perform soon loses something of his mental acquirements when he is confined to 
business in dark and damp rooms. And the same is true with reference to his bodi- 
ly health if he live in a dark and damp house. Dark and damp days are dreary 
and dull seasons to persons of lively mind and active body, with a large share 
of phosphorus and nervous electricity, because the diminution of light affects the 
phosphorus, and the dampness of the atmosphere prevents the easy and frequent 
flow of the nervous electricity. This it is that makes damp houses, stores, churches 
and other places of business so destructive to the health. 

A person with a small share of phosphorus in his blood is never remarkably ac- 
tive — never noted for acts of heroism. The reason why is, that he cannot be elec- 
trified by any nervous electrical excitement ; but one having a large share of the 
phosphorus is filled with life and overflowing with heroic deeds. 

The phosphoric acid of our bodies, with its attracting and absorbing power for 
light, together with its being the highest principle in man's existence, when electri- 
fied with electricity from the body or nervous electricity from active passions oi 
men, is the source of the activity and liveliness of the person. And when we are 
shown by chemical investigation that phosphorus absorbs and requires light for its 
support, in connection with the support derived from the food taken into the sys- 
tem, we can see the wisdom of the Deity in so bountifully supplying us with lights 
not only to directly sustain our bodily and mental activity, but to give to the ani 
mal and vegetable worlds a large share of phosphoric acid, from which phosphorus 
ia mostly obtained — that man may be constantly supplied through these sources with 
the active principle of his existence ; for a person nearly destitute of this principle 
is but at best a drone in society, if not truly idiotic. 

Phosphoric acid or phosphorus is decidedly dangerous in its action when in the 
form of a medicine, and should not, therefore, ever be used in a greater quantity 
than is found existing in some animal or vegetable substances, which are taken in 
the form of food. [See table of foods containing phosphorus.] 



AIR, AND ITS EFFECTS UPON HEALTH. 

Atmospheric air is a compound gas, the constituents of which are one-fifth 
oxygen and four-fifths nitrogen. Nitrogen, of itself, seems to possess no decidedly 
uctiva properties, and its use is evidently to dilute the oxygen, which, if taken pure. 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 87 

would prove nighly injurious. Oxygen, on the other hand, possesses exceedingly 
powerful and vita] properties. 

Air is necessary to animal existence — as is easily to be seen by experiments 
made with the air pump. Deprive a man of air and he will soon die. Toads, 
vipers, eels, insects of various kinds, and fish, will survive for a short time in an 
exhausted receiver, because they expend the oxygen slowly and separate it per- 
fectly from the nitrogen ; but they will die sooner or later if deprived of air. 

Air is a fluid of extreme rarefaction, and is moved by the slightest force. It is 
invisible ; it refracts, but does not reflect the rays of light ; it is inodorous and 
insipid, and its weight is not perceptible except in large quan&ties ; but it possesses 
a great power of elasticity. Its particles are said to be too small to be perceived 
by any microscope. It is a vehicle of sound, of the objects of taste, and of effluvia 
to the nose. It is a part in the composition of all bodies, but cannot be rendered 
of itself solid by any known means. Heat rarefies and cold condenses it. 

The effects of air upon the spirits as well as upon the health are great. Thus, 
when the air is light, we find languor steal over us ; when it is heavy, our spirits 
are brisk and free. 

Of the two compounds of air, oxygen is, as far as has yet been ascertained, the 
only sustainer of life. It is this which gives to the blood its healthy properties and 
bright color, and removes from it its impurities. It imparts to the brain, tho 
muscles, the stomach, the heart, and every other organ, a principle which gives 
them energy and power, and keeps alive the body by removing from it those sub- 
stances whose accumulation would soon destroy it. 

If the lungs were to receive constantly a larger portion of oxygen than they 
obtain from the common air, all the operations of the body would be accelerated to 
a point incompatible with its relations to the other departments of nature, and the 
system would soon be destroyed by overwork. The presence of nitrogen, therefore, 
serves the purpose of tempering the oxygen to a degree proper for the just and 
equable operations of life. 

The stimulating effects of oxygen may be observed by letting a person inhale an 
air containing two parts of that gas to three of nitrogen. It will excite all the 
animal functions to a much greater degree of activity and force than is natural. 
The muscular system is placed by its influence almost beyond control ; the energies 
of the mind are increased ; and the circulation of the blood is accelerated. This air 
can be breathed with safety but for a very few minutes. 

This will show you the influence of oxygen on the human system when taken in 
greater quantity than is designed by nature. And, on the other hand, a reduction 
in the amount of this gas below the quantity found in. the purest atmosphere, tends 
to reduce the energies of the system beneath the standard of health, gives rise to 
debilitated bodies, diseases of various organs, general deficiency of strength, or, 
when carried to too great a degree, to death, more or less sudden. 

When, from any cause — and the causes are various — the oxygen in the air taken 
into the lungs is reduced in quantity below the standard found to exist in tho com- 
mon untainted atmosphere, we may say that the air has become impure. In this 
condition, it is not jit to breathe ; and no man can breathe it continuously with out 
experiencing effects decidedly injurious to his health. In truth, j mpure air is one 
of the scourges of mankind. No age or sex is exempt from its influence, but 
especially are they subject to its evils who live after the fashions prevailing undei 



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modern civilization and refinement. Impure air is a prime and continuous cause 
of disease and death. 

There are some conditions of the atmosphere beyond the control of man, out of 
which flow to him diseases of various kinds ; but it is nevertheless a fact, that at 
least one-half of the maladies received from a bad air arise from causes easily under- 
stood and which might be prevented ! This no one denies, and yet, the importance 
of having pure air is a subject that receives but a small share of attention 

"Writers on pestilence have noticed two distinct species of virus applied to the 
body through the medium of the. air — 1st, that arising from the putrefaction or 
decomposition of dead animal or vegetable matter ; as the exhalation of marshes, 
sewers, graveyards, bogs, uncultivated or undrained plains; the accumulation of 
filth in cities, houses, &c. : 2d, effluvia generated by the decomposition of the nat- 
ural exhalations and excretions of the human body, (growing out of a natural 
tendency to putrefaction of our bodies, when they are excluded from pure air,) 
accumulated and confined in ill-ventilated habitations. The first has been called 
marsh miasma, and is supposed to give rise to yellow, remittent, bilious and inter- 
mittent fevers, dysentery, and perhaps cholera. The second, sometimes termed 
typhoid miasma, usually gives origin to common typhus and low nervous fevers. 

From these two sources arise many of the diseases which impair the bodily 
and mental health of the people, and bring a considerable portion prematurely to 
the grave. If we allow the sources of impurity to exist in or around our dwellings, 
we are virtually poisoning ourselves ; and while many, from these sources, die of 
fevers and other acute diseases, the remainder have their health impaired and their 
fives shortened ; and an unhealthy race arises in consequence of the great defect. 
The medical man may be told, when he speaks of the subject of ventilation, that 
ventilation is a hobby of his, and that hitherto people have got on very well without 
attending to it. But this does not alter the fact that without ventilation the body 
and mind are seriously affected to illness. 

It is generally supposed that the larger comparative mortality in large towns 
among the poorer classes, is chiefly attributable to meagre and unwholesome food, 
and immoderate indulgence in adulterated and poisoned liquors. And these do in 
truth operate as destroyers of the human race. But in this country, where, for a 
portion of the year, we experience a degree of heat but little below that endured in 
the tropics, which quickly decomposes all dead animal matters, meagre food and 
oad liquors are insignificant causes of disease compared with impure air — either 
that previously respired or that rendered unwholesome from being loaded with the 
particles of decayed vegetable and animal matter. That the use of the same food 
and drinks in the country, where the air is generally comparatively pure, are 
attended with much less of sickness and mortality than in the impure and close air 
of cities, is a fact universally known. 

The influence of pure air to stay the ravages of an epidemic have been often wit- 
nessed. It is indeed a powerful disinfectant. It has been repeatedly noticed in the 
large manufacturing towns in England, that the number of fever patients in the 
hospitals during seasons when nearly the whole population was shut up and at 
work in the bad air of the factories, was much larger than in seasons when they 
were all turned out into the open air by a stoppage of the mills. Sometimes the 
reduction of fevers in the times when the people were out of work and out of doors, 
. was as large as from 8 to 2 2 ! ! And invariably, no sooner have operations beer 



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renewed in the mills and the inhabitants returned to their labors therein, than the 
fever has gone back to its former numbers, and sometimes new epidemics have 
broken out. This fact alone is sufficient to show the necessity of pure air in orde? 
that we may enjoy good health. 

And there are on record many instances where the progress of an epidemic has 
been suddenly stopped by simply ventilating a house in winch it prevailed. Dr. 
Arnott, of England, makes mention of a vast lodging-house connected with a manu- 
factory at Glasgow, in which fever formerly constantly prevailed, but where, by 
making an opening from the top of each room through a channel of communication 
to an air-pump, the disease had disappeared altogether ! The supply of pure air 
obtained by that mode of ventilation was sufficient to dilute the cause of disease to 
such a degree that it became powerless in the production of sickness. 

In the famous " black hole " of Calcutta, one hundred and forty-six Englishmen 
were shut up at night in a small, close room ; in the morning but twenty-three 
were alive — the remainder had perished of a horrible death. There were not more 
than four or five thousand cubic feet of air in the room ; and as each person should 
have had at the least three hundred cubic feet, the oxygen of the air was very soon 
exhausted, and the carbonic acid gas thrown out of their different lungs into the 
room and received back again, soon poisoned them to death. And the few who 
were found alive in the morning were so affected that they are said " to have been 
attacked with a fever analogous to typhus." 

Besides these cases, thousands of instances are recorded where ventilation has 
banished epidemic fever. I will mention one more of these. At one time in Glas- 
gow, there was a building inhabited by five hundred persons, crowded very thickly 
together. Not one of the rooms was ventilated — the inmates would not be pre- 
vailed upon to ventilate them ; and fevers constantly prevailed. At one period for 
two months there were not less than fifty-seven cases in the house ! At last the 
proprietors of the factory connected with the house fixed a tin tube of two inches 
diameter into each room and communicated it to the chimney of the factory furnace. 
Thus there was produced a constant draft from each room, and the inmates were 
compelled to breathe pure air. The result of this simple contrivance was, that for 
the next eight years fever was scarcely known in that building ! And by com- 
paring the amount of sickness in ' the ill- ventilated jails and prisons of times past 
with that in the better ones of to-day, we shall see the effects of good air upon the 
health of man. Before the days of Howard, jail-fever existed almost constantly ir 
all the jails of Europe. 

A striking case of death from the want of air occurred in IT 9*7-8, on board a 
small vessel belonging to Southampton, England, in which were seventy men, 
women and children, coming from Jersey. A heavy blow coming on, the captain 
Bent all the passengers below, for the greater safety of his sloop; laid on the 
hatches, and battened them down with tarpaulin. "WTien the hatches were opened, 
there was not left a living soul among the seventy 1 ! 

Such cases as these, and those that sometimes occur on board slave ships, and 
emigrant vessels, show how mankind are affected by foul air ; and though death 
does not always result immediately, as in some of the instances noted, bad air, no 
matter how small the quantity, operates injuriously upon the system, in proportion 
to its strength and the length of time it is inhaled. 

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greatly to health, and plague and pestilence have always been somewhat under th r . 
control of sanatory measures, Moses inculcated scrupulous cleanliness, and amon£ 
the Egyptians and Grecians laws upon this subject prevailed. In Rome, shortly 
after the foundation of the city, sewers on an extended and magnificent scale were 
commenced, " to remove all filth and odor, which in a great capital too often breed 
pestilence and disease." These sewers were large receptacles for the filth and dung 
of the whole city. They were begun by Tarquin, fifth king of Rome, and finished 
by his grandson, Tarquin the proud, six hundred years before Christ. They were 
built under the city and the arches were so high that men on horseback could ride 
through them. The principal of these sewers still exists. The Romans also drained 
the marshes near the city, and drew off all the stagnant waters, to render the place 
healthy. The celebrated Appian way, that cannot now be even approached, ran 
through the marshes, south of the city. But the glory of Rome has departed — her 
sewers are filled up with earth and rubbish, the marshes around have returned to 
their original state, and the once healthy city is described by McCulloch as " a land 
whose fragrant breezes are poison, and the dews of whose summer evenings are 
death." 

The contagious viri of small-pox, measles, scarlet fever, and all other diseases of 
that class are communicated through the atmosphere, and actually inhaled into the 
lungs, and absorbed into the circulation. In the same manner, consumption, where 
the communication between two persons is long and close, is inhaled into the 
lungs and blood of the well man from the impurities thrown off by the sick of that 
disease. The chances of infection are always in proportion to the amount of virus 
inhaled, (the condition of the body being supposed to be always equal,) therefore, 
it follows, that if the fetid air of a sick room be diluted with pure air, the chances 
of disease to the physician or visitor are lessened. Thus, in a well- ventilated 
apartment, with a dozen sick men, you, are less liable to contagious disease than in 
a close room with only one. These facts are well known from the statistics of hos- 
pitals in various parts of the world. 

Although fevers arising from impure air may be classed as the largest in num 
bers from that source, there are various other diseases which are largely con- 
tributed to by this cause. Diseases of the digestive organs, inflammation of the 
air passages and lungs, skin diseases of various kinds, consumption, and numerous 
other complaints, with gradual deterioration of health generally, flow largely from 
this prolific source. Nor does the evil stop with the body; it extends to the 
mind, and often exerts a greater or less degree of paralysis upon the spirit ; the 
ambition is destroyed, and slothfulness casts a gloom over all the inteilectud 
faculties. 

That consumption is greatly influenced by impure air, we may infer from the fact 
that statistics show that of the three classes — gentlemen at large and professional 
men, tradesmen or storekeepers, and mechanics or artizans — the average of deaths 
by consumption in cities is 16 to the first, for 28 of the second, and 30 of the third. 
The manner in which many tradesmen live (in the back room of their stores) and 
their confinement in a bad air for so many hours, will account for the fact of their 
greater liability to disease ; while for the mass of mechanics we have only to look 
at the places in which thousands work day after day, confined to a close compass 
and exposed to dust from the movements of machinery, to understand why thoy 



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should soone. run into consumption than professional men and gentlemen of 
leisure. 

Bad air operates banefully upon the health and lives of infants. This I shall 
show by one statistical fact. At the Dublin Lying-in Hospital, in three 
years 2,944 out of 7,650 children died within a fortnight after birth. This is over 
every third one ! Dr. Clark, the physician, suspecting this mortality to arise from 
want of pure air, contrived to introduce a full supply of this element into all the 
apartments, and as a result thereof, he found that in the next three years there 
were only 165 deaths among 4,245 children — less than one in twenty-five ! This 
shows plainly what a difference is made by pure air. Considering this fact, is it 
not a matter of surprise that mothers should swathe their children in blankets and 
cloaks lest they should be visited by a breath of the pure air of heaven ? And 
yet, in spite of our knowledge upon this subject, we are plunged into a bad atmo- 
sphere as soon as born, and continue in it uselessly a good portion of our lives. As 
babies, we are swathed in blankets like so many mummies, and kept in close rooms 
continually, lest we take cold. As school children, we are crowded into unventilated 
rooms, where the air is breathed by perhaps a hundred others, where the oxygei* 
is exhausted by an air-tight stove, and where artificial stimulus is substituted for 
the natural stimulus of the air. As mechanics, we are confined often to foul and 
dusty shops, where fine particles of poisonous matter are continually entering the 
lungs ; or as clerks, cooped up in the counting-room, where the clear winds of 
heaven have never dared to come ; or as factory operatives, inhale dust and par- 
ticles of cotton, and breathe a tainted air that breeds fever and consumption. 

In short, whether in the church, in the court-room, the lecture-room, the ball- 
room, the sitting-room, the chamber ; either at home or while stopping at fashion- 
able hotels ; in the cabin of the steamboat, in the rail-car, in truth, in almost any 
situation resulting from our civilization in which man can be placed, we are de- 
prived of a proper share of good and Wholesome air. And we endure this — we 
suffer this and from this, when a little attention to the demands of nature by the 
proper ventilation of the buildings in which we live and visit would give us increase 
of health and prolonged length of days. Physicians, health committees, and 
owners . of buildings unventilated, and conveyances destitute of air, should give 
more attention to this subject of a pure atmosphere for the people. And if it can 
be done in no other way, the strong arm of the law should interfere in at least so 
much that all boats and ships for public conveyance, and every buildrn.g used for 
any purpose whatever wherein mankind are to five or to be for any length of time, 
should receive proper ventilation. If this were done, our bills of mortality would 
largely decrease, and the universal race become healthier, happier and wiser than 
<it the present day. 

Pure air and light are great preventives of poor health, disease, and death. It is 
truly surprising to see how little attention the great mass of men pay to these es- 
sential elements, though generally aware that life and health in great measure do- 
pend upon them. 

Pure air and light exert a most powerful influence upon the whole animal and 
vegetable kingdoms. This may be seen at once by comparison. 

Look at those persons that pass the greater part of their lives in factories and 
coal mines, in prisons and in cellars, huddled together in great numbers, rendering 



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the air poisonous by the impure exhalations from their bodies, where the sweet 
light and pure air are strangers. 

Observe their emaciated frames, and haggard countenances, and sunken and 
expressionless eyes, and their always pale and sickly skins. 

Observe the countenances of those that pass their days in cities, and mostly 
within doors, where the air and light are not as pure and abundant as in the 
country. Contrast all these with the generally robust frames, and florid counte- 
nances, and healthy skins of those who reside in the country, and whose occupations 
lead them to be much exposed where light and air, pure and strong, are poured 
around them in rich abundance, imparting a vigor, and color, and power, unknown 
to the pale and languid inmates of prisons, and mines, and factories, and under- 
ground rooms and cities. 

Observe the boarding-school miss, as compared with the country lass that milks 
the cow and dances in the sunshine. 

Look at the student, that exhausts the midnight oil in poring over his books, as 
compared with the young man that grasps the plough and swings the scythe. 

See you no difference between the two in the speaking lines of health, and 
bloom, and vigor ? "Whence the cause ? Surely, naught but pure light and air, 
enjoyed by the one more than the other, in connection, 'perchance, with more 
healthful exercise. 

How is it in the vegetable kingdom ? Do we not see plants that are placed in 
cellars and shady rooms present a very pale and sickly appearance after a little 
season, while those that are placed in well-lighted rooms, and other places where 
air and light are abundant, present a healthy, deep green color, with blossoms far 
more brilliant ? 

Thus we see that light and air are essential to the health, and growth, and per- 
fection of the vegetable as to the animal kingdom, and that neither can thrive and 
be vigorous without them. - 

Who, then, that would sustain the functions of his skin and body in a healthy 
State, will neglect to properly ventilate and light his parlors, his sitting and sleep- 
ing rooms, his workshop, his store and counting-room, or whatever room he may 
statedly occupy ? 

The parents, and guardians, and teachers of children and youth should see that 
their places of public instruction are all well lighted and ventilated, if they would 
promote their comfort and health. 

Parents should also see that their children are provided with spacious and well- 
ventilated sleeping apartments. The practice of putting several children in a small 
room to sleep, and closing the door, and, perhaps, adding to the list one or two 
grown persons, is destructive of all comfort, and highly injurious to health. It is 
the direct way to enervate and render nervous and feeble children that are naturally 
healthy and strong. 

' The air, in a small room in which several persons are put to sleep, with the door 
and windows closed, becomes corrupted by being breathed through the lungs, and 
rendered highly poisonous and unfit for use, and is dangerous to health in a high 
degree. 

Men are like fish in this respect. You put a large number of fish in a small 
quantity of water, and as soon as it has passed through their gills, as it very soon 



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Will, it is not fit for use. The life-giving principle has been extracted from* it. It 
can, therefore, no longer sustain life, and they all soon die. 

If you put a mouse into a jar, and cork the mouth, he will at first take no notice 
of it ; but as soon as the life-giving principle of the air in the jar is destroyed by 
passing through his langs, he will manifest great uneasiness, and soon expire. So, 
if children or grown persons be placed in a room poorly ventilated, they will suffer 
injury ; and if the room were to be made sufficiently tight, so as to exclude entirely 
the ingress of the external air, they would all soon die. 

All places of public resort for great numbers — as churches, theatres, concert- 
rooms, school-houses, and the like — should always be weU- ventilated, both for 
comfort and health. It is truly astonishing to see how little attention is paid to this 
important condition of comfort and health. If the evil were as apparent as it would 
be in twenty-four hours, if large bodies of people were to remain crowded together, it 
would excite universal attention, and the evil would be universally remedied. 

Much yet remains to be done for the improvement of the public, as well as indi- 
vidual health. Moral philosophers and Christian philanthropists have a duty here 
to d6, and great is their responsibility to their fellow men, nearly all of whom, in 
relation to this subject, are M sitting in the region and shadow of death." 

If we ourselves would enjoy good health, and impart, so far as possible, the same 
invaluable blessing to our children and others, we and they must pay a due regard 
to proper clothing and diet, must keep the skin pure and clean by bathing, sleep 
in well-ventilated rooms, let the light of day be poured in upon us, and ever be 
surrounded by pure and fresh air. 

This will give health, vigor and elasticity to our bodies, clearness and energy to 
our minds, and send the pure blood in healthful currents through every vein and 
artery of our frames. 



LOSS OF THE SENSES PRODUCES CONSUMPTION. 

The deprivation of the blessing of sight, hearing, feeling, tasting or smelling, is 
frequently a cause of consumption. Therefore, we should strive to preserve to our- 
selves these senses in their fullest powers, not only that through them we may bo 
enabled to enjoy life in its fullness, but also that by the loss of any we may not bo 
visited by disease. 

To be deprived of the great blessing of sight is indeed to be subjected to a 
calamity of magnitude. To be cut off from the enjoyment of all the beautiful 
works of nature and creations of man, — to behold no more the green and growing 
gra3S of the fields, to see not the beautiful verdure of the waving trees, to be blind 
to the gorgeous colors of the rainbow and sightless in the presence of all the works 
of the painter, the sculptor, and the architect, and to be unable to receive light into 
the mind from the pen of the poet and the scholar — to be away from and beyond 
the influences of these things, is indeed a sore affliction, such as only he who lias 
once looked upon the fair face of nature, and then been shut out from the encli ant- 
ing vision, can adequately feel. And when to these is added the thought that one 
can no more behold the faces of those friends near and dear to him upon the 
earth, — that he cannot bask in the sunshine of their smiles and look back love- to 
those who gaze with fond affection upon him, how agonizing indeed must be the 



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No. 18.— Grubs in the Brain and Optic Nerve. 



thought I It would seem that this were enough for mortal to endure, without 
subjection to the further infliction of disease. But unfortunately the individual does 
not always escape the latter trial ; often consumption arises to him from the loss of 
sight — the veins being so intimately connected with the brain — and hurries him 
forward to the tombj and this, too, when the cause of disease is attributed tc 
another source and his blindness left uncharged of his farther trouble. 

The loss of sight is some- 
times caused by the presence of 
grubs in the optic nerve. A 
portion of the annexed engrav- 
ing represents the optic nerve, 
laid open, exposing small grubs 
therein. Also a grub is pre- 
sented in the train, which 
would be likely to produce in- 
sanity. 

The cerebral grub, is* tne 
animal which causes vertigo in 
sheep; and by naturalists and 
physiologists has been supposed 
to occasion mania in man. 

And as with the sight, so 
with the hearing. It would 
seem that to be cut off from 
listening to the melodious voices of nature's minstrels, who make the woods 
and fields and the very heavens vocal with sweet sounds ; to hear no more the 
soothing voices of sympathizing friends, the laughter of gay children, the ripple of 
the dancing brook, the rustling of the soft wind making music in the trees, the 
sounds of instrumental melody, and the thousand harmonious voices of nature that 
give pleasure to the mind through the listening ear, — are enough of worldly depri- 
vation and trouble, without having arise to us therefrom the ghastly spectre of con- 
sumption. And though we have a hope beyond this vale of tears, and look forward 
with something of anticipation to a happy meeting of friends and relatives beyond 
the grave, where we shall hear the voices of father and mother, of brother and sis- 
ter, of wife and children, and behold their countenances radiant with heavenly joy, 
we are not altogether resigned to live on in blindness of eyes and utter deadness tc 
all the sounds of earth. 

The loss of feeling also often causes consumption. The nerves of the human system, 
being milions in number, run over it in every part, so that a needle in entering the 
body punctures numbers of them ; and through them do we experience the sensation 
of bodily feeling. Hearing, seeing, tasting and smelling also depend upon the nerves, 
and upon their being kept in a condition of health and activity ; and the life and 
health of these is dependent upon the condition of the blood and nervous fluid. 

Thousands are the dangers of life to which we are exposed and escape from 
by the action of the nerves. If the nerves are cut off, the connecting link from the 
body to the mind is broken and sensation and nervous feeling destroyed. Blistering, 
cupping, burning, raising tartar-emetic sores, and such barbarous methods of treat- 
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longs, liver, and stomach, and cause an unhealthy inactivity of those organs, where- 
by consumption is induced. 

Various are our delightful enjoyments, that depend on the healthy condition of 
the nervous system. Ask the deaf and blind, the importance of feeling; ask your- 
selves the importance of feeling ; and when you have realized it, never allow a doc- 
tor to cauterize any part or organ, for fear of severing nerves leading to the brain, 
and thereby destroying sensation I 

Quack doctors have cauterized the nerves of the genital organs for a pretended 
cure of seminal emissions. But for the production of our species, such a course ia 
highly dangerous. Such cases only require the natural remedy to quench irritation 
and passion through the divine institution of marriage. Eor example, see how the 
nerves of foundered horses are separated above the hoof, thereby destroying ner- 
vous sensation without curing the disease. Beware of such quacks. Aside from 
marriage, seminal emissions can be cured without resorting to such barbarous sur- 
gical operations as cauterizing and separating the nerves running to the brain. I 
speak this from observation ; for I have known many destroyed by such cauteriza- 
tion, and have cured hundreds without performing any such operation. Stopping or 
cutting off the nerves of the teeth at the ear to kill the toothache, is an evidence 
to prove what I have asserted. 

A loss of taste also leads to consumption. Catarrhal diseases are a fruitful cause 
of loss of taste. This loss is attended with dyspepsia, indigestion, and stomach 
and liver diseases, causing appearances similar to those produced by consumption. 
Taste governs the seasoning, the quality and the kind of food or drink taken into 
the stomach. By destroying the taste we make of the stomach a store-house for all 
digestible and indigestible matters, which, had the taste been alive, would havo 
been properly chosen from, and the consumption arising from the presence of these 
matters in the stomach would have been prevented. By taste we make almost en- 
tirely our choice of food and drink ; and by this monitor, when unperverted, the 
stomach may be generally safely guided. 

The nerves of the mouth are sometimes seriously affected by diseases, so that the 
taste is in a measure lost. But it is from the use of mineral medicines, administer- 
ed to cure disease, that the worst effects experienced here arise — particularly from 
mercury. This often ulcerates the gums, loosens and destroys the teeth, annihilates 
the sensation of taste, and makes of the once beautiful mouth a pit filled with foul and 
sickening corruption. G-od forbid that the human mouth, that temple of speech, ot 
music, of smiles, of loving kisses, so important to us all, should be turned from a 
house of purity and sweetness into a den of corruption and filth ! — by the use of 
poisonous potions from the hands of physicians. But when it is thus abused and 
transformed from its original state, can it be wondered at that consumption should 
flow from so foul a source? Certainly not. Beware, then, of tampering with 
the organs of taste, lest disease fasten itself upon you. 

From the loss of smelling also often follows consumption. God, in endowing his 
living creatures with senses for the enjoyment of the good things of earth, includ- 
ed among them the sense of smelling. In some species of the animal creation, this 
sense may be said to be of an importance second only to the sight. To the hound in 
pursuit of his game, the deer in fleeing from the presence of man, the horse in 
avoiding the claws of the lion, or the bee in pursuit of flowers, tL<3 sense of smell 
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It would seem that to every living thing there had been imparted its natural odor 
or perfume, as also to the varied vegetations of the earth. How sweet is the per- 
fume of the rose, and of a thousand other productions in the field of nature ; how 
delightful those extracts obtained from the vegetable kingdom by the art of man. 
To deprive mankind of the important sensation of smell, would be to leave him to 
fall into filthiness and consequent disease. 

The diseases most generally destroying the sense of smelling, are catarrh, poly- 
pi, cancers of the nose, venery of the nose and larynx. Also it is destroyed by 
mercurial salivating medicines, poisoning the mouth, larynx and nose. But per- 
haps the most fruitful sources of the loss of smelling, hearing, tasting, and seeing — 
in connection with their power of affecting the mind — are catarrhal and blood 
humors and poisons. • 

The above, and all other diseases that destroy the smell, cause dyspepsia, liver 
complaint, and consumption, frequently closing in death. Remember that the 
organs of smell, and of the other senses, are nourished and kept in health and 
activity by the blood, and that through the blood alone, (sometimes by the assist- 
ance of external medicines, and sometimes not,) can health be restored to them 
when they are diseased. 

In consideration of these facts, and for the benefit of those suffering from the 
loss of any of the senses, I have carefully prepared medicines for general use, 
which will be found to be invaluable in their several departments as curatives. 
For catarrh, (which, as I have shown often affects the organs so as to destroy the 
action of one or more of the senses,) has been prepared the Catarrh Snufi^ a com- 
pound unequalled and invaluable. For diseases of the eye — where outward appli- 
cation can be of service — the Eye Water and German Ointment. For all diseases 
of the ear, the Ear Lotion and German Ointment. For loss of taste and feeling, 
the Blood Renovator, Anti-bilious Pills and German Ointment. The Blood Reno- 
vator and the Anti-bilious Pills will be found by all patients to be invaluable as 
purifiers of the blood, and to renovate and restore it to a right and healthy con- 
dition. 



MUSIC AND DANCING PREVENT CONSUMPTION, 

The one by operating favorably upon the mind, the other as exercise for the 
body and enlarging and strengthening the muscles, while the mind is acting in 
harmony under the influence of melody. 

Music, vocal or instrumental, raises the depressed and drooping spirits, and in- 
fuses into the soul of man activity and strength, with patience, gentleness, kindness, 
forgiveness of evil, and temporary forgetfulness of the ills and troubles of life. 
The tones of the voice in singing soften alike the heart of the innocent child and 
f he hardened sinner ; they call back the brutalized being to his natural humanity, 
and restore the backslider to the paths of religious life. 

Music cheers alike the young and old, the well and the unwell ; it relieves the 
mind of its loads of trouble ; it takes man from himself and from the outward 
world for a season, and carries him to a fancied region of happiness and joy, from 
whence he returns recruited and refreshed in body and spirit. 

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part before it, and in their stead come cheerfulness, merriness of heart, love to 
man, contentment, and quiet of mind. And while from the former flow bodily ills 
in abundance — broken constitutions, dyspepsia, indigestion, consumption and other 
diseases — the latter breed health and happiness, as the sunshine and rains of spring 
bring forth fruits and flowers from the bosom of the earth. Therefore, discard not 
music, whether made by the human voice, by the songsters of your native woods, 
by the murmuring winds amid the green leaves of the forest, by the little brook 
that babbles at your feet, or by the numerous instruments that are of the invention 
of man, but hail them as aids to cheer you through the toils and cares of life. 

The hearts of men are dilated by joy, contracted by sadness, and broken by 
sorrow. They melt under discouragement, are desolate in affliction, and fluctuating 
in doubt. And when under these depressions, is it not well, both as an antidote to 
sorrow and a prevention against the disease which such states may induce, that 
some counteracting influence should be brought to bear ? And for this, what is 
there equal to listening to the sweet sounds of music that will float into the soul 
and fill it with a quiet happiness, under the influence of which we become imper- 
vious to the effects of disappointments and sorrows of the heart ? 

Among the Jews, in the days of David and Solomon, music was regarded as an 
indispensable part of religion. They conceived, and rightly, that it calmed the 
passions of man and prepared the mind for the reception of prophetic influences ; 
and the prophets employed instrumental music to accompany their predictions. 
They, like the Egyptians, not only delighted in music and dancing, but the highei 
ranks deemed them a necessary part of education. At feasts, at religious services, 
at marriages, at ceremonies of all kinds, music was with them one of the most im- 
portant items of the performance. 

In the disease with which Saul, the King of Israel, was affected, the remedy 
of music was applied, and was certainly a most proper and fitting one. He was 
afflicted with an occasional melancholy, almost reaching to madness, (a condition 
that often leads to positive insanity, and powerfully disposes to consumption) ; and 
for the removal of this — to calm his perturbed mind and re-instate reason upon her 
throne — David made music before him upon the harp. Its effect was moro power- 
ful than a thousand doses of medicine. 

Dancing, when practised properly, and removed from the bad influences that 
have been thrown around it by the perversions of men, we may class as not only 
an innocent recreation, but a valuable exercise in the promotion of health, by its 
calling into action all the muscles of the body and setting them at work in har- 
mony with the mind. Exercise of any kind, when divested of any stimulus but 
that which is thrown over it by an idea of its being healthy, becomes a task rather 
than a pleasure, and is, therefore, not near so excellent in its effects as when done 
in harmony with the pleasure of the mind. This it is that makes exercise by 
dancmg a most excellent medicine. Not only the whole body is in it, but the 
whole soul, also ; and when soul and body are exercising in harmony, the results 
upon the health are wonderful. I have known the most excellent effects to follow 
from this exercise to many persons suffering languor, and bodily and mental 
debility. 

Dancing was much practised in ancient times, and in the worship of the Lord, 
as we may see from various passages of Scripture. "Praise Him with the timbrol 
and dance," was the exhortation of David. And from this we may infer that the 
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exercise was beneficial, since it would not have been used in praise of the Lord 
had it been supposed injurious. 

That many times persons are greatly influenced for good, and indeed have been 
placed upon the road to health by the influence of musical sounds brought to bear 
upon them, and by the exercise of dancing, in connection with the melody, is what 1 
not only firmly believe, but may assert has been often witnessed. That judicious 
exercise is good for the invalid, no one will undertake to deny ; and that many 
times persons have got well of complaints over which medicine had had but little 
effect, by some power operating upon the mind, is a matter of frequent occurrence. 
And as a general thing, there is in all nature no power so capable of affecting the 
mind to those states of quietness, contentment, resignation, forgetfulness of the 
dark hours and dark sides of life, (all of which operate powerfully often in the cure 
of disease,) as music. 

It is a fact well known to physicians, and to other men of observation, that 
inhere persons are brought under sombre and melancholy influences — where the 
face of every one wears a garb of sorrow, and smiles are scarcely known — where 
the enlivening strains of music are never heard, and a moody folly (wrongfully de- 
nominated godly piety) holds perpetual sway over body and mind — that there 
mankind much sooner reach the tomb than where they rationally make merry, and 
enjoy of the beauties given them by the Creator of all. This fact has been fully 
substantiated by the statistics of convents and nunneries, and of other abodes of 
religious fanaticism, where the God-given principles of our nature are held in check 
or curbed into utter subjection. Such a life not only hastens men and women to 
the grave, but is in opposition to all the teachings of God, as manifested through 
His outward works, and revealed in his Gospels to men. If| then, music and danc- 
ing exert an important influence in the cure of many complaints, of how vastly 
greater efficacy must they be in the prevention. As I have before in substance 
said, they induce powerfully those states of mind under which the body throws off 
the disposing causes to sickness ; while, if they be altogether neglected, moodiness, 
melancholy, reserve, gloomy thoughts, dark fancies, hypochondria and other bad 
states of the mind arise, out of which frequently flow consumption and various 
other diseases, and sometimes downright insanity. 

I would say then, let us have music and dancing, as in the olden time. Let us 
make merry with one accord. Let us drive melancholy and sadness away, and 
have thereby more health and more happiness. Nature in all its works makes 
merry and rejoices — it wears no long faces and carries no doleful hearts, unless 
disease have fastened upon its parts. Melancholy and sickness are generally com- 
panions, while mirth and health walk hand in hand together through the world. 

STANDING ON ONE POOT. 

This practice, altogether too common among us, is very injurious m its effects 
upon the system. The practice commonly arises from the person getting tired and 
wishing to change his position — he appearing to think that that will rest him. 
Possibly it may do so temporarily ; but those who have to stand through the day 
in one place, with little or no movement of the legs, will find by experiment that a 
ftrm position maintained on both feet will soon become the best guard against 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 99 

weariness that they can adopt, because it is the natural position. If you doubt 
this, ask the soldier in the army, or the printer who stands all day at his case. 
Standing on one foot for a very little while may answer as a change, but never adopt 
it for your permanent position. 

The fashion of standing on one foot while talking may have been derived from 
viewing statues and models. The attitudes of these, it is true, are in a certain de- 
gree graceful ; and when intended to convey to the mind of the beholder some par- 
ticular emotion supposed to have been existing in the original of the statue at a 
certain time, the position is all well enough. But this position will never do for 
the living being who wishes to preserve his uprightness and symmetry of bcdy. 

Standing on one foot throws the corresponding hip up higher, and brings the 
corresponding shoulder lower down. Thus the chest is contracted, the spine 
crooked, and the figure generally deformed ; and from these many times arise con- 
sumption,, as well as other diseases. Neither young children nor adults should in- 
dulge in this habit ; and those too young to understand its effects, should be taught 
by parents and teachers to assume an upright position as their general mode of 
standing. 

For the same reasons, children should not be confined to sitting too long at once, 
either in schools or out. The muscles require a change of position of the body. 
Mothers should be careful of their children, and let them have plenty of exercise, 
pure air and fight, if they would keep them healthy, make them strong and robust, 
and save them from deformity and consumption. 

To clerks, bench workmen, and mechanics of any sort much confined to one po- 
sition in standing, let me say, beware of contracting a habit of standing on one 
foot. It is pernicious, and if long persisted in will result in deformity more or less 
serious. 



INSTANCES OF LONGEVITY. 

There are no laws of nature which place a particular limit upon the length of 
human life. On the contrary, disease and death are generally the consequences of 
one or more violations of the laws of nature, in either ourselves or the persons of 
near or remote ancestors. The health and life of a man, so far as the physical 
structure is concerned, are placed in great degree in his own keeping ; and death is 
rather the result of indiscretions and ignorance on his part, than of dispensations of 
Providence. The human machine, as it comes from God, is perfect in all its parts ; 
and by proper warmth, food, air, light, drink, exercise and sleep, we might five on 
almost indefinitely ; at least to a ripe old age. 

The greatest cause of early decay and death, if we except contagious diseases, 
arises from the choking up of the system — the veins, arteries, bones and muscles — 
with earthy matter or lime. In proportion as we eat or drink, are our fives 
shortened or lengthened ; by choosing the articles of diet we may in great measure 
live to old age, or not, at our pleasure. 

By analyzing the bones of the young and old of both men and animals, tho 
earthy matter in their substance is found to differ greatly. This difference is repre- 
sented as follows: 



A 00 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

Gelatine. Earthy Solids. Total. 

Bones of a child or young lamb, 3 14 

Middle-aged persons, 2 2 4 

Aged persons, sheep or oxen, 13 4 

Here we may observe the proportions of gelatine and earthy solids are entirely 
reversed in the progress of the young child or young animal to maturity and old 
age. 

The difference in the bones of a child and of an adult is, then, owing to the 
earthy or limy matter contained in them. The bones of a child can be bent 
very easily without breaking, but if we bend those of an adult, they crumble and 
break. The bones of the child before or at birth resemble India-rubber in some 
measure, and are very yielding. 

Now, to prove what I have stated as to death being caused greatly by what we 
eat and drink, I will give the following table from the bills of mortality of those 
who live well and those who live poor, from a Mr. Cobden, of London : 

to 



From the age of 


25 


u 


40 


li 


50 


u 


60 



10 

80 



40 


205 rich, and 550 


poor die. 


50 


244 


u 


426 


« 


60 


349 


u 


718 


« 


10 


738 


u 


1501 


u 


80 


1489 


u 


2873 


u 



90 2m 



From the above table, it appears that at every stage of life, up to the age of 80, 
the number of poor who die is double that of the rich. It will be recollected 
tfoat the poor classes of society everywhere consume a greater amount of bread, 
flour, and potatoes than the rich, chiefly because their scanty means will not allow 
them to purchase more costly food. The wealthier classes use more animal food, 
fowls, fish, fresh vegetables, fruits, preserves, wine, cider, and other luxuries. 

In proportion as men become wealthy, they live better and reduce the quantity 
of bread, and other substances containing the most solid matter. The Egyptians 
lived mostly on vegetables, and fish, and animal food. Ladies consume less solid 
food than men, and are more like the child in the choice of food, selecting the most 
nourishing kind, and use but little. — Bostwick on Natwral Death. 

The oldest woman in the world is supposed to be Mary Benton, now residing at 
Elton in the county of Durham, England. She was born on the 12th of February, 
1731, and is of course in her one hundred and twenty-second year. She is in pos- 
session of all her faculties, perfect memory, hearing and eyesight. She cooks, 
washes and irons, in the usual family avocations, threads her needle and sews with- 
out spectacles. 

Dr. J. V. C. Smith, from Cairo, says that in the district of Geezeh, which includes 
the pyramids, and a population of 200,000, there are 600 persons over 100 years of 
age, or one in every 333. Numaus de Cuyan, a native of Bengal, in India, died at 
the incredible age of 310 years ! he possessed great memory even to his death. Of 
other aged persons we might mention Mr. Dobson, aged 139, of Hadfield, England, 
farmer. His diet was principally, fish, fruits, vegetables, milk and cider. Ninet) • 
one children and grandchildren attended his funeral. 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 101 

John de la Somet, aged 130 years, of Virginia. 

Old Thomas Parr, of Winnington, Shropshire, England, lived to the age of ono 
hundred and fifty-two years. He was first married at 88, and a second time at 120. 
He was covered from head to foot all over with a thick cover of hair. 

Henry Jenkins lived to the extraordinary age of one hundred and sixty-nine 
years. At the age of 160, he walked a journey to London to see King Charles IL 
The king introduced Jenkins to his queen, who took much interest in him, putting 
numerous questions to the patriarch, amongst which she asked, " Well, my good 
man, may I ask of you what you have done during the long period of life granted 
to you, more than any other man of shorter longevity ?" The old man, looking the 
queen in the face, with a bow, naively replied, " Indeed, madam, I know of nothing 
greater than becoming a father when I was over a hundred years old " He re- 
plied to the king that temperance and sobriety of living had been the means, by the 
blessing of God, of lengthening his days beyond the usual time. 

Edward Drinker, aged 103, of Philadelphia, rarely ate any supper. 

Valentine Cateby, died aged 116, at Preston, near Hull, England. His diet for 
the last twenty years was milk and biscuit. (Fortunate for him that he did not 
have New York still-fed milk.) His intellect was perfect until within two days of 
his death. There died in 1840, at Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, a Mr. Warrell, 
aged one hundred and twenty years. 

Mr. Edwin Gray, the missionary of the Evangelical Home Missionary Society of 
Kensington, says the Philadelphia Ledger, reports that he visited a Mrs. McElroy, 
residing at No. 622 North Third street, who is one hundred and eight years old. 
Her maiden name was Catherine Snip. She was born in Allentown, Northampton 
county, Pennsylvania, on the 25th July, 1744:. She inherits the constitution of her 
father, who was from Germany, and lived to be one hundred and seven years of 
age. She remembers the occurrence of the principal events of the revolution, and 
frequently provided food for the American soldiers. She has a distinct recollection 
of General "Washington. In 1790, when 46 years of age, she was married to John 
McElroy, a revolutionary soldier, by whom she had seven children, four of whom 
are now living, two of them being twins. 

She had a remarkably vigorous constitution, and often assisted her husband in 
the mill before they came to Philadelphia. She would take up a bag containing 112 
pounds of flour, with all ease, and place it on the back of a horse. She still retains 
much strength and activity, and would be taken for a woman of 60 or 70, instead of 
108 years of age. Twenty-one years ago, she received what is termed second sight, 
and can now see as clearly and distinctly as ever. She does all her housework, 
waits upon her youngest daughter, fifty-one years of age* who has been blind for 
three years past, and attends a store or shop, which they keep in the front room. 

In the report of deaths for New York city, lately returned, there are two given 
as having deceased aged upward of 100 years. A divine in a country place, five 
miles from Utica, in the State of New York, when at the age of 115 years was the 
only pastor of the church, and preached two sermons every Sabbath. His intellect 
Was clear, his delivery active, and his voice so strong that he could be heard dis- 
tinctly ten rods from the church when the doors or windows were open. 

The sanitary reports of many towns in Massachusetts show deaths at upwards 
of 100 years of age; and many others from various parts of the world might be 
udded to the foregoing fist, who have seen a century of years. 



102 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

If the blood be kept pure and the lungs large, and we have good food, exercise, 
air, sleep, and warmth, the health and intellect would continue, and life be lengthen- 
ed into old age. The human system differs from the mechanisms of man in this re- 
spect — that while the latter are continually decaying from even the most careful 
use, the former is so constructed as to be improved by a certain amount of use, and 
thus keep perfect indefinitely. It is through the follies of men that so many die at 
an early age ; by living wisely our lives would be made longer and more pleasant. 

In answer to a question of Hon. Horace Mann, of Massachusetts, on the sanitary 
condition of that State, physicians of eminence have expressed the opinion that 
from one-half to three-fourths of the bodily evils of mankind and of the deaths, 
arise from ignorance of the laws of life and health, or from a disregard of them ; and 
that more than half of the cases of sickness might have been avoided by knowledge, 
attention and care. In this opinion my observation and experience have led me to 
coincide. And we may say, too, that at least one-third of the pauperism of any 
country flows from the same source. 

Of what vast importance, then, is it to every member of the human family, that 
he or she should become acquainted with the laws of life and health to a certain 
degree, and should make proper use of that knowledge. If attention were given 
to this, not only would life be lengthened out, but the race would be healthier, 
stronger, happier and wiser. 

To show the effects of sanitary measures in decreasing the ratio of deaths, it is 
only necessary to look at the statistics of the British navy. One hundred years ago, 
when no attention was paid to cleanliness on board of vessels of war, and filth and 
stench reigned among the sailors, the number of deaths in a year in the navy was 
1 in 8. Now, when cleanliness is enforced and other sanitary measures kept in con- 
stant employ, the number of deaths is 1 in T 2 1 And in this calculation are included 
the deaths from other sources than disease. Prom disease the deaths were but 1 in 
85. And in the army, sanitary regulations have operated in the same manner, 
though not to quite so large an extent. 

These figures tell plainly the tale of human misery that arises from a disobedience 
of the laws of nature. And did each individual take it upon himself to attend to 
those laws and carefully obey them, in the choice of his foods, in his clothing, in 
his exercise, and in all other matters, the difference in the results upon life and 
health would be still greater than is seen by the figures given above. But if men 
persist in abusing the frame which God has given them to take care of and keep m 
health unto a ripe old age, they must expect disease to follow to them and to their 
offspring. On the other hand, by attention to proper foods and to the right con- 
dition of the body, you will live to fullness of days, and, in the language of 
Eliphaz the Temanite to Job, "come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of 
com cometh in his season." 



OFFENSIVE BREATH A GREAT NUISANCE. 

There is not a more intolerable nuisance to be endured in our association with 
others than that of a fetid breath. The most beautiful and accomplished woman 
that ever trod the earth, would, to a person of delicacy and refinement, be rendered 
disgusting and intolerable by carrying with her a disagreeable breath. Howevei 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 103 

muck of politeness there may be, however much of outward accomplishment or 
gentleness of spirit, loveliness, beauty of face or form or agreeableness of speech, it 
will be lost if a nauseating breath be their constant companion. An offensive 
Dreath may be the production of one of many different causes. Sometimes it arises 
from decayed teeth or ulcerated gums — directly or indirectly. Either of these are 
detrimental to the health of the body, for they retard or prevent mastication, and 
the food being taken into the stomach in an unprepared state causes indigestion and 
dyspepsia, from which arise a foul stomach and offensive breath as well as impure 
blood. If your teeth are unsound, apply to a dentist and have them extracted, or 
filled so as to preserve them. Do not let decayed teeth remain in the head to in- 
jure the health and give an insufferable breath. 

There are many other sources of* foul breath, more or less lasting. Amcng them 
is taking calomel, blue piKs, and other poisonous mineral medicines, which ulcerate 
the gums, destroy the teeth, and render the mouth a pit from whence issues forth a 
foul atmosphere. Many of the popular sarsaparilla syrups of the day contain cor- 
rosive sublimate and other mineral poisons, disguised under the name of vegetable 
medicines, the use of which is destructive to the health of the teeth and gums and 
productive of an offensive breath. 

If your breath is bad (directly) from the presence of poor teeth in the mouth, let 
me say, have them extracted. Also, keep your teeth and gums and all other parts 
of the mouth clean ; and if your stomach is in good condition, your breath will be 
sweet and healthy. But if the evil is deeper and beyond the reach of the dentist, 
and your own efforts, do not therefore let the offence cling to you. Have the blood 
and the stomach cleansed and purified, and costiveness prevented, and the effects of 
calomel or other bad drugs overcome, and a pure, sweet breath will be restored to 
you. This end can always be attained by the use of my Anti-bilious Pills and 
Blood Renovator, which are unequalled for this purpose, and never-failing. 



ERECT CARRIAGE. 

To keep the body upright and straight, whether sitting or standing, is a matter of 
great importance to every individual. The head, neck, spine, and shoulders should 
be carried perfectly erect and not be allowed to stoop over. The shoulders and 
shoulder-blades should be carried back from the chest, and not allowed to press 
upon it. 

Rocking-chairs, sofas, and seats of whatever kind having curved backs, have a 
tendency to give those using them crooked spine, contracted chest, round shoulders 
and crooked neck, and should be dispensed with. They may feel comfortable for a 
time, but they exert a pernicious influence. A great many crooked and deformed 
persons have been made so by the use of curved-back seats. These aids to disease 
are to be met with in numerous places, — oftentimes in churches, cars, and stages, 
but more generally in the elegant parlors and drawing-rooms. 

The form of the seat a child is accustomed to use often governs his carriage in 
after life. Not unfrequently he gets a habit of sitting which leads to an irreparable 
contraction of the chest, to stooping shoulders, and other deformities outwardly, 
while within, the last effects are consumption and following death. 

Tight lacing, wearing heavy skirts, high-waisted pants, strapped pants and tight 



104 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 



suspenders also aid in breaking down and crooking the figure, and cause consump- 
tion. They should be avoided. Shoulder-braces and supporters will do no good 
while the counteracting influences of these things are allowed. And if you would 
pay attention to keep a correct carriage and would discard these bad influences, you 
would have no need of shoulder-brace or supporter, unless it were to replace what 
had been misplaced by previous neglect. There is no use of mechanical helps 
where natural and correct rules have been obeyed. 

Stooping over forward much and continuously is a very bad attitude to indulge in. 
A person obliged to stoop forward, in order to perform some labor, should prac- 
tice frequent bending backward, in order to counteract the bad influence of his 
working position. If laborers and others obliged to assume the stooping position at 
times would follow this rule, there would be much decrease in the numbers of 
round-shouldered and bent-up men. G od made man upright in his figure ; and if 
he will but follow the laws laid down for him, strictly and systematically, he will 
keep a correct carriage and escape many afflictions that arise from careless disobe- 
dience. "Without doing this, health and longevity are by no means to be expected. 
The practice of carrying a cane, so common among gentlemen, especially in cities, 
is sometimes the cause of evil results, by its being so short as to require a slight 
stooping in order to make it of use ; a tendency to round shoulders may be obtained 
in this way. Every person who is in the habit of using a cane to walk with, should 
be particular about its being long enough for the purpose desired without in the 
least requiring the body to stoop. 

This plate presents to the eye a 
striking illustration of the bad position 
in study of nearly all the scholars in 
our common schools. 

Of the evil consequences upon 
health and life in after years, neither 
teachers nor parents seem to be 
aware. 

If you will observe healthy child- 
ren in general before they have been 
sent to school, you will seldom see 
one with round shoulders or stoop- 
ing form. 

They stand upright, as nature in- 
tended and made them. 
They have not yet entered that 
grim Moloch of torture and murder from which few ever escape wholly unscathed. 
School-houses, and school-benches, and school-desks, as they are generally con 
structed, are a curse, rather than a blessing to the world. 

The foundation of evils is there laid, the aggregate of which can never be told 
The public attention should be awakened and directed to this subject, that, a? 
speedily as possible, the evil may be checked. 

Our school-houses, especially those in the country, should be nearly all torn 
down, and rebuilt upon a more spacious and convenient scale. The seats should 
bo constructed to support the backs of the scholars, and the tables and writing- 




No. 19. — Injurious Position in Study. 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 105 

desks should be raised nearly as high as their chins ; and on these they should be 
taught to study and write, and never be allowed to make a table of their laps. 

Thus will the wretched and injurious habit of which we speak, be corrected, and 
the scholars saved from lasting injury. But the evil which we are rebuking does 
not stop here. Like the surges of the great Pacific ocean, that in their might have 
borne down untold thousands of mariners, and still roll on in pursuit of new vic- 
tims r this alarming evil sweeps on, spreading desolation and ruin through all the 
higher schools, and colleges, and seminaries of learning. There, where might and 
knowledge should meet and arrest its progress, it is allowed to enter and do its 
dreadful work. Before it the young, the beautiful, the promising, the talented, the 
accomplished, alike fall, and the hopes and expectations of kindred and friends are 
blasted. Nor does this evil stop even here. It still moves on with gigantic 
strength. It invades and dashes in upon the highest grades of society, both the 
professional and the non-professional. 

Before it, fall the renowned statesman and the eloquent orator ; the eminent law- 
yer and the distinguished physician; the self-sacrificing philanthropist and the 
pious divine ; the crowned head and the laureled brow ; the peerless beauty and 
the honored matron. It is impossible to set bounds to this dreadful and alarming 
evil. Its name is legion. In its train follow lung affections, heart diseases, liver 
complaint, dyspepsia, costiveness, rheumatism, gout, chronic diarrhoea, kidney dis- 
eases, fluor albus, diseases of the spleen, bladder, and lower bowels generally ; 
dropsy, paralytic strokes, prolapsus-uteri, and many other grievous and dangerous 
complaints, too numerous to mention in this place ; all of which are more or 
less hastened on or greatly aggravated by the wretched practice of crushing down 
upon the internal organs with the head, neck, and shoulders of the body, and thus 
preventing the easy and natural performance of their functions. When men and 
women come to carry themselves " upright," straight up as God made them, and 
not bending forward, as if they would root the earth, as they have made themselves, 
these evils will be greatly lessened, and the good and happiness of individuals and 
of society thereby be greatly augmented. 

Would our limits permit, the practical remarks under this head might be multi- 
plied to great length. All classes and all professions in the community and 
throughout our whole country, have contracted habits of stooping, from which they 
are suffering incalculable evils, and will continue to suffer them until light is more 
generally diffused among them in regard to the laws that govern life and health. 
Wherever you go, or which way soever you turn your eyes, you see the deformity 
of round shoulders and stooping attitude, and a perfectly "upright," erect form, is 
almost as rare as perfect beauty of face. The evil here contemplated has become 
truly alarming, and calls loudly for speedy action. Almost our whole nation is 
slumbering over this subject, and but little is being done to break the dangerous 
slumber. Very few are lifting the warning note. With the multitude, both pro- 
fessional and non-professional, scarcely a thought is bestowed upon the bad conse- 
quences of stooping, either upon health or elegance of figure, at nearly all the occu- 
pations, relaxations, and even amusements of mankind. 

The t wo following cuts strikingly illustrate these last remarks. 



106 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIQHTHOUSE. 





No. 20. — Incorrect Position for 
Standing. 



No. 21. — Correct Position for 
Standing. 



If we ourselves would long enjoy health, we must pay constant attention to the 
proper position and carriage of the head, shoulders, arms and chest, carrying them 
" upright," as we were made and designed to carry them. 

Ii, by stooping, we destroy the mechanical equilibrium and support of our bodies, 
the plagues resulting from this violated law will inevitably be visited upon us. 

This plate represents a female at 
work in an attitude directly at vio- 
lence with the natural laws of her 
constitution. Now, as Nature in- 
tended that man and woman should 
stand, and sit, and walk "upright," 
and not stooping or bending for- 
ward, it follows by a law of neces- 
sity that any habitual violation of 
the lawa of our constitution, in 
stooping or bending forward, must 
be productive of injurious conse- 
quences. 

This stooping and bending atti- 
tude in our occupations, is as con- 
trary to the designs of Infinite Wis- 
dom, as for the beasts to walk erect 




No. 22. — Injurious Attitude in Sewing. 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 107 

Habit, and not necessity, makes people stoop and bend in their occupations ; and 
the results are most disastrous to life and health. 

Tailors and seamstresses, watchmakers and engravers, shoemakers and stone- 
cutters, clerks of counting-rooms, and the like, are of this class. 

Their occupations, as they generally follow them, throw the whole weight of 
their heads, necks, and shoulders, upon their chests, especially upon the lower part; 
and thus their bent position, with all this superincumbent weight from above, 
presses in and down upon the lungs and heart, contracting their space, and imped- 
ing the discharge of their functions of respiration and circulation. 

Feebleness, disease, and death, are inevitable results of this violation of natural 
mechanical equilibrium and support of the human body. 

These things ought not so to be. There is no natural necessity for our mechanics 
and others thus ruining their health, and destroying their lives, in following their 
occupations. 

They must learn to sit and stand upright, and work upright, as they were created 
to do, and as thousands of their profession are constantly doing, and enjoying the 
best of health as a natural result. 

Tailors and tailoresses at the board, shoemakers at the bench, watchmakers and 
engravers in their shops, stone-cutters in their yards, and clerks at their desks, are 
able, and can, if they will, sit upright and perform their work. 

"What others have done and are constantly doing, they can do. The great Na- 
poleon, in removing the objection of his Marshal McDonald to conducting an army 
over the Alps in the dead of winter, said to him: "Where one man can go, an 
army can follow." The army of McDonald crossed the Alps. What other clerks 
and artisans have done, you can do. Eesolution and effort will win the day, and 
rich will be the reward. 

In all healthy and well-organized constitutions, the habit of stooping is formed ; 
it is not natural ; as, for example, in the cases already enumerated. 

It begins the first year on the floor at home ; from thence it extends to the infant 
school ; and as soon as may be, from thence to the common schools, where it pre- 
vails universally ; thus early laying the foundation for future feebleness, disease, and 
death. 



CHEERFULNESS PREVENTS CONSUMPTION. 

" A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance ; but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is 
broken." — Prov. xv. 13. 

"Were we to deprive mankind of all entertainments calculated to infuse cheerful- 
ness into the soul, and thus leave them a prey in greater or less degree to brooding 
moodiness and melancholy, we should undermine thereby the health, and bespeak 
for cnem an early entrance at the gates of death. 

The actions of all animate nature combine together to teach us the usefulness of 
cheerfulness. Behold the playfulness of the brute beasts, when left to nature and 
unruled by man. The dog, the horse, the lamb, the feathered inhabitants of the 
woods, and even the fish in the bosom of the sea, make merry in innocent sport and 
cheer themselves in amusement. And in all the works of God there is manifest a 
smiling face and a cheerful countenance. 



108 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

Among men, the sweet smile or the merry laugh, which alike denote a cheerful 
heart beneath, help to lighten the cares and sorrows of life and make of mountains 
of trouble mole-hills of but trifling account. And to deprive men of these and of all 
incitements thereto, is to place them in a road leading to consumption and prema- 
ture death. This has been proved in all ages, through the medium of nunneries 
and false religious schools. 

To destroy cheerfulness and cast gloom upon the spirit of man, we may regard as 
an act the very essence of demonized ignorance. It is contrary U., and a libel upon 
the wisdom of the Deity, who created within us the elements of cheerfulness, that 
by the use thereof we might enjoy happiness, and from its exercise extract health. 
God has ordered it for, and taught it to, his every creature. All nature is full Ox 
cheerfulness. 

As a physician and a man, speaking from physiological and medical knowledge and 
with religious purpose, I would say to all, Do not discard cheerfulness ; keep in your 
bosom a merry heart, which is always acceptable to God ; and so educate and rear 
your children that cheerfulness shall remain steadfast in their souls ; for thus shall 
you keep anger, and envy, and other evil passions far from them, and give them 
greater happiness, better health and longer life than if the contrary elements Ox 
mind reign over and rule them. I have been informed that some parents, when 
their children are quarrelling, compel them to unite in singing cheerful songs, to 
banish anger and hatred of each other from among them ; and that the effect is ex- 
cellent and admirable. I would recommend to mothers to make experiment of this 
In lieu of sending their children to the seclusion of a dark and gloomy closet. — "A 
merry heart doeth good like a medicine ; but a broken spirit drieth the bones." — 
Prov. xxii. 22. 



HEART DISEASES HASTEN CONSUMPTION. 

If the heart, as is often the case, becomes enlarged, it presses upon the lungs 
surrounding it, and thus keeps out the air from the air-cells, closes them up, and 
induces a collapsed, contracted, and compact state of the lungs. If the heart bo 
affected by rheumatism, enlarged, ossified, ulcerated, cancerous, or tumorous, the 
circulation of the blood becomes imperfect, both to and from the lungs ; and much 
more so to other parts of the system, where all the power of a healthy heart is 
required to force the blood. The labor of the heart is immense. Having, as it 
does, to receive atd discharge again all the blood in the system once in every three 
minutes, it will be obvious that health cannot be enjoyed if this organ is so diseased 
as to perform its labor with great difficulty. 

And if the blood is not perfectly circulated, by reason of derangement of any sort 
in the heart, it will sow m' the system the seeds of consumption. The theory of 
some pretended lung doctors, that heart disease prevents consumptior , is so con- 
trary to reason and physiology, and so absurd, that it only serves the purpose of 
exposing their ignorance of the nature and action of the heart, and the office it has 
to perform. If the blood was kept perfectly pure and was always properly circu- 
lated, consumption of the lungs would never occur ; but if it be not properly circu- 
lated, it thereby becomes impure, and from its impurity arise congestion, ulceration, 
and bleeding of the lungs. Therefore, if you are troubled with heart disease ofan^ 



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/dnd, do not follow the advice of these false lights in medicine, and let the disease 
increase, clinging to the delusion that it will keep you from consumption; l,ut look 
at the reasonableness of the matter, and at once set to work to cure the heart 
disorder, as a means of escaping death from it directly, and to prevent death from 
it indirectly through consumption. 

As a medicine for the heart, in all complaints of that organ, you are recommended 
to the Heart Eegulator, as invaluable in complaints of this nature, and to which 
they generally yield. But in obstinate cases, where this does not, unaided, produce 
the desired effect, no delay should be allowed in obtaining a thorough course of 
medicine, which will readily produce a cure. I do not know that any other physi- 
cian pretends to cure diseases of the heart ; nor am I aware that they do cure 
them. And the reason why they do not, is, because they have no means of ascer- 
taining the exact nature of the disease. Until the invention of the Lung Barom- 
eter, diseases of this organ were but imperfectly understood ; and what little was 
known of them, was obtained after examinations of, and observations upon, the 
patient for six months or a year. But by the aid of the Lung Barometer, a very 
few minutes suffices to determine the exact state and nature of all complaints of tho 
heart. This being known, the appropriate medicines can be given ; and under its 
guidance I have never failed of curing all curable cases, and of affording great 
relief in those incurable — which last are but seldom met with. 



ADULTEKATION OF POOD— DISEASED MEATS, ETC. 
M A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight."— Prov. st. 1. 

The extent to which adulteration is carried at the present day, in almost every- 
thing pertaining to food, and, in truth, to drinks and even medicines of all kinds, is 
both astonishing and alarming. It has grown to such an extent that to get a pure 
article of many of what are generally esteemed the necessaries of life is almost out 
of the question. An unadulterated article is often what the market does not afford, 
— what you cannot get at any price. 

Particularly in the line of groceries is this business of adulteration carried to an 
enormous extent. In our sugar we have sand ; in our sa'ieratus, salt ; in our ginger, 
wheat bran and burnt corn; in our coffee, peas and beans; in our tea, beach- tree 
and clover leaves ; in our vinegar, water poisoned with acids ; in our milk, chalk 
and water ; in our flour and bread, none of us know what ; and in our sausages 
and such like eatables, it is doubtful if the pork has not been qualified by the flesh 
of the canine animal who annoyed us with his bark on the yesterday, or the cow 
which the day before was under the care of the cattle doctor. To such an extent, 
in fact, has this adulteration been carried that it would be impossible for me to 
enumerate the different articles of diet and drink thus treated ; an enumeration of 
those not adulterated would not be found so much of a task. 

Besides adulteration, another evil of magnitude, in cities, and one at the very 
thought of which we instinctively revolt, is that of having palmed off upon us 
diseased meat and milk. I will not dwell upon this subject. The heart sickens at 
the bare thought of the matter. 

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articles are often lamentable in the extreme. Various diseases of the most malig- 
nant character flow from the use of many of them, and not unfrequently they are the 
cause of death. Too much caution in the purchase of groceries and eatables, espe- 
cially meats, cannot be exercised; and particularly to families having children, 
where much milk is used, I would say, Be careful of what you purchase. 

Of the men who thus adulterate the articles of every day consumption of the 
universal people, and who sell the meat of animals that died of disease, I know not 
what to say ; for I cannot find terms sufficiently strong to express the detestation in 
which they should be held by every individual. Any punishment which the inge- 
nuity of man could devise would seem as too merciful to be meted out to them 
They richly deserve the embrace of the garote. Ask the dyspeptic who has been 
brought to the edge of the tomb by villainous compounds of unprincipled men, put 
up under the name of some wholesome article of diet, if this is too severe ? Ask 
the consumptive, in whose system the seeds of disease were sown by a iulterated 
or diseased foods, if the garote or the halter has not been richly earned by these 
men? 

Of this matter the law should take stricter cognizance than it has ever yet done, 
"We have, it is true, some legal regulations in print upon these matters ; but 
they are seldom enforced. The subject is deserving of the closest attention ; so 
that every offender therein may be brought to justice, and receive at least some 
punishment for his crime. And if we have a law that is not enforced, and a set of 
officers who can be bribed into overlooking this matter of adulteration, it is high 
time that Lynch law or some other mode of renovation was put in force, and both 
those who adulterate and those who wink at it hung up at the corners of the streets 
on conviction. In this way we might purify the city of this evil, and have articles 
in a healthy and unadulterated condition. 

"We often find men who have been the victims of some grocer or butcher through 
the medium of adulteration ; and they are frequently making application to physi- 
cians for relief, but generally with but little benefit to health. Physicians mostly do 
ot go to the bottom in treating complaints arising out of these evils. If dyspepsia 
has been induced, they treat the patient for dyspepsia, and dyspepsia only ; but 
this does not answer ; the disease has got into the blood — the blood has become 
poisoned, and it must be purified, or the patient cannot get well. Of this I have 
seen a sufficiency of cases to satisfy me. Leave off the use of the adulterated arti- 
^es, and take a course of my celebrated blood medicines, and you may recover 
from the effects of the adulterations. Otherwise, it may be considered certain you 
will sooner or later become the dead victim of your butcher and grocer. 



ADULTERATION OF LIQUORS. 

There was a time, years ago, when wines and spirituous liquors were to be had 
in their pure and unadulterated state, and when delirium tremens was a disease un- 
known. But that time has passed by ; and now every kind of liquor and wine is 
most inhumanly mixed up, poisoned, weakened and cooked over, till it is no more 
like the original article than is a statue like a living human being. There is a re- 
semblance — one is made in imitation of the other, but they are not alike ; as one is 
destitute of life and its powers, so is the other destitute of good qualities. And 



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fortunate would it be for mankind if it were destitute of qualities of any kind. 
But, alas, it has the power of deadliness in its bosom — it stings as with the enven- 
omed fangs of tht; serpent. 

It is not a little amusing to enter a wholesale liquor store and hear of the high 
and ancient pedigrees of the various brands. And, as for age, you cannot fail of be- 
ing suited ; for there are barrels that have stood in the cellar since the days of 
Noah, of Moses, of ,*ob, of David and of the patriarchs ; and brands put up by the 
various kings, and dukes, and noblemen, thaj have drank through all the ages of the 
past 

And indeed, for the aid of sale, it would seem they should have the benefit of 
supposed age and high renown ; for of themselves they are generally most vile and 
miserable compounds. Their true qualities are known only to those who stagger 
and reel through our streets, and leave the sidewalks filthy with the vomited-up, 
nauseating contents of their stomachs. 

Logwood and various other articles of equally bad qualities are used in the prepa- 
ration of the liquors of the present day. But perhaps the most filthy ingredient is 
tobacco, of which a certain per centage, to give appearance of age and strength, is 
used in almost all liquors. Truly the stomachs of those who guzzle at the slop- 
shop rum-holes of cities are to be pitied. 

This adulteration and poisoning of liquor extends also to almost all our wines. 
Most of the imported ( ! ) wines drank in this country, under various names, never 
crossed salt water. Any quantity of the very best brands of champagne can be 
manufactured out of our native cider ; and nine in ten of those who drink it will 
for a little while be ready to swear that it came from the other side of the big pond. 
But the only salt water it ever saw it met at the mouth of the Hudson in crossing 
from Jersey. And as for brandies, whiskey can, with trifling cost, be changed into 
a brandy that has every appearance of age, and be sold for three or four dollars a 
gallon. 

It is hardly necessary that I should inform you of the evils entailed upon man- 
kind by the use of these adulterated liquors ; for you can meet them on nearly 
every hand and behold them with your own eyes. To the voice of others I would 
add my own, saying unto you, Beware of these villainous compounds ; for they 
burn and inflame the stomach ; their use leads to poverty and wretchedness ; disease 
and death are their certain fruits. If liquor is necessary in any case, for medicinal 
purposes, nothing but a pure and unadulterated article should be purchased. This 
may be taken without inflaming the stomach ; for it is the base counterfeit, and not 
the genuine article, that produces such disastrous evils upon the human system. 



REGULAR HOURS FOR EATING. 

There is but little danger of too much being said upon the subject of diet and of 
regular hours for eating, in the prevention of disease, and as a means of promoting 
health and assisting the system to survive to old age. Consumption, dyspepsia, 
and liver complaint often come from irregular and improper diet. 

By an increased temperature in the stomach, (which is necessary for the assist- 
ance of digestion,) the times that food should be eaten are indicated as follows . 
Breakfast from 5 to 7 o'clock in the morning, dinner from 12 to 1, and supper from 



112 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

5 to T in the afternoon. After this period, the heat in the digestive organs subsides, 
and food of no kind will be digested so readily — nor anything like it, unless an in- 
jurious habit, contrary to nature, has bee: contracted ; and Older any habit what- 
ever, the digestion is not so perfect as at the time indicated. 

A most destructive habit of eating has arisen in our large cities, ^nder the bid- 
ding of Fashion, which would be more properly known under the title of laziness* 
Men have no right to set nature at defiance, and transform day into night and night 
into day, changing the proper hours for sleeping and eating ; and if they do this 
they must expect to suffer the consequences. 

The approaching shades of the evening give warning for relaxation, rest and re- 
tirement. The beasts of the field and the fowls of the air give heed to the indica- 
tions of nature ; they retire to their rest at night, rise refreshed and cheerful in the 
morning : and dyspepsia, indigestion or consumption rarely visit them, unless they 
are placed in confinement. 

Articles of diet, in themselves, either vegetable or animal, have no part in causing 
sickness unless they disagree with the stomach, provided they are properly cooked 
and eaten in reasonable quantities at the proper hours. It is from their abuse that 
evils aiise. And to decide what you shall eat to promote health, I would say, 
choose cut of the bountiful storehouse of God those kinds of food that suit best 
your taste and digestion ; for almost all kinds of animals may be eaten, from the 
smallest to the largest — from the snail and grasshopper up to the elephant ; and of 
fowls from the humming-bird to the condor — and of fish from the red-fin to the 
whale ; and every person may choose that which suits him test. Also eat of the 
variety of fruits and vegetables ; for God has made them for your use, to be food 
and medicine for all. But let me say to you, do not hasten your death by dieting 
improperly, or at improper hours ; do not dig your grave with your teeth, but re- 
gard the proper hours for sleeping and eating, rather than the kind of food, provided 
the food is not hurtful to you. 

We have a great many treatises now-a-days, prescribing for us what we shall eat, 
by persons who of necessity can know nothing of our peculiar tastes or our peculiar 
digestion. I deny the propriety of tins dictation ; for as the mind acts in a meas- 
ure with the stomach, and in a certain sense indirectly aids the digestion, it is obvi- 
ous that articles of food repugnant to the stomach and consequently to the mind 
will retard digestion and induce disease. It is well known that the mind operates 
powerfully upon the muscles of the stomach, and that digestion is greatly influenced 
by it, as is also eating or drinking ; for when the mind is composed, and we are eat- 
ing very heartily, being quite hungry, the sudden alarm of fire, or hearing of tho 
death of some one dear to us, will instantly destroy the appetite and retard the di- 
gestion. This is frequently seen in both children and grown persons. 

Do not eat or drink under great excitement of mind of any kind ; for food taken 
when in this state will do you but comparatively little good, and is almost certain 
to injure the digestion. The greatest composure of body and mind are important 
while eating, and for a short time after, until digestion is over. Cheerfulness while 
eating and drinking is excellent ; and a chit-chat with an old friend after meals will 
assist digestion extraordinarily. 

Masticate your food well — This is of great importance. Pood should never be 
Uikon into the stomach until it is properly prepared by being well masticated in the 




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mouth. The saliva of the mouth is the only natural substance for mixing the food 
and preparing it for digestion. 

To prepare the food, the mouth, teeth and gums, should be in a state of health, 
so that not only it shall be well masticated, but that disease be not imparted to it 
from a diseased mouth before it enters the stomach and is thence diffused into the 
blood. Hence I particularly deprecate and deplore the effects produced in the 
mouth by mercury and other mineral medicines. Their horrors cannot be told ; and 
again I would caution you against their use. 

Two very important organs in 
the physical economy, and those 
through which all medicines act 
upon the blood and other fluids, are 
represented in this cut. The liver 
is the largest of the internal organs, 
and generally weighs about four 
pounds. — Its uses are to secrete a 
fluid called bile, necessary in the 
conversion of food into venous 

No. 23.— The Liver and Stomach. blood > and [t also > when healtn y, 

separates impurities therefrom. The 

necessity of keeping this organ in proper order must therefore be obvious. The 

vessel in which the bile is secreted, or gall bladder, is marked G- in the plate ; the 

liver L, and the stomach S. In the stomach, the milky fluid called chyle is pro 

pared, which, after being mixed with the bile, &c, becomes venous blood. 

Digestion in the Stomach will not take place properly unless the food is taken at 
regular hours and under a condition of composure, and the food be well cooked. 
The gastric secretion will not consume living substances or animals : this is we]l 
known to physicians and physiologists ; and it is, therefore, a bad practice to eat 
meats rare, or with blood in them, as is frequently done. 

There be some men, having a digestion like that of an ostrich, who seem to eat 
any thing and at any time without injury to them. But even these are finally 
injured by their continued rebellion against the laws of nature. And what such 
men do, it may seem to some all may do ; but they will find it different. It will 
never do for the man with a weak stomach, or with the consumptive, to take pattern 
after the ostrich. 

The gastric fluid of the stomach will digest and sweeten the most putrid meats, 
but it will have no action on living substances ; for it is well known that various 
animals live in the human stomach. [See evets, frogs, snakes, &c, in another part 
of this book.] 

Digestion in the Duodenum. — There are but two points in the human system for 
the digestion of food — one in the stomach, the other in the duodenum. In the first, 
digestion takes place by the action of the fluids of the stomach ; in the other, by 
the action of the bile or gall and pancreatic secretions, which separate the nutritious 
part of the food and prepare it for a union with the blood, when it is taken up or 
absorbed in the small intestines by the absorbents or lacteal vessels. In order to a 
proper digestion in the duodenum, it is necessary that the bile be in a healthy and 
unobstructed state ; for though digestion may go on after a slow manner, it is done 
imperfectly; and under this condition the body becomes emaciated, the strength 

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diminishes, and disease supervenes — often taking the form of consumption, foi 
which it is mistaken. 

Absorption of the nutrient food is accomplished by the lacteal vessels, which carry 
the nutritive properties to the blood, which passes through the heart to the lungs* 
where it undergoes a chemical change by contact with the air. And thus you see 
illustrated the theory I have presented to you, that blood is the life of all flesh, and 
air the life of the blood. "Without purity and strength in the blood, received from 
what is taken into and digested in the stomach, the workings of our machinery 
Boon manifest symptoms of disorder, and the machinery runs to decay. 

In any case where the digestive organs neglect the performance of their duty, 
we may suppose that not only is there disorder in those particular parts, but that 
through them the blood is becoming diseased. And, indeed, it is very often the 
case that disorders in the stomach have their origin in an impure blood ; for it may 
be possible that the immediate effect of indiscretions in eating will not be upon the 
stomach, but upon the blood, and from thence re-act upon the stomach. "While, 
therefore, all will see the expediency in the first place of keeping the system from 
evil by due attention to eating at the proper hours and under proper circumstances, 
they will also see the necessity in all cases, where disobedience of the laws of 
nature has taken place, and dyspepsia or other diseases of the stomach have 
been induced, either directly, or indirectly through the medium of the blood, that 
the correctives should be administered to overcome the pernicious effects, and restore 
both stomach and blood to their natural and healthful condition. And the longer 
this is neglected the worse will the condition of the person become. Occasionally 
fasting for a meal or two will be found excellent to restore the stomach to a healthy 
tone. 

For the benefit of those suffering from indigestion and dyspepsia, or from other 
complaints growing out of inattention to regularity in meals and taking improper 
foods into the stomach, I would recommend my Anti-Bilious Pills and the Blood 
Kenovator. These medicines will be found highly efficacious in all complaints of 
this nature. They will restore the stomach to right condition and the blood to its 
original purity, and remove obstructions to the bile, in all cases where the disease 
has not been of such long standing as to have completely got mastery of the whole 
system. In the latter case, a regular course of medicines should be taken system- 
atically and perseveringly, and thus will health be regained. 



DAILY 



ETACUATION OF THE BOWELS 



Is of the utmost importance in the maintenance of health. "Without attention to 
this, the entire system will becomes deranged and corrupted. Beauty of person as 
well as health depends in no small degree upon regular daily evacuations ; and a 
diseased stomach, bad breath, sallow complexion, enlarged and diseased liver, rush 
of blood to the head, loss of memory, headache, heart diseases, bleeding at the 
lungs, a thick, coarse skin, loaded and contaminated blood and bile, falling of the 
womb, dyspepsia, piles, hectic fever, consumption, and confirmed costiveness, are 
induced by neglect of this matter. The morning — either just before or just after 
eating — is the best time for regular evacuation; and a habit of this should b? 



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formed and strictly adhered to, all business calls to the contrary notwithstanding; 
or disease may be the result. 



COSTIVENESS CAUSES CONSUMPTION. 

The inability to evacuate the bowels daily, or the neglect to do so, loads the lungs 
with impure deposits, and gradually grows worse and worse if it is not attended to, 
and finally seriously affects the system and frequently induces consumption In all 
ordinary cases this may be prevented by simply forming a habit by perse reringly 
endeavoring at a fixed hour each day to induce an evacuation. People may think 
lightly of this, and many troubled with costiveness may say they have tried without 
contracting a habit. But I know that if the rule I have here laic down is com- 
menced and adhered to faithfully before the disorder has got complete mastery of 
the system, the effort will finally be crowned with success, and the health of the 
person saved to him. What matters it if you try a hundred times to produce 
evacuation, and do not gain the end? Try five hundred, yea ten times five 
hundred, rather than be led into consumption through neglect and growing cos- 
tiveness. 

Where costiveness has been neglected and has gained a complete mastery over 
the system, it will often be found difficult to restore a healthy and regular action to 
the bowels without recourse to some corrective medicine. Por this, you will find 
in my Blood Renovator and Anti-Bilious Pills qualities that will bring the bowels 
to a healthy state, and save you from consumption. These you may always obtain 
by sending to me. But in the want of them, and before you can obtain these as a 
reliefj I would recommend the use of Turkey rhubarb as the next best remedy in 
your complaint, with occasional injections of cold water. 



URINATING OFTEN 

Is also a matter of great importance. People generally suffer more from long 
abstinence from urinating than is supposed by physicians even. I have had cog- 
nizance of cases where individuals have dropped down dead from long continued 
holding of the water. 

The health of the kidneys, bladder, and blood are much dependent upon proper 
discharges of the urine ; for if it be not frequently drawn, earthy sediments are 
deposited, and gravel or inflammation or ulceration of the urinary organs follows ; 
or the matter is absorbed by the absorbent vessels and deposited in the blood, by 
which the heart and lungs are affected, unless it be thrown off, with an offensive 
smell, by perspiration. 

Much of the watery portion of the blood is drained off by the kidneys and 
through the urine ; and to stop the regular flow of this will produce an impure 
blood, and cause dropsy or kidney consumption. 

Thousands are the cases of kidney and urinary diseases, attended with debility, 
emaciation, haggard countenance of various hues, and ghastly eyes, which many 
eminent physicians pronounce to be cases of lung consumption, and treat according- 
ly. I have been so fortunate as never to be mistaken about these complaints, and 



116 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

invalids have expressed the opinion that I had a miraculous power to detect disease 
and its location. Yery well ; that is what should be done in all complaints ; for 
when the disease and its location and character are perfectly understood, appropriate 
medicines can be given ; but not till then can any physician prescribe for his patient 
with any surety of a cure. 

Persons are frequently troubled with pain on making water, with scalding or 
burning heat of the water, thick water, difficulty of holding the water, too much or 
too little water, bloody urine, and red or white sediment in the water ; and also 
with grub in the kidneys, producing many of the above complaints, together with a 
gnawing pain in the region of those organs and great heat and weakness in the 
small of the back. In some cases of these complaints a regular course of medicine 
is necessary to restore health to the organs ; but generally the "Water Regulator will 
be found sufficient in itself to afford the desired relief. Females troubled with any 
of the above diseases will find the Female Wash of great value, in connection with 
the Water Regulator. 



EARLY TO BED AND EARLY TO RISE 

Is an excellent maxim to follow. It is detrimental to the health to turn day mto 
night ; to be up till the early hours of morning, and then he in bed till the middle 
of the next forenoon. This is a transformation of the intention of nature, which 
sooner or later results in evil effects to the system. The beasts and the fowls retire 
at dark and are up with the break of day, with the exception of that portion which, 
by the peculiar construction of the eye, see better in darkness than in daylight, and 
were evidently intended by the Creator to be night-prowlers. But from the fact 
that man in the night season is comparatively blind to surrounding objects, the con- 
clusion is obvious that God intended he should sleep in the night and be awake in 
the day time. 

Particularly in cities, more than in the country, should this rule of " early to bed 
and early to rise " be observed, and more especially by persons who are ailing, and 
require exercise and good air. But, generally speaking, the reverse of this is true 
-—country people do not so much turn day into night and night into day as those of 
the city. 

The chief reason why the invalid in the city should rise early is, that he may 
get with his exercise an air as pure as is possible to be had in his locality ; and for 
this he must be up in the morning. Then, before the vehicles have filled the streets 
with dust, (so bad for the lungs,) and the ten thousand chimneys have emitted theii 
deleterious smokes, and the reflection of the sun from the walls and walks has 
dried up the freshness of the morning, the invalid may indulge a hope of getting a 
few breaths of air comparatively pure and healthful, from which he will derive new 
strength and vigor. And this is about the only time he can get it. And besides 
the artificial causes that poison the atmosphere, the air of the morning is sweeter 
and better than that of any other part of the day : though in the country, remote 
from dust and filth, from smokes and steams, the air has always a species of fresh- 
ness and purity unknown to the city ; and therefore it is not so essential that the 
invalid in the country should be up early for the purpose named. 

Sleep, "tired nature's sweet restorer," is essential to all animate creations — to none 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 117 

more so than to man. During sleep the functions of the bram have ceased ; they 
are held in temporary suspension, while the action of the heart and lungs is nearly 
the same as in wakefulness. The recurrence of sleep is indispensible to recruit the 
faculties of body and mind, and prepare them anew for further labor ; and when the 
body is in health and the mind at ease, this state of existence, if undisturbed, is 
perfect in giving new life, vigor, cheerfulness and power to both the physical and 
mental being. But by what influence the powers of the body and mind are restored 
to the individual while in this state, or how the insensibility is terminated of itself 
we have but vague and unsatisfactory ideas. 

The hours necessary for sleep differ in different individuals, and in proportion to 
the activity and size of the brain. Men, animals and birds, having small heads or 
brains, sleep less, and actually require less sleep than those having larger and more 
active brains. 

The causes that disturb rest are various — both bodily and mental — but greater in 
the day time than at night. Sleep is prevented by constant pain, by disorder in the 
nerves, by great heat or cold, by unusual noises, and often by light, because light in- 
duces activity of the phosphorus in the system, from which emanates activity of the 
brain, and darkness operates to check the action of the phosphorus, from which dull- 
ness and sleepiness of the brain supervene. Eor this reason night is preferable 
to day for sleeping hours. Also by distressing news — the death of a friend, failure in 
business speculations, disappointment in love, connubial infelicity, and by a thousand 
other causes, sleep may be broken ; all of which tend to debilitate and derange the 
brain, and often induce consumption and other diseases. 

To witness a person overcome by the power of sleep is sometimes laughable. 
The delights of courtship are often interrupted by this agent ; the merchant is taken 
from his business, and the student from his book, by the power of sleepiness. Often 
when we exercise the greatest watchfulness it steals upon us ; and again, when 
most desired, it is most distant. Many, like Peter of old, have wept because of 
oversleep, while others have sighed for the want of it. 

The best time for sleep is in the early part of the night. Pest before twelve is 
much better for the system than an equal amount after that time. But the hours 01 
its greatest strength are from about ten in the evening till one ; therefore, this period 
should be spent in bed. 

There is no rule to govern the amount of your sleep, any more than the kind of 
your diet. Much of its duration will depend on the labors of the previous day, 
mentally and physically ; but generally from six to eight hours in the twenty-four 
are sufficient. Some constitutions require more than eight hours ; but there are but 
few who can labor hard and continue in health with less than six. Persons who 
are in the habit of being often broken of their rest will be considerably recruited 
with four hours sleep ; but if they habituate themselves to this there are but few 
constitutions but will suffer injurv from it. 

Carefully avoid all excitements tending to deprive you of the requisite amount of 
regular sleep. And if your nervous system is suffering from derangement, and me- 
dicinal aid is required, you will find Root's Nervine an excellent soother and pro- 
moter of sleep and rest to both body and mind. 



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EXERCISE AND LABOR. 

In order to the full enjoyment of life, strength and health, the system of man 
requires a certain amount of exercise, either as labor understood in its general sig- 
nificance or as labor in sports and games of some kind or other. 

By exercise the limbs and muscles of the body gain strength, and thus the in- 
dividual becomes better capacitated to withstand the shocks and physical trials of 
life. And the mind also gains additional strength and power through the same 
channel ; for by these it is led from one change to another, which relieves it of a 
sameness ; and while acting in harmony with the muscles of the body it gains force 
and vigor which it would never attain to were exercise disregarded. Eor true and 
beneficial exercise, there must be harmony of action between the moving power 
and the power to be moved. The will and the muscle must both be directed to the 
same end at the same time, otherwise the effect will be imperfect. 

Gymnastic exercises, which originated among the Greeks, are excellent for persons 
of sedentary habits, and should in greater or less degree receive their attention. 
To the hard-working mechanic, farmer, or day laborer, there is no need to give ad- 
vice about exercise ; for generally they get quite as much of it as is essential to 
health — except in cases of mechanical work which is of a sedentary nature. But 
persons whose business has no exercise in it, should practice riding, walking, 
wrestling, pitching quoits, or some other kind, which will develop the muscles and 
strengthen the system. They are excellent for the preservation and restoration 01 
health, and often highly useful in the cure of diseases. 

Gymnastic exercises among the Greeks were somewhat different from the gym- 
nastic exercises of to-day. In the olden times they were designed to accustom the 
youth to feats of activity and strength and prepare them for the fatigues of war. 

Many of the affections to which men are liable may be greatly influenced and 
often entirely removed by exercise. Glandular obstructions are best treated in this 
way. On the other hand, where exercise has been too powerful, it occasions bodily 
complaints — loss of appetite, loathing of food, costiveness, rigors and fainting. In 
these cases, a moderate use of good wine, warm clothing, quiet sleep, and a moist, 
nourishing diet afford the best relief. 

Exercising the lungs by inflating them, is excellent, both in disease and health, 
unless the lungs, heart or liver are suffering under some peculiar state of disease 
which makes inflation dangerous. 

If the body have no exercise, the orifices become filled up with the waste or de- 
composed matter which should escape through them; but if we exercise, the muscles 
are contracted about those orifices and the waste matter is thus forced out, (the same 
as the vermicular action of the bowels forces out the contents of the bowels,) and 
the body becomes free from obstructions. Choke up the system and we die ; free 
it and we may live ; for there is a decomposition and a renewal of the body con- 
stantly going on, and the decomposition must be allowed to escape. 

Avoid being housed up too much. Beware of constant and close confinement in 
parlors and drawing-rooms. Give attention to out-door exercise, pure air, light 
and labor. Dancing and rope-jumping, moderately and rationally, are excellent for 
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in connection with it gives exercise to the muscles. Playing ball, pitching quoits, 
playing with the dog or lamb, or playing at tag, are excellent exercises for the 
children. They carry with them an interest to the mind, and by keeping that in 
cheerfulness, and the muscles in action, often prevent consumption. 

The life of the system is renewed and improved in all its parts by moderate 
exercise — by neglect of this it is lost ! Therefore, if you wish to enjoy life and 
health to a good old age, exercise moderately. 

An argument of much weight in favor of exercise of the body by labor or by 
dancing, playing, &c, is, that an increase in the bodily action produces more copious 
respiration, which is essential to health. The larger quantity of air inhaled acting 
on the blood in the lungs, gives to the body an increase of nervous electricity, 
which increases the animal heat, whereby the pores of the flesh are electrically 
opened, and the decomposed animal matter is more rapidly thrown off, by what is 
called perspiration or sweat. 

Electrifying the body with the galvanic battery produces the same effect, stimu 
lating the system, opening the pores of the flesh, and giving an increased perspi 
ration. 

Persons exposing themselves to the weather immediately after unusual exercise, 
or after the use of the galvanic battery, are very liable to take cold, if perspiration 
has been induced, and is suspended by a suspension of the inducing force. There- 
fore, persons should avoid sitting in currents of air, or otherwise exposing them- 
selves after unusual exercise or receiving galvanic charges, unless they put on extra 
clothing, until the perspiration has passed off. 



EFFECTS OF HEAT AND COLD. 

The human system is subject in great degree to sickness from the effects of heat 
and cold ; in the spring of the year, the heat sometimes coming on oppressively, we 
are induced to dangerous exposures to colds, from whence flow much sickness. 
Colds in the spring and summer are often more violent and fatal in their character 
than in the cold weather of winter : they take more violent hold upon the system ; 
for in the winter season we are kept better protected from the dangers of the wea- 
ther, and colds do not seize us so easily. 

Exercising and starting a profuse sweat, and then being chilled suddenly, is very 
bad for the health. It induces the most dangerous kinds of colds. "Wet feet is 
another source from which spring colds and fevers that often prove fatal. I would 
advise you to carefully avoid these exposures. 

Against the liabilities to disease from changes in the weather, there can be no 
particular rule laid down. Each person must attend to the condition of the 
weather himself) and regulate his clothing accordingly. When changes occur, de- 
manding more clothing, you should put it on ; but do not always throw off your 
warm garments upon the first warm day, for the next you may be chilled to the 
bone. Exercise judgment in this, and do not depend upon the physician, for he 
cannot stand by you through all the vicissitudes of the year. 



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ELECTRICITY OR MAGNETISM. 

Tms important agent (electricity) is of a very mysterious character, and ai- 
though a constituent element of all life, and used with great medical advantage, is 
but little known. It is too subtle to be weighed — it fills no appreciable space. It 
is a component part of the air and of all living substances, animal or vegetable ; 
and without its presence the nervous system would be useless for nervous sen- 
sation. 

Animal heat can now be demonstrated to all by the action of the stomach and 
lungs supplying magnetic and electric vitality to the nervous system. The stomach 
and lungs serve as a galvanic battery, to electrify and charge the system with 
nervo-vital fluid ; while the food of the stomach and the air of the lungs have a 
wonderful effect to influence the stomach, nerves, or other parts of the system. 

"Were it not for the lungs, we should be charged with magnetic, bat not with 
electric, vitality ; but by the lungs imparting electric, and the stom<*ch magnetic, 
we have a union of electric and magnetic nervous fluids, so necessary to give vital 
action to the heart, pulsation and circulation to the blood, and health to the body. 

The acid in the stomach from food, or by oxydization of blood by union with 
oxygen, is the same as a solution of vitriol and water to the copper and zinc of a 
battery ; and for this reason acidity of the stomach gives a great inconvenience by 
acting on the coating thereof, (which is known as hunger,) when destitute of food, 
or in case of dyspepsia, the same as you will see the vitriol acid eating and corrod- 
ing the zinc and copper of the galvanic battery. 

Thus you will readily perceive that the union of the nutriment of magnetized foods, 
conducted from the stomach, intestines, lacteals and heart to the lungs in a magnetized 
state, receives the oxygen and electricity in the lungs. The electro-chemical effect by 
this union upon the blood, which is charged with iron, while the nitrogen and car- 
bonic gases are disengaged and respired, is, to produce animal heat, as tho iron 
(which gives color to the blood,) is constantly rendered magnetic (analogous to the 
needles in the galvanic battery) under the influence of this union. Hence caloric 
or animal heat is being constantly engendered. 

I have previously explained, in treating of the uses of the lungs, that the blood 
in the pulmonary vein, which passes that fluid from the lungs back to the heart, 
was one or two degrees higher in temperature than that passing from the heart to 
the lungs — one kind of blood having the principle of life, the other of death. The 
blood being a good conductor of electricity, (from its iron) by means of it, in connec- 
tion with the nerves, electricity or heat, when generated in the lungs, is quickly 
conveyed to the various nervous poles or parts of the system. Philosophers have 
not seen this, and have, therefore, failed to show how animal heat is produced. 
But I shall consider this view of it correct, unless a more plausible one can be 
presented. 

Chemists have long known that the stomach always contains an acid secretion, 
without comprehending its use. And this acid must be supplied either from the 
food or by oxydization of blood in the lungs ; but it is most reasonable to suppose 
it forms from the food. A diseased state of the stomach and liver increases 
acidity to an alarming extent, as thousands of dyspeptics can attest. 

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tion found in the stomach, but until galvanism or electro-magnetism was discovared. 
the wisdom of this secretion could not be determined. But now we see its impor- 
tance in the stomach, (the same as the vitriol and water to the battery,) to impart 
nervo-electric vitality to the nervous system — the generator of animal heat — with 
out which we should be helpless creatures. Thus we see the importance of this 
secretion, which is necessary to life, and does no injury except it be secreted in too 
large a quantity. 

It will be well to remember that the nervous influence of some foods or medi- 
cines, giving a favorable or unfavorable action to digestion, is as qukk as lightning 
in relieving or increasing pain and soothing or inducing disease. It may be well to 
say that however large the quantity of food taken into the stomach only a sufficient 
portion of acid for health will be produced, if the stomach be in health. But in 
the stomachs of dyspeptics and rum-drinkers, where the internal coating is diseased, 
there is produced an over abundance of acidity, and the galvanic effects are felt 
upon the nerves, as seen in delirium tremens or hysterics. 

I am much in favor of the electro-galvanic or magnetic power to aid in the cure 
of a great many diseases, when employed in connection with medicines. I approve 
of and recommend its use ; but allow me to say, that nervo-vital electricity, being 
only one of the constituent elements of life and health, magnetism should be used 
with a knowledge of and with reference to this, and not be made a hobby of by 
assertions that it will cure all manner of diseases, as many in their zeal for it pre- 
tend. It is well known that this power is sometimes productive of great good as 
an assistant of medicine ; at other times its use has caused injury, where it has 
been applied improperly ; therefore it is necessary to have a perfect knowledge of 
its proper application. 

Since electricity was first made applicable in the service of the physician, it 
has been taken up by many arrant impostors, who, for the purpose of lining 
their pockets, at the expense of the unfortunate, have from time to time thrown 
into the market for sale numberless so-called galvanic rings, belts, chains, <fec, &q. % 
the which, so far as an extensive experience will enable me to judge, are generally 
worthless, and in a vast majority of cases fail to perform what the credulous 
patient is led to expect from them. For this reason, I would recommend that any 
person who may wish to make use of this agent, should exercise care in his pur- 
chases, and apply only where he can place the most perfect reliance. 



ELECTRICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 

This science bids fair to unlock the prison doors to the mystery of mind, and to 
enable physicians to more easily control diseases affecting it than has hitherto been 
the case. Should the diseases of the mind (which have baffled the skill of the most 
eminent physicians), from those found in the raving maniac down to the love-sick 
swain, be, through the agency of this science, conquered and brought under con- 
trol, and the suffering thousands who people our insane asylums be restored to their 
friends, clothed in their right minds, great honor would be due to those with whom 
the discovery originated, and through whom the science has been matured and 
brought into service. 

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that portion of the community who are either too ignorant to understand its phi* 
losophy, or have been too indifferent, or too set in their way, to examine into it. 
For all to be protected from abuses through it by evil and designing men, who prac« 
tise and teach it, I would recommend that they learn its principles ; and this, with 
care of whom you allow to obtain mesmeric control of you, will be your safeguard 
against harm from its use in the hands of others. 

The science of psychology may be divided into two divisions — one of which acts 
apon the mind, the other upon the body, both through the medium of the senses. 
The key to this science lies in perfect belief or an entire absorption of the will in its 
truth and power. "When this state of mind is induced, the muscles of the person 
yield to the wishes of the operator, and he falls powerless into the control of his 
master. The subject is negative until a perfect belief is established, and cannot be 
controlled by the operator ; but when the mind is fully taken with belief, the con- 
nection of the nervo-electric influence of both minds is established, and the positive 
controls the negative. 

I am inclined to think that God acts as the positive and the sinner as the nega- 
tive, in religious matters. When the sinner becomes absorbed in the contemplation 
of religious matters, and has placed implicit faith in their truth, he yields to God, 
and thus becomes a perfect child of the Lord, through an undoubting belief Then 
the union of God's spirit with his subject is commenced. But man, being a free 
moral agent, God does not, though he might do so, control the man by power, but 
through the perfect love and entire faith placed upon him. By taking this view of 
the subject, we may see how it is that the spirit of God is removed from man when 
he commits sin, and is restored to him through his repentance, faith and belief. The 
connection of the spirit of God with man may be thus psychologically explained — 
(it being understood that God exercises power, but man free moral agency) — and we 
can thus see how the child of God has a foretaste of heaven, and feels an assurance, 
at death, that he shall be received into the divine favor and acceptation of Jehovah ; 
and also how the sinner feels assurance of enduring misery, by an entire separation 
from union with God in spirit. Conscience is the guide in both cases, whether feel- 
ing approved or believing we are not approved. The Christian has approving 
conscience, through entire belief and trust in God's love, while the sinner has evi- 
dence of disapprobation, and enmity, from a consciousness of living in unrepented 
sin, in disobedience of God's command. In other words, the Christian is led by the 
electric cord of divine love ; but the sinner has no divine guide. 

The state of electrical psychology is induced in several ways, some of which we 
will mention — by passes of the hands, made from the head downwards ; by a pe- 
culiar gripe of the hand ; by gazing intently and fixedly at a coin, made of zinc, 
copper, and silver, which is held in the hand, by which a galvanic current is formed 
to assist in overcoming the subject ; and by impression on the mind by firm and 
decided language and action — saying to the subject that he cannot do otherwise 
than he is told ; or by belief of electricity in the air operating upon the will. "When 
in this condition, the taste, smell, hearing, seeing and feeling of the subject, are 
under the control of the operator, as well as his physical action. 

I cannot here indulge in particular descriptions upon this subject, but will say 
that I deem it worthy the attention and investigation of all men. To the teachers 
of and operators in the science, I would say, humanity demands of you, not to give 
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purpose of furtherance of evil design. Deal honorably and godly, as you would 
wish to be dealt with by others. If you fail in this, futurity may consign the science 
to contempt, and thus it be strangled in its infancy. 



WORMS. 



Tape Worm. — The existence of 
the tape worm in the human sys- 
tem, though once a matter of doubt 
to many, has become a well-known 
fact. The tape worm is white, very 
long, and full of joints, and is gene- 
rally bred in either the stomach 
or the small intestines. They occa- 
sion vomiting, disagreeable breath, 
gripes, looseness, swelling of the 
belly, swooning, loathing of food 
at one period and a voracious ap- 
petite at others, dry cough, con- 
vulsions, epileptic fits, sometimes 
deprivation of sleep, pains in the 
stomach, side, and bowels, dizzi- 
ness, heaviness of the eyes, a wast- 
ing away of the flesh, and con- 
sumption. 

The more uniform symptoms of 
worms are intestinal irritation, irri- 
tation or itching in the lower end of 
the bowels, alternation of diarrhoea 
and costiveness, great thirst, and 
variable appetite. The child some- 
times becomes hungry almost im- 
mediately after eating heartily, and 
at other times the appetite is feeble 
and depraved. The complexion is 
pale, or sallow, or leaden, with 
occasional flushes ; swelling of the 
upper Up, watery mouth, enlarge- 
ment of the nostrils, a livid circle 
around the eyes, dilation or con- 
traction of the pupil, with a fixed, 
unmeaning expression. The sleep 
is disturbed, the child often starts 
and awakes in terror; he grinds 




No. 24. — Worms — different kinds. 

This plate represents different kinds of worms 
found in the human body. 

1. The Tape Worm. There are two represented on 
the plate ; the neck and head of one (by the figure 
2) are magnified. 

3. The Round Worm. 

4 and 5. Pin Worms. 

On the upper corner is a Thread Worm. 



his teeth, and picks his nose ; there is a dry cough and headache, slow fever, and 
spasmodic or convulsive affections. 

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or imitate. Cases are recorded of their producing apoplexy, epileptic fits, catalepsy 
St. Vitus' dance, lock-jaw, mania, dropsy of the head, inflammation of the eyes, per- 
verted vision, palsy, hiccup, pleuritic pains, croup, rheumatic pains of the joints, dy- 
sentery, convulsions, &c. 

To these may be added a slow, irregular remittant fever. The exacerbations are 
attended with heavy drowsiness ; the remissions with a morbid vigilance. There is 
pain of the bowels and at the pit of the stomach, with occasional purging, and a good 
deal of gastric juice. The head is much affected, sometimes painfully, though, for 
the most part, with stupor or delirium. The eye is wild, the pupil dilated, the alae 
of the nose contracted, the cheek flushed, the forehead polished as if glazed. 

In short, their presence in the system is not only in the highest degree annoying, 
but decidedly dangerous to the life. 

The tape worm varies in length, from a foot or less, up to the almost incredible 
point of one hundred and fifty feet. I have now in my possession one six feet long 
lately expelled from one of my patients, who had been given up by her former phy- 
sicians as in an incurable state of consumption. The patient is now in the enjoyment 
of good health, the medicine administered soon destroying the worm. I found that 
her physicians, as is often the case, had made a mistake in the character of her com- 
plaint, and that what they believed was consumption, all arose from the presence of 
tape worm. 

The tape worm is very tenacious of life, and therefore the system can not be re- 
lieved of one by the nostrums of every practitioner. When separated at its joints, 
each joint of the worm will often live, and become of itself a distinct worm. 

The tape worm is found in animals and fish, as well as in the human system. I 
have been informed that the mackerel and cod fishermen often discover this reptile 
in those species of the finny tribe. 

Calomel is generally administered in cases of worms. This substance is the chief 
ingredient of most of the vermifuges, lozenges, and other nostrums of the day, used 
in cases of worms. But, as I have shown, this medicine is highly dangerous to the 
system ; and certain I am that it need not be used to destroy and dislodge the tape 
worm, for I have brought them away by vegetable remedies repeatedly ; and, in fact, 
have seldom or never failed to expel them from the system of the sufferer. 

Pin Worms are very troublesome both to children and adults. They are gene- 
rally found about the anus, and frequently eat through the rectum. They cause 
great pain and soreness about the seat, and are often dangerous. 

The best antidote against the pin worm I have ever used, is my German Oint- 
ment, introduced into the rectum, and rubbed about those parts, just before the ope- 
ration of a dose of Anti-Bilious Pills. It never fails to kill the worm and heal all 
soreness of the parts. This Ointment is also excellent in the piles. It never fails 
to give great reliefj and sometimes alone effects a perfect cure. Used in connection 
with the Anti-Bilious Pills and Blood Renovator, the most obstinate piles, whether 
blind or bleeding, yield to them, and a perfect cure is effected. 

Bound worms destroy thousands of children. — The stomachs and bowels of children 
are loaded with slime and mucus matters, which afford a bed or nest for worms ; 
and the stomach of the child being weak and tender, the worms multiply rapidly, 
and finally choke up the intestines or other parts, and cause death. All kinds of 
green fruit induce worms in children ; and in particular is our city milk bad to ge« 
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Children suffering from worms are often dosed with numerous sorts of medicines 
for other complaints, instead of having administered to them the proper worm reme- 
dies, to dislodge these troublesome vermin ; and few seem to know what is the mat- 
ter with the child, until, after its death, the worms discharge themselves from the 
stomach through the nose and mouth, and from the bowels through the channel of 
evacuation ; and thus inform the physician of his mistake. I lost a little sister from 
worms, who had been prescribed for for another complaint ; and the physicians did 
not suspect the real cause of her sickness until after her death, when hundreds of 
worms discharged themselves from her. I was sick at the same time in the same 
way, and was not expected to live an hour ; but the evacuations from the little girl 
gave notice of the condition I was in ; and by being doctored for worms, my life was 
saved, and I am permitted to be your instructor through the pages of this work. 
But that the worms had discharged themselves from the body of the dead little girl, 
I should in all likelihood have shared her untimely fate, and been laid in the grave 
that received her mortal remains. But had we been doctored in the first place foi 
worms, as we should have been, both instead of one of us would have been saved. 

Since the destruction of my little sister by these ruthless invaders, I have had a 
hatred of worms, and been determined to prepare something which should kill and 
dislodge them from the system. For this purpose I have compounded a Worm 
Killer expressly, which, while it does not the least injury to the stomach or bowels 
of the child, never fails to destroy the worms, of whatever kind. Thousands of mo- 
thers and children who have used this medicine, and seen lives saved by it, have 
thanked me for having prepared it for their use ; and in the consciousness of having 
effected a vast amount of good through its efficacy and power, I experience the 
most satisfactory reward. 



EYETS IN THE STOMACH. 



The presence of these animals in 
the human stomach has been made 
often mention of in medical works. 
They are drank in with the water from 
brooks and springs. I once succeeded 
in expelimg one from a patient who 
was dreadfully emaciated and ex- 
hausted, and had many symptoms of 
consumption of the liver and stomach. 

That a living animal may continue 
in the stomach, and not be digested, 
as is the food, may seem strange, but 
it is nevertheless true. The gastric 
secretions of the stomach, nor the di- 
gestive organs, have any effect to di- 
gest a live creature. 

I would claim no particular skill in the removal of the evet from the human sto- 
mach, although medicines taken under my direction have dislodged them — perhaps 
accidentally. The animal is very difficult to kill, and only the most active medi- 




No. 25. — Snake, Frog, and Evet. 



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dnes will nave effect upon him, and these must be taken with the greatest care. 
However, no person who has received one of them into his stomach, should neglect 
any msans to expel him. I would say to all suffering in this way, I shall be happy 
to do all for you that human skill can do, and think I shall be able to remove from 
your stomach any evet, snake, or other reptile that has made his abode there. 

Let me caution all who are in the habit of drinking out of brooks or springs, to be 
careful and see what is in the water before they drink it 



PROGS IN THE STOMACH 

These are supposed to be drank in with the water, either when very small or in 
the egg, and while in the stomach they grow, sometimes to a very large size, and 
cause great inconvenience, inducing many of the same symptoms as arise from tho 
presence of the evet. They are much more frequently found in the stomach than 
evets, but are easier killed and more readily expelled. The cases are by no means 
rare where a frog is living in the stomach, when the patient is being dosed and 
physicked for some other disease — all of which does not the least particle of good. 
You will see the necessity, therefore, of consulting with some skillful physician, who 
will immediately know what is the matter with you, rather than have an ignora- 
mus to bleed, purge and dose you to death, for the purpose of curing a disease you 
was never troubled with. By a very short examination of a patient, it can be de- 
cided to a certainty if there be a frog in the stomach, and having determined the 
fact, he can be easily expelled by proper medicines. The "Worm Killer will in all 
cases prove an infallible remedy. 



SNAKES IN THE STOMACH. 

The presence of snakes in the human stomach has been by many scouted at as 
an idle whim of the imagination ; but that these reptiles are occasionally drank in 
with the water from brooks or springs is a fact that I have had personal cognizance 
of. I might cite several cases where they have been dislodged, but one must suf- 
fice In the winter of 1852, Mr. ¥m. W. Sanford, of Charlestown, Mass., who had 
been sick for two years, and was supposed to be in a decline, took some medicine 
which caused him to cough and retch violently, when he threw from his stomach a 
living snake, about eight inches in length, almost perfectly white, with sharp, black 
eyes. Mr. Sanford drank water from a brook, in Maine, some two years before this 
occurrence, at which time, in all probability, this snake was taken into his stomach, 
it then, undoubtedly, being quite small. 

The snake in the stomach is much more disagreeable and dangerous than the tape 
worm or the evet — being possessed of greater strength and more power of injury, 
and growing to a size that makes it difficult to expel them. They sometime cause 
choking and suffocation of the person, by rising up towards the throat. The symp- 
toms of their presence are the same as indicated by the tape worm, only they are 
experienced in a stronger degree. They grow to various sizes — I have seen them 



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varying from twelve inches to four feet, expelled from the stomach. They are very 
hard indeed to dislodge in any way ; and I should say that no medicine had the 
power to always kill them, though I have received several letters from patients in 
Ohio and Michigan, and in Florida, (where they are frequently taken in with the 
water,) speaking of the killing and expulsion from the stomach of small snakes by 
the use of my Worm Killer — sometimes taken in connection with other medicines, 
sometimes alone. 

When worms of the smaller kinds are supposed to be in the stomach or bowels, 
the Worm Killer should be administered without delay. It is decidedly the best 
general medicine in cases of worms that has ever been presented to the public. 
But when snakes, evets, or tape worms are supposed to be in the stomach, and the 
Worm Killer has been thoroughly tried without affording relief, the patient should 
be carefully examined, to determine whether the reptiles exist or not ; and then the 
proper medicines can be prescribed, according to the requirements of the case. 



CANCER. 

" The man who wantonly wields the bloody knife for the sake of experience or a vain dis- 
play of his adroitness, is a human savage, in whose breast soft pity never dwelt." — Dr. Cumming. 

Op this distressing and often fatal disease there seems to be a variety, each appa- 
rently distinct from the others, and different in their characters and dangerous pro- 
perties. There is the fissure, spider, bone, rose, sleepy, wolfj black scaly and 
bleeding cancer ; of which I shall speak separately and particularly. 

The Fissure Cancer first makes its appearance in the form of a dry crack, and 
often looks like a deep cut made with a knife. The crack or fissure grows gradual- 
ly deeper and dryer, and the flesh about it hardens, seeming as if the flesh and 
muscles and glands contiguous would ossify. 

This cancer is found on the lips, ears and nose of both sexes, and on the womb 
of the female. It sometimes bleeds, is at first very uneasy and painful, and is ex- 
tremely difficult of cure, owing to the fact that its character is generally mistaken, 
and it is tampered with by those who do not correctly understand its nature. If 
properly treated in season it may be readily removed. 

The Spider Cancer very much resembles the spider in its form, from which ifc 
takes its name — having numerous prongs or legs running off in different directions. 
This cancer gives great uneasiness and sensitiveness to the nerves, with crawling 
and often stinging pains. It is usually about the face — on the temples or under the 
eyes, but sometimes appears very large on the breast of the female, and occasionally 
manifests itself on other parts of the body, both externally and internally. 

The spider cancer is always known by its numerous little fangs, or limbs, which 
.differ in color — white, pale or red. It seldom grows very large, unless it be cut 
•nto and divided with the instrument, when each fang will form a new cancer, and 
generally commence to eat and destroy the parts about it very fast. 

Never disturb the spider cancer, unless yro nan kill it or destroy every little fiber 



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No. 26. — Cancer of the Breast. 

The above cut represents a cancer on 
tne breast, where the poisonous humors of 
the blood have condensed and broke out 
in a loathsome, agonizing sore, emitting 
the most offensive effluvia, while all oth- 
er parts of the surface remain fair and 
smooth. 



and tako it out, root and branch. This can be done by a medicine which I havo 

prepared, known as the Cancer Eradicator, 
and which never fails to cure effectually and 
lastingly. 

The Rose Cance*- takes its name from hav- 
ing the appearance when small of a rosebud, 
and from opening like a rose in bloom as it 
enlarges. It is found on the nose, lips, heart, 
vagina, ovaria, and womb ; but when on the 
male, usually on the nose and lips, commenc- 
ing in the form of a cold-sore. It sometimes 
appears on other parts — both internally and 
externally. 

A rose cancer is a terrible affliction. It 
grows from the size of an egg to that of a 
large pail, and is accompanied with sharp 
pains. 

The rose cancer should never be meddled 
with by any surgical operation. As soon as 
you are aware of its presence, take immedi- 
ate steps for its eradication. I have o^en 
killed the rose cancer readily, when taking 
it in season ; but I have remarked instances 
(where surgeons have endeavored to cut out 
the cancer,) where a cure was impossible. Cutting will never effect a cure ; for the 
cause of the disease is in the blood, and the blood must be restored to its healthy 
state, before it will cease to show its impurities through the medium of the cancer. 
The disposition to cancers, which lies in the blood, must first be overcome, before an 
effectual cure can be obtained ; therefore all surgical operations are useless for the 
cancer. 

The Bone Cancer is known by its hard, bony and ossified appearance. It is usu- 
ally on the under lip, or on the gums of the mouth. The bone cancer is surround- 
ed by hard rings, is very painful, and emits a white, offensive smelling matter. It 
eats all the flesh where it goes, until it destroys the life of the sufferer. If a bone 
cancer gets far advanced, we can hardly hope for a cure of it ; but if taken in its 
early stage, it may be readily overcome. 

The Sleepy Cancer is a tumor giving but comparatively little inconvenience till it 
attains a large size, when it starts into a raging fury of pain, and emits a foul and 
putrid smell, offensive to the inmates of the house, and even to the neighbors. 
Often it will be smelt in the street when the afflicted person is passing. The inva- 
lid leads a miserable life, (often longing for death,) till finally he leaves the world in 
agony. I have a word to say to all people troubled with offensive cancers — that is, 
that I have a wash or ointment that will remove all offensive smell from these sores. 
To cure the sleeping cancer, the blood must be purified, and the foundations of the 
disease be broken up. I am inclined to think this cancer is generally caused by 
scrofula, or venereal taint in the blood, and is a judgment sent on an individual or 
his offspring for violation of virtue with the prostitute, where the seeds of disease 
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The Wolf Cancer is perhaps the worst of the different kinds of this class of ulcers. 
Prom its devouring quality, it has taken the name of wolf, after the ferocious animal 
bearing that title. Often when as small as a pea it begins to consume its victim. 

The wolf cancer is found on the nose, tongue, ears, around the eyes, on the 
larynx, womb, heart, liver, breast, in the stomach, and, in fact, may appear on any 
part of the body. It commences by eating away the flesh, and every thing it en- 
counters ; is cankered, and extremely painful. The afflicted person feels its devouring 
agony tormenting him like a hell upon earth. 

When this cancer appears, immediate steps should be taken to eradicate the 
deadly virus from the blood ; for the seeds of the cancer being in the blood, the 
jancerous disposition in the system can be removed only through that fluid. Never 
delay in this matter ; for in numerous cases delay enables the cancer to progress to 
such a stage that it can no longer be brought under control. "While I feel compe- 
tent to cure any case of cancer in its earlier stage, and have effected cures in cases 
quite advanced, I am pained to say, that many of these distressing sores are ren- 
dered incurablo by delay of the patient, and by improper treatment of physicians, 
; urgical operations performed upon them, &c. Never submit to these, as you value 
our life. If you do, I can assure you it will, in most cases, be at the peril of your 
dstence. 

The Black Scaly Cancer is known by its dark or black dandruff or scale, which 
covers it over as it spreads. This cancer itches and stings, and affects the nerves 
with a sensation like that made by a fly crawling over the skin. When large, it 
breaks out in a foul black ulcer or sore. It arises from a poison in the blood, and 
can be cured only by purifying that fluid. 

The Bleeding Cancer appears often in the form of a tumor. It is red, fiery and 
bleeding, and exceedingly painful and troublesome. They appear to be located by 
inflammations or bruises, while the blood is diseased or impure. 

I am of opinion that cancerous and poisonous humors of the blood, tending to 
produce the class of sores I have spoken of above, are quite frequently the effects of 
prostitution, which would be escaped if the pure and virtuous natural course of 
early marriage was more generally pursued. To this suggestion I would invite your 
particular attention, as being a matter of no small moment in the consideration of 
health and happiness to the human family. And as a species of proof of this 
opinion, I will mention that it has been noticed by physicians that the different 
sexual organs of both sexes are much more frequently attacked by cancer than any 
other parts of the system. This fact is not lightly to be regarded, as showing con- 
clusively a connection of some sort with the genital organs and this class of diseases. 

Glandular, scrofulous, fungus, and stool tumors ; moles, polypuses, and glandular 
swellings and cancers, appear in different shapes and forms. They are produced by 
bruises, obstructions, or poisons in the blood, scrofulous or venereal taint, suppressed 
menstruation, and other causes, directly ; but the investigations of the ablest physi- 
cians of every age have shown that the fluid of life, which is the blood, is, either 
directly or indirectly, the source and support of them all, appear how or where they 
may. Thus, though a cancer may seem to have arisen from a bruise, it will be found 
that it must receive its support from a diseased blood. Had the blood been pure, 
the effects of the bruise had been soon extinguished, and nothing but the bruise itself 
would have resulted ; but the blood being bad, its impurities determined at the bruised 
place, and developed themselves in the form of cancer, or other species of sore. 0' 

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the trabh of this theory there can be no reasonable donbt. Hippocrates, Galen, 
Crallius, Boerhave, Cullen, Lewis, Parr, Yonng, Adams, Hamilton, Hill, Parsons, 
Moseley, Bell, Monroe, and other eminent physicians, in every age since the first 
days of medicine, fully agree that derangement of and poisonous humors in the 
blood are the primary causes of all cancers and humors, and similar sores. 

As seen in this cut, the poisonous humors 
of the blood conglomerate their deadly virus 
upon the face in the form of cancer, inducing 
the most intense and indescribable pains, as 
it spreads and deepens, and eats out the 
life of nerve and muscle, and ever, the very 
bone beneath ; never yielding its grasp for 
one moment, until it brings its victim down 
to dust, unless it is speedily mastered and 
perfectly eradicated. 

Persons of both sexes are troubled with 
cancer, and in all stages of life ; but ladies 
either shortly before or after the periods 
Ho. 2*7. — Cancer on the Pace. when menstruation is commenced and sus- 
pended, appear to be peculiarly liable 
Marriage, and the production of offspring, generally operate to delay the appear- 
ance of cancer, if there be no venereal taint in the blood. 

Celibacy, as well as the cessation of the menses, conduces to the production ol 
cancers in women, and consequently elderly maiden ladies are more subject to 
them ; next are those mothers who have not suckled their children ; then follow 
women who are past child-bearing ; and the last are those women who have borne 
children and suckled them with their milk. 

The parts more generally affected by cancer are the breasts of females, the uterus, 
the testes, the glans penis, the tongue, the stomach, cheeks, lips, and angles of the 
eyes. A cancer of these parts is usually more dangerous than on other parts of the 
system. 

In a depraved state of the fluids, chiefly of the blood, as we see manifested often, 
every organ of the body may suffer from cancer, if there has been a bruise of the 
part or other local cause, to induce a determination of the poisonous portion of the 
fluids to that part. 

The progress of cancer is various : in some cases rapid, in others slow. In almost 
every stage, nature attempts relief, and granulations occasionally spring up, which 
give hopes of a cure. But unless nature be assisted by some means that will purify 
the blood of the matters that feed the sore, the hopes of the sufferer will be blasted ; 
for in ninety-nine of an hundred cases the cancer will continue to grow ; unless it be 
in those few instances where, the cancer being so situated that the entire of it can 
be cut out with the knife, or eat out with caustic, without producing death by 
the separation of blood vessels, a relief from the effects of that particular cancer 
may be obtained. But in these cases the virus which induced the cancer still re- 
mains in the blood, and on the very next occasion that offers it will seek another 
discharge in another sore. 

You will see, therefore, the necessity, in obtaining an effectual cure of cancers, and 
sores of similar character, of operating upon the blood and other fluids, and ox- 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 131 

pelling from them the morbid matter that has determined in a sore upon some part 
of the body, and which continues to feed it till the patient falls a victim to its de- 
vouring nature. To treat it as a matter entirely local will not answer ; since it has 
its foundation in the deranged state of the life of the system : and though in rare 
cases yo 1 may be able to expunge the cancer by an operation, without danger to the 
patient, the cause will still remain — the disease will not be cured. It will be 
exactly like driving the rheumatism from the foot into the hand — the foot may be 
relieved, but the rheumatic pain is still in the system. 

Tou will ask, then, is there no cure for cancer ? My answer will be— there is, 
in all cases where it is taken in season, and injurious treatment has not been expe- 
rienced. By purifying the blood by the use of the Cancer Eradicator, taken in con- 
nection with the Blood Renovator and the Anti-Bilious Pills, and using Castile Soap 
and water as a cleansing application, particularly if the cancer is ulcerated, many 
have succeeded in not only arresting these distressing ulcers, but have removed all 
disposition to further cancers from the system. 

Although the medicines spoken of above are the best general remedies in cases 
of cancers, it sometimes occurs that they do not produce the desired effect, by 
reason of the cancer having obtained so firm a hold, or from other reasons. In the 
event of failure of these, no time should be lost in procuring an examination and 
receiving personal treatment, with a regular course of medicine, with special attend- 
ance. 

ERYSIPELAS. 

This disease is of two kinds — the simple and the putrid — which are very different 
in their nature. Simple erysipelas usually affects the person with blotches or swell- 
ings, which have a stinging and smarting ache, usually appearing on the face and 
head. When this disease is determined to the brain it is generally fatal. 

Putrid erysipelas attacks any part of the system, giving a purple color to the 
flesh, with appearance of mortification to the part, which soon follows if the progress 
of the disease is not checked. It induces great pain in the part attacked. It is 
caused by a stagnation of an impure blood in the part affected, which almost in- 
stantly induces mortification and decomposition. 

For the putrid erysipelas, my German Ointment should be used, in connection 
with a little good brandy — the brandy to be taken internally and the ointment 
applied externally, upon the part affected. If brandy is not at hand, use hot ginger 
tea or " composition." These never fail to equalize the circulation, relieve the patient 
from pain, and effect a cure, if the disease be taken in season. 

For simple erysipelas, use the German Ointment and Blood Renovator. 



SALT RHEUM. 

This may be known from its producing a dry, rough, fevery, and cracked state of 
the skin. When rubbed or irritated in any manner it bleeds, and the skin becomes 
thick, coarse, and very dry. It may be known from these appearances, and from 
not containing any watery substance. This disease appears most generally on the 
hands, hollows of the arms and legs, on the neck, or back, or about the seat. 

The salt rheum, though usually thought difficult of cure, is easily eradicated by 
my medicines. I have cured cases where a pint of scales would be rubbed off from 



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the patient in a single night. It is very troublesome, and I need not urge thost 
afflicted with it to seek relief at the earliest moment. 



SCROFULA SORES 



Often appear very numerously upon the person, and over any part of the body. 
They are not usually very painful, except when about to suppurate. They dis- 
charge a great deal of white mucus or watery matter, which is quite offensive. 
The glands are white, clean and hard before the matter is discharged. 

These scrofulous sores arise from impurities of the blood. The blood may be com- 
pared to the water used for the supply of a city, which is carried from one great 
reservoir through innumerable tubes to every part of the place, and the waste 
water by means of tubes is carried finally to the ocean, where it is purified, evapo- 
rated and again received into the river by means of rain. The heart is the great 
reservoir, the aorta the main tube leading from the heart. Branches from the 
aorta spread through every part of the body, constantly growing smaller, '.antil they 
are so fine that the finest needle cannot be introduced into the flesh without 
wounding some of them. If the blood is pure, and no injury affects the circulating 
organs, all flows merrily as a marriage bell ; but if the blood is impure, the lungs 
themselves lose their tone ; and even if permitted to expand freely, have not power 
fully to change in inspiration the impure quality of the blood. This dark, sluggish 
fluid also passes to the skin, the health and beauty of which require well-purified 
blood. This not existing, the surface becomes covered with pimples and blotches, 
and the individual suffers from humors, as they are called. This impure blood is 

sent to the brain. If this important organ 
be stimulated by impure blood, the nervous 
headache, bilious headache, and all kinds of 
aches, confusion of ideas, loss of memory, 
impaired intellect, dimness of vision, and 
dullness of hearing, will be experienced. 
Often, in process of time, the brain becomes 
disorganized, and the brittle thread of life is 
broken, or at all events ends in scrofula, 
as the annexed cut illustrates. 

Persons troubled in this manner, if not 
being under personal treatment, should use 
the Blood Renovator and Anti-bilious Pills 
internally, and cleanse the sores with Cas- 
tile Soap and water once or twice a day, 
after which apply my German Ointment — 
keeping it well bathed on till the sores 
heal. 

Reason harmonizes with the voice of 
Physiology on this subject, and both pro- 
claim the dreadful and alarming effects upon 
life and health caused by impurities in the 
blood. Shall we not heed their warning 
voice ? 




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No. 29. — The Swelled Leg. 



It is impossible for mankind to feel too deeply in view of these impending 
evils, from which nearly all are more or less affected. 

Many, as illustrated by the foregoing, where the blood has become extensively 
charged with poisonous humors, break out all over with sores and running ulcers, 
ruining the health, destroying their beauty, and making them objects of pity and 
loathing to their friends and their fellow-mem Unless such obtain speedy relief, 
death must inevitably terminate their sufferings. 

In other cases, these poisonous 
humors, as seen in this cut, take 
a downward turn, polluting and 
deranging all the internal organs 
which lie in their course, and 
finally settle in one of the legs, 
causing it to swell enormously, 
and to break out in painful sores. 

Many, very many, elderly men, 
who have been in the habit of 
using ardent spirits freely, are 
thus afflicted ; and, still, not a few 
of them are wholly insensible to 
the cause of their trouble, and 
drink on, unconscious that they 
have brought this evil upon 
themselves. 

They apply to the doctor for remedies, and wonder that they experience no relief; 
but unless they will cease to drink, while they attempt to purify their blood, their 
case is hopeless. 

Swollen and ulcerated legs are by 
no means invariably the result of the 
poisonous influence of ardent spirits. 
They may, and frequently do, proceed 
from other and more innocent causes; 
but always from a diseased state of the 
blood. 

For the swelled leg the same treat- 
ment should be used as prescribed for 
the " Scrofulous all over." 

Again, as seen in this cut, these 
poisonous impurities, by destroying 
the strength of all the bands and 
props that bind and sustain the seve- 
ral parts in their proper places, and 
concentrating their power upon the 
vertebral column, induce — especially 
in young children, whose bones and 
muscles are tender — spinal weakness 
and deformities, of the most painful 
lescription. 




No. 30. — Crooked Boy. 



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Such examples are not rare, and many have fallen under our own observa- 
tion and medical treatment. Among others, we would mention the case of a 
little boy, in Willimantic, Ct., who had been so affected with scrofula and spinal 
affection, that for three years he had been unable to walk, and had become badly 
deformed. 

In less than three months from the time he 
was placed under our care, we had the plea- 
sure of curing up the little fellow, so that his 
deformity is all removed, and he can now run 
and caper as well as any child. 

This cut, compared with the preceding one, 
which represents him as he was when 
I was first called to visit him, is a fair and 
truthful illustration of his present appear- 
ance. 

For the cure of spinal curvature, as illus- 
trated here, use the Blood Renovator, German 
Ointment, Anti-Bilious Pills, and a well-ad- 
justed Shoulder-brace. 

In the following cut, these baneful and 
poisonous humors conglomerate upon the 
throat, inducing much enlargement of the 
lower part, and subjecting the unfortunate in- 
No. 31.— Straightened Boy. dividual to great inconvenience and mortifica- 
tion. Such humors can easily be removed by proper remedies applied in season. 
They are more inconvenient than dangerous. 

Sometimes these humors produce what is 
known as goitre, or Derbyshire neck, a tumor 
or enlargement which commences upon the 
outside of the bronchia (windpipe) and be- 
tween it and the skin, and gradually increases 
both outward and laterally until it fills the en- 
tire space between the chin and the top of the 
breast-bone, and spreads around the neck from 
one ear to the other, and frequently protrudes 
out some distance beyond the chin, producing 
most awful deformity, and very greatly im- 
peding respiration and the powers of deglu- 
tition, besides which, from its great pressure 
on the blood-vessels running to and from the 
head, there is a constant liability to an en- 
gorgement of blood in the brain, and of apo- 
plexy, paralysis, epilepsy, &c. When goitre 
once makes its appearance, it never goes away spontaneously, but if not cured, con- 
tinues increasing in size as long as the person lives. 

Goitres are often twice the size that persons not familiar with them would suppose 
from their external appearance, as they run under and are firmly bound down by 
the muscles on each side of the neck, so that they become imbedded in the cellular 




No. 32. — Tumor on the Neck. 



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No. 



33. — Goitre 

Neck. 



ON THE 



suostance underneath, while the sides of the neck retain to a considerable extent 
their round and even appearance, whereby the real magnitude of the tumor is not 
apparent. 

For tumors and goitres, use the Blood Renovator and Anti-Bilious Pills internally, 
and the German Ointment externally. 
The usual appearance of goitre may be seen in the figure below. 
King's Evil is that form of scrofula which chiefly 
makes its attacks upon the glands in the neck\ behind 
the ears and under the chin. It consists at first of 
hard, indolent tumors, which after a time suppurate 
and degenerate into ulcers, from which instead of 
pus, a white curdled matter, somewhat resembling 
the coagulum of milk, is discharged. In ancient 
times, when the world was shrouded in mental dark- 
ness and superstition universally prevailed, and the 
"Divine right of kings" was acknowledged, it was 
believed that only by laying on the hands of royalty 
could this disease be removed ; and hence the name 
"King's Evil." 

The practice of submitting patients afflicted with 
king's evil to the royal touch, was very common in 
England. From a register kept in the royal chapel, 
it is shown that Charles II. touched 92,10*7 cases, 
with the most satisfactory and successful results. 

The glandular system appears to be almost entirely the seat of the disease ; and in 
nearly every instauce it is located in the conglobate glands of the neck. The 
disease generally makes its appearance between the third and seventh year of the 
child's age, but it may arise at any period of life. 

This cut gives a representation of a case of king's 
evil cured by the use of my Blood Renovator, Anti- 
Bilious Pills and German Ointment. 

For the king's evil, use the Blood Renovator and 
Anti-Bilious Pills ; wash the sore with water and Cas- 
tile soap two or three times a-day, and apply the Ger- 
man Ointment. 

In other instances, the impurities of the blood pro- 
duce that common disease known as spinal curvature. 
Locating in the spine of the back, they weaken and 
destroy the vigor of that part of the system, so that it 
curves about in different directions, distorting the whole 
and rendering the patient unfit for any duty of life. 
The variety in the form of these curvatures is almost as 
great as the number of cases themselves. 

The following cut is a representation of a spinal curvature of a daughter of Mi 
Luman A. Atkins, of Meriden, Ct., which I had the pleasure of curing. 

The accompanying cuts have been introduced as illustrations of tho terrible effects 
of all poisonous humors in the blood. They show a few of the many thousand ways 
and forms by which these poisonous humors afflict and injure the children of men. 




No. 



34 — Case op King's 
Evil. 



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They are also designed to speak with trum 
pet- voice to all who are, in any degree or fornij 
afflicted with the scrofula, erysipelas, ulcers, 01 
any cutaneous eruption whatever, not to neglect 
to give their immediate attention to purifying 
and cleansing their blood; otherwise, though 
they may apply ever so many external remedies, 
they can never be healed. 

Revelation first announced to the world that 
the life-giving principle of the flesh is in the 
blood, in the rebuke which God gave to Cain 
for the murder of his brother Abel. " And the 
Lord said unto Cain, what hast thou done ? the 
voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me 
from the ground, which hath opened her 
mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy 
hand." 

Here the death of Abel is ascribed to the 
shedding of his blood; but if the life-giving 
principle had not been in his blood, the shed- 
ding of his blood could not have caused the 
destruction of his life. But this great truth 
does not rest on mere inferential authority. 
We have the most explicit and unequivocal 
scriptural declarations that "the life of the flesh is in the blood" and u ts the 
Mood." 

God, by the mouth of Moses, thus speaks to the children of Israel : " For the 
life of the flesh is in the blood : it is the life of all flesh ; the blood is for the life there- 
of: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no man- 
ner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is in the blood thereof" 

Reader, if you wish the blooming goddess of health to inhabit your frame, apply 
at once to one who has studied in the great volume of nature, and who, by the aid 
of science and investigation, has prepared from the vast store-houses 01 the vegetable 
kingdom, upon a basis as fixed and eternal as the everlasting hills, the medicines 
which will purify your blood, improve your appearance, and strengthen your con- 
stitution, so that the delights of happiness and long life shall be before you, and in- 
vite you to the gaieties and pleasures of the world. 

In case of spinal curvature, use the Blood Renovator and Anti-Bilious Pills ; apply 
the German Ointment, and use a well-adjusted Shoulder-brace. 




No. 35. — Spinal Curvature. 



ST. ANTHONY'S FIRE 



Differs from real scrofula in being more irritable and fiery. It is very painful, 
and accompanied with swelling. 

It appears in various parts of the body, more especially about the ears, eyes and 
extremities, and a lacks persons of gross habits. It p* oceeds from morb ; <3 or acric 
secretions retained in the system. 



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la this disease there is constitutional disturbance, more or less fever, and the 
secretions disordered. There is a shining redness and swelling of the parts affected, 
accompanied with very distressing irritation ; the inflamed parts have acute pair. 
on pressure. Frequently serous or watery effusion takes place from the inflamed 
surface, elevating the skin into vesicles like those produced by blisters. Ulceration 
sometimes follows, and becomes very distressing; red, deep-seated ulcers being 
formed, particularly on the legs. 

This disease, though much dreaded, I have found not difficult of cure. Generally 
my circulating medicines will not only heal up the sores but eradicate the evil from 
the system, so that the patient will not be again troubled ; but where these fail, a 
full and thorough course of medicine, according to directions, will restore the suf- 
ferer to health. 



THE MERCURIAL SORE OR HUMOR 



Is a very fiery, red pimple, or spot, similar to the salt rheum, while on t> > skin. 
But if much mercury has been taken into the system, pain is felt in the bones be- 
fore storms. Often it settles in some bone and 
entirely consumes it. It always causes great diffi- 
culties with the teeth and gums. 



SCALD HEAD 

Is a species of venery, sometimes transmitted 
to the child, at others inoculated by the use of 
combs and brushes that have been used by per- 
sons troubled with the disease. Itch, when pro- 
tracted, more nearly resembles scald head than does 
any other complaint. 

Never comb the head of your child with a comb 
used by other persons, and see that the nurse 
does not do it. In fact, no comb or brush should 
be used but by one person, and then should be 
occasionally washed. 




No. 36 Case op Scald Head. 



ITCH 



Is of two kinds — the simple and secondary, the last often bearing the name 
of scrofdia. The simple itch consists of a number of little fiery pimples, usually 
first appearing between the fingers. "When squeezed, the pimples discharge a clear, 
watery secretion. When the disease is not checked it appears in the same form 
over the whole body, running together in larger bodies or blisters, and is attended 
with great irritation and itching. 

The Egyptian, or Seven Year Itch, afflicts the fingers and thickens and destroys 
the life of the nails, both on the fingers and toes. Itch of either kind, when 
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in large blisters on every part of the body, subject to irritation. When pressed^ 
the blister ejects a white, watery matter. A dry, white scab is sometimes found 
over it. Itch is often a cause of lung consumption. Also, it causes the neck, ears, 
and various parts of the head to become very raw and sore, and is sometimes at- 
tended with a loss of the hair, the same as the scald head. 



BARBER'S ITCH 

Is a species of venereal humor, contracted by the use of combs, brushes and 
shaving utensils that have been employed about other persons, who have left upon 
them the infectious virus to be inocculated by touch, or taken up by the absorbents 
of the skin. It is exceedingly troublesome and painful, especially where there is a 
thick, harsh beard. 

The same humor or poison will destroy the lids of the eyes and the muscles of 
the nose, when very powerful 

For the common itch, Egyptian and barber's itch, and scald head, use the Blood 
Renovator and Anti-Bilious Pills internally ; wash with Castile soap two or three 
times a day, and then use the German Ointment. For the barber's itch, the beard 
must be soaked soft and kept shaved as close as possible. 



SYPHILITIC HUMOR OR LUES VENEREA. 

This disease was first made distinct mention of in 1494, at Naples. Dr. Cullen 
gave it the name of syphilis. Hock de Brakenaw, Cataneus, De Yigo, Pinto, (a 
Spanish physician,) and others, agree in 1494 being the first known time of its ap- 
pearance. 

The disease was contracted by the prostitution carried on among the soldiery, 
and was carried into Spain, Italy, France and England, thence by emigration to 
America, and finally spread a horrible distemper over the face of the whole world, 
contaminating the purest blood, entering alike the hovel of the peasant «nd the 
palace of the prince. Of its origin in prostitution there can be but little doubt ; 
and it is through this channel that it continues still to affect the human race. 

This curse of prostitution should find its end — it should be stopped, especially in 
those countries boasting of refinement in civilization. Marriage should be insti- 
tuted at an earlier age than is now common, as a salutary measure to check the 
flood of prostitution. If there be no other way to stop the progress of this foul 
practice, a heavy fine and imprisonment should be levied on all who communicate 
the venereal disease, or who persist in leading the life of the harlot while in a dis- 
eased state. That prostitution and the diseases growing from it are the cause, 
either directly or indirectly, of a very large amount of the mortality of almost all 
countries, is my candid opinion, derived from observation and treatment of various 
complaints by which both- sexes are affected. It rapidly spreads degeneration, con- 
sumption, and other evils, and sows the seeds of decay and death in the systems of 
millions. 

Prostitution is morally, physically, intellectually and religiously wrong — wrong 
ji every way. When the diseased — those afflicted with the worst of all God'a 
plagues — are suffered to carry on their loathsome trade and propagate dibtemper 



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without rtgard to law or justice, wherein is the safety of the purest of mortals from 
hereditary disease? — where security for the child unborn? — where peace to the 
families of a land ? It is a shame to us that we sneer at the ignorance of passion, 
and blush to warn our children of the death that awaits them at the threshold of 
prostitution. 

In New York and vicinity there are to-day 50,000 prostitutes, who carry on their 
business under the eyes of our legislators and officers of justice — the wives, daugh 
ters, sisters and widows of the most respectable people, of correct and religious 
habits. More than 200,000 courtezans are now sowing the seeds of venereal dis- 
eases in almost every place of size in the United States 1 Throughout the world 
there are 2,000,000 prostitutes scattering the deadly poisons of their trade. 

As a physician, ardently desiring the health and happiness of the present and 
coming generations, I would seriously ask, if the propagation of venereal diseases 
should not be made punishable by fines and imprisonments, as a means to save the 
virtue and the purity of the people, and check the inducing of consumption and 
death ? Unless this be done, we may doubt if it will ever be suppressed. 

Prostitution is by no means necessary to a gratification of the natural passions ; 
fbr God has appointed a wonderful equality of the sexes, and instituted the 
divine law of marriage, so that each and every person may have his or her partner 
in love, and live in purity and virtue, and the diseases of venery never be con- 
tracted. And the health of all, the world over, depends in no small degree upon 
obedience to and conformity with the requirements of this institution. 

As a warning to those young ladies who would trust themselves in the thorny 
paths of prostitution, where all the virtuous feelings of the woman are swallowed 
up in debauchery and lust, where there is no real love or friendship, where the 
most dreadful diseases await their every step, and perdition of soul is their certain 
reward, let me speak to you of the sudden and untimely death that comes to 
ninety and nine of the hundred who launch themselves upon this troubled sea. By 
the most carefully prepared statistics of the abandoned women in large cities, it has 
been shown that the average of life among courtezans after embracing that business 
is only about six years. Six years of a most miserable existence — a foretaste of 
the horrors of hell — and the diseased body finds its way in a rough board coffin to 
some Potter's Field, and the polluted soul its reward in the punishments laid up for 
those who disobey the laws of Nature and of Nature's G-od. 

In a work intended for general family use, I cannot give full descriptions of 
syphilis and other venereal diseases. I speak of them to warn you against their 
deadly poisons, and to keep you from the fatal consequences that attend their pre- 
sence in the human system. 



PIMPLES OF YOUTH. 

These are caused by the pores of the body becoming stopped up, whereby the 
natural waste or decomposition is prevented from passing off ; and, being retained 
under the skin, it breaks out often in the form of pimples, either having a white 
mattery secretion, or presenting a hard, knotty texture without any secreted matter. 



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STYES AND COLD SORES, 

Either on the lips or eyelids, also arise from a suppression of the natural deeonv 
j>osition, which induces blisters or festers. Biles, carbuncles, and other excrescences 
of like character, arise from impurities of the blood, caused by some obstruction to 
the outlets of the waste matter of the body. 

In all cases of humors, the blood is the only thing that will need to be purified. 
For that purpose, the Blood Renovator and the Anti-Bilious Pills used internally, 
and the German Ointment applied externally, are superior medicines, and effect a 
speedy cure. Also they will be found efficacious in most of the diseases mentioned 
fust previous to this. 



LEPROSY. 

This disease is of two kinds — the white and red. The white leprosy is a foul cu- 
taneous disease, appearing in dry, white, thin scurvy or scabs, attended with vio- 
lent itching. The white patch is of the color of milk, and spreads all over the 
face, hands or body, turning both skin and hair the same color. 

Red Leprosy gives a reddish, shiny patch or elevation. A thin, white scale is 
formed on it, which quickly flattens, while the base enlarges. The separate patches 
preserve their round and red appearance, with a wrinkled state of the skin. 
When the scales drop off, they are renewed again. This disease is very trouble- 
some, especially at night, when in bed. I have cured persons of the red leprosy 
who have frequently taken a pint of scales from the sheets after a night's torture. 

Leprous humors very frequently terminate in consumption, — the humor locating 
on the lungs, liver, or other vital organs. 

Leprosy is a chronical disease ; in warm climates infectious, but not evidently so 
in cold countries ; though its infectious nature was formerly suspected, and the un- 
happy victims separated in distinct establishments from the rest of mankind. It does 
not seem to affect the general health of the person. 

Without assistance nature will not give a relief in this disease. The signs of 
amendment in it are the diminution of the ridge around the patch, and the scales not 
reproduced when rubbed off. 

We find often mention made in the Scriptures of the disease of leprosy, and it ap- 
pears to have been regarded among the Jews with a peculiar horror. They consi- 
dered it incurable ; and it has been generally so regarded in the East, where it now 
exists in much more numerous instances than with us. The Mosaic law gave no di- 
rection for the cure of this disease, but only to prevent its spread ; and to this end 
lepers were obliged to wear a peculiar dress, and dwell apart from those not trou- 
bled with the distemper. The same custom prevails with regard to this disease at 
the present day in many of the northern countries of Africa, where it is very preva- 
lent. 

The leprosy was formerly quite prevalent in many northern countries, as the nu- 
merous hospitals for lepers in Europe attests. But at the present day it appears 
only in rare cases, and does not seem to assume that horrible and fatal form which 
formerly accompanied it 



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Of the nature of this disorder, as it has sometimes appeared, we may gain an idea 
from the account given of it by Peysonnel, who was sent in 1756 to the island of 
Guadaloupe, (where it then prevailed,) by the French government, to investigate the 
complaint 

"The commencement of the leprosy," he says, "is imperceptible. It increases 
imperceptibly, and continues for some years to be more and more manifest. The 
spots, at first small, become larger, and spread indiscriminately over the whole body; 
when the disease increases, the upper part of the nose swells, the nostrils distend, 
and the nose itself becomes soft. Swellings appear on the jaw bones, the eyebrows 
are elevated, the ears grow thick, the ends of the fingers, as well as the feet and toes, 
swell ; the nails grow scaly; the joints on the hands and feet separate and die off; 
on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet there are deep, dry ulcers, which ra- 
pidly increase, and then vanish again. In short, when the disease reaches its last 
stage, the patient becomes horrible, and falls to pieces. 

u All these circumstances come on very slowly, for many years are often required 
before they all occur ; the patient has no severe pain, but he feels a kind of numbness 
in his hands and feet. These persons are not hindered, during the time, in any of 
the functions of nature ; they eat and drink as usual, and even when some of their 
fingers and toes die off, the loss of the member is the only consequence, for the 
wound heals of itself, without attention or medicine. But when people reach this 
last period of the disease, they are horribly disfigured, and most worthy of pity." 



RING WORM 

Is an eruption on the skin in small vesicles, with a reddish base, and forming 
rings, whose area is red and scaly. The disease is a species of leprosy. The prog- 
nostic of death, from its surrounding the body, is false, the malignity of the disease 
affording the only ground of fear. 

Individuals at all ages are afflicted with ring worm ; but there is a chronic kind 
peculiar to old people, troublesome from the itching it excites, and sometimes dan- 
gerous. But it can be readily cured by the German Ointment, Anti-Bilious Pills, and 
Blood Renovator, used according to directions. 



MILK LEG 

Is a disease peculiar to mothers, and often appears after confinement, taking cold, 
suppression of the milk, or local discharges. The whole system is sometimes affected, 
there being a derangement of the blood and secretions. The limbs, one or both, 
swell, appear glassy, and are very painful ; are stiff, heavy, and irritated by motion ; 
are tender, have inflammation, and break out in deep, foul ulcerations. 

Milk sickness is usually preceded by chill and fever. The milk leg is difficult to 
cure in fleshy ladies, although perfectly curable when rightly treated. The Anti- 
Bilious Pills, Blood Renovator, and German Ointment, in almost every case effect a 
cure. "While being used^a wrapper of oil silk should be put about the limb at the 
sore, and it should be frequently washed with Castile soap and water. 



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FEYER SORE 

Is a false name given to a sore that affects the limbs or other parts of the body, — 
thus called to hide the evils of mercury, which has settled in the affected part after 
a severe dosing with this mineral poison in some previous fever. Persons having 
had a run of fever, they are filled with mercury, and a fever sore attacks the bone, 
and causes it to become spongy and soft like the honeycomb. To effect a cure ol 
this, we must rid the system of mercury by the use of blood-renovating medicines, 
in connection with external applications and cleanliness. Use the Blood Renovator, 
Anti-Bilious Pills, and German Ointment, and cleanse with Castile soap and water, 
which usually effect a speedy cure, giving great ease, and comfort, and sleep. 



SYPHILITIC SORES 

Are caused by a secondary venereal poison in the blood. The disease, although 
driven from the genital organs, is left in the blood, and breaks out in the most loath- 
some and disagreeable sores, on the limbs, feet, nose, larynx, and other parts. 

Syphilitic humors are communicated from the blood to wives and children, thus 
making innocence and purity their victims, and contaminating the whole race of a 
family. It is a disease of prostitution, and is most generally contracted by the hus- 
band in his deviations from virtue, and by him transmitted to the wife, and handed 
down to future generations as a curse for the violation of virtue. The humor is often 
taken by a wife, if her husband has been imprudent ; and though he may escape 
the foul sores of the disease, they will attack the woman with violence, the same as 
if originally contracted by her. 

Diseases of this nature are very frequent among the prostitutes, and among the 
men who visit them, and are communicated from one sex to the other in about 
equal ratio ; but when they appear in married persons, they are most generally in- 
troduced by the male, allured from the paths of virtue by the harlot. 

The Blood Renovator, Anti-Bilious Pills, and German Ointment, used according to 
directions, will give great ease in cases of secondary syphilitic sores, and sometimes 
entirely cure them. But there are many cases where a thorough course of medicine 
must be given to entirely eradicate the poison from the blood and system. There 
are thousands of both sexes dying annually of syphilitic consumption of the vital 
organs, who should have had particular treatment. 

I claim no particular skill in the treatment of syphilitic diseases, nor want the 
credit of prescribing for them ; but I am often compelled to prescribe medicines to 
eradicate the poison in the secondary form from the system, before consumption can 
be cured. If I did not do this, the patient would soon find an untimely grave. I 
have found that syphilitic quack doctors, in nine cases out of ten, give remedies 
which send the disease into the blood, while they pretend to have effected a cure. 
In this condition, the physician who prescribes for consumption has a double task 
before him. The quack medicines of the ignorant pretender having driven the poi- 
Bonous virus into the blood, the man of skill, (who is generally resorted to only in 
the last stage,) finds that the lungs, liver, heart, throat, nose, or kidneys, have be- 
come affected with ulcers, and he is obliged to first eradicate the poison from the 
system, and then cure the consumption. 



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I do not desire the treatment of these cases ; but for the benefit of those inno- 
cent persons who have been afflicted by the sins of others, I would say that I 
have never known of a case of these complaints that I could not cure while it 
remained in the curable stage, either when affecting the genital organs, or having 
developed itself through the blood in consumption of other organs ; and cure it, not 
for the time being only, but eradicate every vestige of the poison from the system. 
I have never failed in detecting the presence of syphilitic humors in the blood, 
when they have existed ; and this is one reason why I have had such remark- 
able success in the cure of consumption and other diseases having their origin in 
this source. In truth, I have cured many cases of consumption induced by syph- 
ilitic poisons, without informing the patients that I was acquainted with the ori- 
gin of the disease, and sometimes when they did not themselves suspect its true 
source. 



FROST BURNS, 

Os frosted sore feet or hands, however painful, may be cured by bathing the Gei 
man Ointment on them before a fire, and letting it thoroughly strike in. I have 
used this remedy with unvarying success. 




WHITE SWELLING-, 

Or calculous humors, which may 
appear upon any part of the system, 
but most generally attack the joints, 
are caused by sprains, sedentary hab- 
its, or diseased blood. Gouty joints 
are more or less subject to obstinate 
white swellings. I have cured a great 
many cases of gout and white swelling 
of the joints and limbs. 

White swellings are exceedingly 
painful. The skin about them is white, 
the joint swells, a white, watery fluid 
gathers at the place, the limb wastes 
*way, the cords contract, a sore breaks out, and the sufferer, but a little while be- 
fore active and strong, is transformed into a helpless cripple. Often hectic lever is 
induced ; the patient becomes thin and pale, and debility and consumption end his 
career. 

The white swelling is perfectly curable. No person need die from its effects, un- 
less he fall into the hands of an unskillful physician. The thorough cleansing of 
the blood, with the proper external applications, will produce a cure. The German 
Ointment, Blood Renovator and Anti-Bilious Pills are usually all that is needed. 
They rarely fail of effecting a cure. Should they not eradicate the sore, call on me, 
and I will give you special medicines to produce a cure. 



No. 3?. — White Swelling. 



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ONANISM OR MASTURBATION. 

Self-pollution is known and treated of under various appellations — Onanism 
Masturbation, Solitary Vice, etc. It is the practice of having resort to artificial 
means of friction to induce a discharge of the semen or seed, and is indulged in by 
countless thousands of both sexes. 

The semen cannot be emitted, from either sex, except by artificial friction of the 
procreative organs, a concentration of the mind upon subjects of an amatory char- 
acter, (as is often the case in dreams,) or by animal magnetic heat through the con- 
nection of the sexes. Sexual intercourse, then, is magnetic, and produces an elec- 
tric emission. When the semen, with the animal electricity it contains, is thrown 
off, the passion of the genital organs is appeased, and the male organ loses its elec- 
tricity, and its erection subsides ; the same as the feathers of a quill which have 
been charged with electricity, will fall down when the electricty is removed from 
-em. 
.*od has wisely ordained, for the propagation of the human species, the power of 
cohabitation of the sexes ; that nothing but sexual intercourse in the good old way 
should be productive of offspring ; and the emissions of the secretion for the propa- 
gation of the race by any other than the natural means, should be attended with 
the punishments of ill-health, unhappiness, and short life. The covenant of the 
Lord with Abraham, enjoining the circumcision of all the males (which is to cut 
off the foreskin of the penis,) was made in part at least to prevent the evil of mas- 
,tion and induce marriage, whereby sexual bliss might be better enjoyed. [See 
amcision.] God knew, as does man, that masturbation detracts from theen- 
aent of nuptial life, and tends to lessen the love for the other sex in the holy 

2 of wedlock. Gen. xvii. 9 to 12. — " And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt 
p my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations 

3 is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed aftei 
e ; every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circum- 
. the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me 

and you." 

The institution of circumcision was not merely for a token that the Jews were 
the children of the Lord in heart, and to mark the chosen people of God, but was 
intended to prevent the evil of masturbation, out of which flowed the grievous 
causes of disease, short life and hereditary defects of offspring ; and to have the 
species perpetuated in health, strength, and activity — bodily and mentally. To cut 
the foreskin from the penis prevented artificial friction and emission of the semen 
unnaturally ; consequently, the Jews circumcised the males, sought early marriage, 
gratified the sexual passion after the manner prescribed by nature, produced off- 
spring, and raised up children strong and healthy — an honor to God in mind and 
body. 

God has declared children to be his heritage and the fruit of the womb his re- 
ward. Psalm exxvii. 3. God cursed and slew Onan, for spilling his seed upon 
the ground. Gen. xxxviii. 9, 10. God knew, and so do masturbating men and 
girls, that the desire for marriage is greatly lessened, even to utter abhorrence, bv 
the evil practice of masturbation. But not so with the male or female unpolluted 
by this secret vice 



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The sexes are to each other as magnets, whose greatest happiness is comparative 
misery, "until joined in sexual love. A woman can never be satisfied with a man 
who has no electric semen pass to electrify her ; nor can a man be satisfied, either 
by masturbation or with the other sex, unless he has an electric emission of the 
semen. 

God has wisely instituted a practice of circumcision, which, if carried out at this 
day, as in scripture times of old, would forever banish the curse of masturbation ; 
and I have no hesitation in saying that masturbation can never be suppressed, ex- 
cept by early marriage or circumcision of the male children. God disowns the 
masturbator as his own image, evidently, by the destruction of his health, intel- 
lect, and powers of both body and mind. As God marked Cain for disobedience, 
so has he marked the masturbator, male and female. The female masturbator is 
branded by scripture as a harlot, because she loseth her virginity, substituting arti- 
ficial for sexual gratification, doubtless to avoid the sorrows of child-birth, which is 
her punishment for partaking of the forbidden fruit. Gen. iil 16. 

God slew Onan because of his spilling his seed upon the ground ; he yielded no 
seed to God; and for the same reason the harlot was burned to death — she yield- 
ing no fruit from the womb, which equally displeased the Lord ; for the fruit of the 
womb is the Lord's reward. If man and woman disobey the laws of God and bear 
no fruit, He causes them to be hewn down like the barren fig-tree. — Matt. vii. 19 ; 
Luke hi. 9. 

The practice of masturbation is a violation of the laws of nature, in the face of 
common sense and reason ; it is a sin against body and mind ; and is punished by 
severe afflictions — general debility, dyspepsia, loss of appetite, leucorrhcea, falling o* 
the womb, insanity, idiocy, consumption, and finally death, and that, too, of the 
most awful kind. Early marriage is the great preventive for this sin — it is the 
healing balm ; as has been admitted by the most eminent physicians of every age 
of the world. 

The sexual passion is holy ; it was ordained of; and established by God, for the 
happiness of man and perpetuation of the species created in His image. It is a 
rich blessing — a noble gift of power to man to propagate the image of himself and 
his Maker, bestowed by the wise Creator and Father of all ; and while God has in- 
stituted the natural means of its rational gratification by creating an equality of 
numbers of males and females, it should not be abused by either sex, either by art- 
ificially procured emissions, or by futile attempts to utterly suppress its workings. 
To marry, multiply and replenish the earth, was the command of God ; and how 
but by the right gratification of the sexual appetite can this command be obeyed ? 

A great cause of self-abuse lies in the delaying of marriage. In nine of ten 
cases, the parents are more to blame in this matter than the son or daughter. By 
being kept in celibacy by persuasion or force, the young man or woman is induced 
by the strength of passion to give up to self-pollution, and thus is sown the seeds of 
death in the system. The doctrine that the sexual passion, heated, raging and ex- 
citing as it often is, can be suppressed and kept under by education, is false and per- 
nicious : unless that education is to furnish the desire through the medium of marriage. 
If amativeness is not gratified in the right and natural way, it will, in nine of every 
ten individuals, find vent through the channel of self-pollution. 

To put off marriage and then attempt to control amativeness, in either man or 
woman, from the age of 15 to 25 — through ten years of life when the genital or- 
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gans are more a3tive and more easily excited than at any other time, while love is 
pure and sensibility strong, while the mind is inexperienced, and prostitutes and 
self-pollution open doors for the raging of passion to escape through, is worse than 
folly or madness. Tell the hurricane to suppress its wrath before its fury is ap- 
peased ! Say to the thunderbolt to cease while the cloud is yet filled with electrici- 
ty ! Tell hunger to be quenched without food, and drought without water ! Ai 
well expect that they will obey you, as that the passion of amativeness will be si 
lent while unappeased and constantly provoked to activity. God instructed tha\ 
the lightning should be. attracted by some magnet ; why not seek to punish it when 
the tree is blasted by its touch ? He intended that the hungry man should partake 
of food ; why not punish him for eating when he has been starving ? .A«nd if not 
so, then why, when God has created in men and women a desire for each other, 
be surprised that, where marriage is delayed, there are rapes, prostitution, stolen 
intercourse of the young, and masturbation ? In the lightning seeking a magnet, 
in the hungry man desiring food, and the thirsty water, we see a beautiful law of 
nature illustrated. Each principle in nature seeks its own magnet. In the amative 
passion seeking gratification in sexual connection we behold a beautiful illustration 
of this law ; and were not obstacles to this presented, prostitution and masturbation 
would be annihilated. These monster evils have their foundation in the obstacles 
which the customs of society lay in the way of the natural and right gratification 
of amativeness through the divine institution of marriage. I would appeal to the 
candor and good sense of all, and ask, if the passions of men and women, created 
by God, are raging to madness, whether it would not be wise and well that mar- 
riage at an early age should be inculcated and practiced ? 

The evils of masturbation are manifold to both sexes. Its practice exhausts the 
activity of the body, enfeebles the whole system, deteriorates the power of the geni- 
tal organs, impairs the digestion and circulation, deranges the brain and nervous 
system, engenders in the mind depravity of various kinds, prevents offspring in 
some cases, and makes them feeble and infirm in others ; it lessens the woman in the 
esteem of the man, and the man in the esteem of the woman. It is death, morally 
and physically. 

The practice of masturbation is clung to with tenacity by many, because of the 
evanescent and fleeting animal pleasure derived therefrom. These should not forget 
the truthfulness of the sentence, " There is a couch which invites to repose, but to 
slumber upon it is death" The misguided victim of his own folly may experience 
in the act of masturbation a sensation of gratification entirely and solely animal, 
and may, therefore, continue the practice ; but I will warn him that his road of 
pleasure is the road of insanity, disease and death ; and if he flee not the enticing 
path, the vengeance of retribution will be upon his head. 

Masturbation, as a fruitful cause of insanity, deserves especial attention. Out of 
816 cases of insanity in the New York State Lunatic Asylum, at Utica, there were 
10*1 masturbators ! ! This fact may seem startling ; but it is nevertheless true that 
the reports of other lunatic asylums show about the same per centage of mastur- 
bators, brought to insanity by indulgence in this habit. 

This practice is often freely confessed and vigorously resisted. Id the male sex 
the habit is not difficult of detection by the appearance ; in the female it is more 
successfully concealed. The shy, timid, downcast countenance, combined with ? 
debilitated physique, with relaxed tissues, and varicose veins, arouses suspicions ol 



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masturbation. In some females the effect is the development of the cellular 
and adipose tissues, and gay, voluptuous manners ; in others debility and ema- 
ciation. 

It is often the case that parents and friends do not suspect the habit of mastur- 
bation to exist, and attribute the debility or insanity to some other cause. Fre- 
quently it is believed that religious anxiety has produced insanity, when the cause 
was self-pollution, because the first evidence of derangement noticed was an ex- 
traordinary anxiety about salvation, inordinate fear of future punishment, much read- 
ing of the Bible, relating " experiences," and going to great lengths in religious meet- 
ings, and such like acts. But careful watching of such persons almost invariably 
proves them to have been masturbators for years ; and this was the cause of the 
phenomena presented in them of " religious anxiety." The system and the mind 
being debilitated by self-pollution, are unable to bear up under a season of religious 
feeling ; and the mind being conscious of sin in the act of masturbation, is con- 
vulsed, and its equilibrium overthrown. Hence it is not the religious excitement^ 
but the masturbation, that has caused insanity. In the same state of the system, 
any other kind of excitement might have developed mental derangement. [For 
an excellent way for the suppression of this habit, in both children and adults, see 
under the head of Cauterization.] 

Opposite the readers will find the portraits of a male and female masturbator, with 
their child. They can here behold a representation of the outward effects often 
produced upon the system by a disobedience of those divine and natural laws which 
point to marriage as the true state of existence for the enjoyment of health and hap- 
piness ; and from looking thereon they may be led to flee from transgression to the 
teachings of nature, and save themselves and their offspring from the sad effects of 
this pernicious practice. The reader can contrast this representation with that given 
in cut No. 9, of the early married couple, who chose obedience to natural laws, 
instead of secret, solitary sin, until the constitution was broken down and disease 
entailed upon the offspring. 

I am ever ready and willing to do my utmost in restoring to health all who have 
fellen into pain and sickness through an ignorant indulgence in self-pollution. But 
medicines, though valuable aids in restoring health to the system, can never touch the 
cause of the diseases induced by this practice ; and while this continues, the disease 
may increase, in spite of all the medicines that can be given. To reach the founda- 
tion in all complaints arising out of the habit I have treated of above, indulgence 
in the enjoyments of wedded life must be had recourse to. This done, the system 
may be and is materially aided to health and strength by medical remedies, and not 
only the practice itself but the evils arising from it, are often annihilated. 

Commit no sin against your own bodies. Encourage pure, refined love ; marry 
the idol of your heart ; love and respect each other ; and health, happiness, and 
good old age will be your reward upon earth, and your children will rise up and call 
you blessed. 

Involuntary Seminal Emissions. — Immediately preceding, I have spoken of the 
evil of self-abuse, and many of the results to which it finally leads. I propose here 
to say somewhat upon an effect of self-abuse, which in itself becomes a cause of 
serious evils. 

In almost all cases where self-abuse is for a long time practised, the brain becomes 
afflicted with a morbid passion, the sexual organs become easily excitable, the 



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No. 38. — The Onanists and their Child. 

"The sins of our transgressions justly afflict us." 

"Neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit." — Matt. vii. 18. 



powers of the entire body become weakened, and then ensues involuntary seminal 
emissions, at any hour or time, sleeping or awake. The effects of this are most 
horrible upon the person. Consumption, insanity, or a total loss of all sexual power 
—■one or the other of these — is almost certain to follow — sometimes all three. And 
if; perchance, the guilty individual escape death, is restored to partial health, and 
has offspring, those offspring are exceedingly liable to be weak and imbecile. 

When self-abuse has been for a long time practiced, the individual will begin to 
suffer from involuntary emissions. Sometimes these will take place three or four 
times a week — at others, two or three times every night : generally accompanied 
with lascivious dreams. The patient becomes very much exhausted ; he will have 



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a trembling weakness in his limbs, and no appetite for breakfast ; and frequently he 
vriUfeel meanly, and act as though he had been plundering his neighbor's hen-roost, 
and knew that every one he met was aware of his guilt I He will have a sneaking 
way and look ; will be fond of being alone ; and you will scarcely ever be able to 
u catch his eye." In short, his or her every action will be like that of a person 
conscious of sin, and ashamed to look the world in the face ! 

In almost all patients troubled with this complaint, there is more or less constant 
dribbling of the semen. The slightest excitement — the touch of a woman's hand, 
the exposure of her neck, a wanton glance, an amorous thought, a lascivious paint- 
ing, a voluptuous description — will produce an involuntary loss of the semen. Co- 
habitation is out of the question ; the patient could not control his emission suffi- 
ciently long ; and in the way the semen passes from him he experiences finally but 
a small amount of even animal pleasure, but still frequently practices masturbation 
as a fixed habit, to gratify an inane desire. The mind becomes enfeebled, the me- 
mory is impaired, the flesh leaves the bones, the eyes wander in vacancy ; inclination 
for conversation or society is lost. 

As time passes, the victim becomes worse and worse. The genital organs often 
get inflamed and otherwise diseased ; so that they become insensible to the plea- 
surable feeling induced by the passage of semen in a healthy state ; the patient 
wakes in the morning to find the clothes wet by the involuntary discharge ; also, 
the semen passes off every time he urinates or goes to stool, without a consciousness 
of it on his part, but which is known by the weakness he experiences. Often he 
becomes completely impotent ; he could not have connection if he would — some- 
times there is no desire for this, the very sight of a female being disagreeable. The 
emissions finally give not the slightest pleasure ; but the miserable victim having 
contracted a habit, he unconsciously practices self-pollution in his sleep, and has to 
have his hands confined to prevent his manipulations. 

In this state the mind generally becomes completely absorbed with the idea of a 
wretched and loathsome situation; the patient is haunted with the distressing 
thought that everybody knows his condition, and that they scorn and despise him. 
He has ideas of suicide ! — he is beset, as it were, by a thousand demons, from 
whom he cannot escape. He is troubled with pains in various parts ; his vision is 
dim ; his mind is confused ; his head is full of ringing sounds ; his constitution gives 
away, and he is landed into the grave of the consumptive or the dungeon of the 
mad-house ! The confessions of the miserable victims of masturbation and involun- 
tary seminal emissions, inform us of all this, and much more I Should I publish 
the testimony that these men have given — their confessions upon the bed of death — 
I doubt not you would be astonished, and more than astonished, at the havoc this 
demon has made — not among men only, but among women ; for both sexes aro 
alike guilty — or rather members of both— of the unpardonable sin that leads to death 
through involuntary seminal emissions. 



CAUTERIZATION. 

To guard against children contracting the habit of self-abuse, should be the duly 
of every parent. I am confident that upon this subject there is great remissness. 
People generally seem to think that it is a subject too delicate to speak about to a 



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child. This is a sinful folly. I am confident that nine of every ten boys throughout 
the country learn of it before the age of fifteen years ; they obtain it from other 
youths ; it is unavoidable I But they do not learn, nor do they know of, the sad 
effects to which it leads. To point out to them the dangers of this vice should be 
the duty of parents. "We tell our children that they must not play with the rattle- 
snake, because his poisonous bite will cause death ; we tell them they must not go 
out in the cold air when covered with perspiration, because they may get sick 
thereby; we warn them against other things, because indulgence therein leads to 
evil. But upon this point there is silence ! 

Parents should carefully watch their children with reference to this matter, and 
from an early age ; for when self-pollution may be commenced it is difficult to say. 
In many cases, it has been known to be practiced by children not over five years 
old; and it is continued from that time forward. If you discover that the habit has 
been contracted, put a stop to it; first, by pointing out the awful consequences to 
which it leads, and if that is not sufficient, try more effectual ones. Of these there 
are various. I shall have the pleasure of introducing to your notice one very simple 
and very effectual, which shall put you to no expense for doctor's fees — which you 
can administer yourself and continue without cost as long as may be desirable, and 
without injury to the health. This plan was successfully adopted at the Colored 
Hospital in this city. I am not aware that it has before been made use of. It con- 
sists simply of producing a harmless sore upon the end of the foreskin of the private 
member, by the application of a stick of caustic. This application operates upon a 
principle similar to that which keeps the pig from rooting the earth while he has a 
ring in his nose ! The irritation kept up on the penis prevents masturbation. Pa- 
rents who find their boys in ill health, where no satisfactory reason for sickness can 
be found, might apply the caustic for a few weeks, and they will notice a rapid 
return to health. The inmates of prisons, and jails, and hospitals, would often 
derive benefit from the same treatment. Before the sore heals, re-apply the caustic. 
Sooner than submit to the pain produced by manipulation, while this sore remains, 
the youth will forego his habit of self-pollution. He will find himself " paying too 
dear for his whistle," and will abandon the practice. Females may be treated simi- 
larly ; and in all cases of adults, where a habit has been contracted, and the will is 
not sufficiently strong to overcome it, I would advise them to make use of this 
treatment. It will be found effectual! And where there are manipulations in 
sleep it may also be used ; the soundest repose will be broken by the pain caused, 
and the person may save himself. In cases of involuntary emissions, it will of 
course be necessary, if the patient would preserve life, to apply to some physician 
who has given attention to these matters, and will understand how to treat them, 
and place their systems in a state of perfect health. 



CIRCUMCISION— WHAT IS IT, AND HOW PERFORMED ? 

In connection with the subjects of seminal emissions and masturbation, wo may 
consider the matter of circumcision. This act consists in removing the prepuce 
skin or foreskin ol the penis (covering the glands) by a surgical operation ; aftei 
which masturbation is difficult. The word "prepuce' is derived from the Latin 
prceputo, to lop off before. 



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We read in the Bible that circumcision was a seal of the covenant which God 
made with Abraham and his posterity; and it is thought by many to have been 
instituted for the purpose of preventing self-pollution and inducing the young 
to marry, that the command of God — " Be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the 
earth," might be obeyed the more willingly. "Were the act generally practiced at 
this day, there would undoubtedly be much less of self-pollution and of the evils 
therefrom arising than at present exist among us. Viewed in this light, it is a sub- 
ject worthy of consideration. As practiced among the Jews, the ceremony of cir- 
cumcision is attended with trouble and unnecessary expense ; but it may be per- 
formed without trouble by any surgeon. 

" The history of Abraham proves that circumcision was an ante-Mosaic rite, for 
the command is expressed in such terms as to make it evident that the rite was 
known previous to the time of that patriarch. It was practiced in Egypt and 
Ethiopia from the earliest times. 

" The ceremony of circumcision as practiced by the Jews in our own times, is thus: 
When a male child is born, the godfather is chosen from among his relatives or 
near friends ; and if the party is not in circumstances to bear the expenses, which 
are considerable (for after the ceremony is performed, a breakfast is provided, even 
amongst the poor, in a luxurious manner,) it is usual for the poor to get one 
amongst the richer, who accepts the office and becomes a godfather. There are 
also societies formed amongst them for the purpose of defraying the expenses, and 
every Jew receives the benefit if his child is born in wedlock. 

" The circumcisor being provided with a very sharp instrument, called the circum- 
cising knife, plasters, cummin-seed to dress the wound, proper bandages, &c, the 
child is brought to the door of the synagogue by the godmother, when the god- 
father receives it from her, and carries it into the synagogue, where a large chiir is 
placed. The godfather being seated, and the child placed on a cushion in his lap, 
the circumcisor performs the operation. Eorms are repeated by the circumcisor 
the parents and the congregation." 



THE NATURAL REMEDY. 

In connection with these subjects, I append some anecdotes, which, if rightly in- 
terpreted and followed, may be beneficial to my readers. The first was the result 
of the concoctions of one of the " bloods " of the allopathic fraternity, a son of one 
of the most wealthy and respectable merchants in the western part of New York 
State ; and grew from attempts to " get the rig " upon a dpctress of high repute in 
his locality. It is well known that the allopathic physicians have made great 
exertions to put down those practising m the vegetable or botanic school, whether 
males or females; and the lady who was the object of attack in this instance 
having superior skill in the healing art, and in the use of harmless and simple 
vegetable preparations, was an object of special dislike. This good old lady physi 
cian and neighborhood nurse, beloved and sought after by all, was a great eye-sore 
to the allopathic medical aspirants (as botanists generally are), and had often to 
take down those young gents in her vicinity who were wiser than their mothers or 
the seven men spoken of in Scripture, and who wished to restrict woman's rseful- 
ness and detract from her motherly guardian care. 



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Our hero, Dr. P — — , of -. county, a doctor wanting practice, was greatly 

annoyed by Mrs. M , our lady physician. So with two or three other disciples 

of the healing art, similarly situated, he resolved to "run a saw " upon Mrs. M , 

and then use it to laugh her out of the neighborhood. All things being rightly 

planned, the young M. Ds. started one evening to make Mrs. M a call, resolved 

to shock the lady's modesty and put her to the blush. Arriving, they knocked at 
her door ; and were soon admitted by the lady herself, and requested to be seated, 
in her usual bland and good-natured way. After the usual compliments, she 
inquired, " Well, gentlemen, what can I do for either of you to render you more 

happy and comfortable in life ?" Dr. P informed Mrs. M that his case was 

considered a very dangerous one; that as it was also a delicate one, it was exceed- 
ingly embarrassing to have to consult a lady ; but as he knew his danger, and had 
been informed of her great skill, and that all confidence could be placed in her dis- 
cretion, he had felt compelled to seek her advice and prescriptions. Mrs. M 

assured the doctor that confidence might be placed in her in all delicate mat- 
ters, and that his secret would be safe in her keeping ; and expressed a wish to 
examine, that she might become folly acquainted with the nature of his complaint, 
and so be enabled to prescribe for him with greater certainty of success ; at the 
same time offering a private room for the examination, which was declined. 

Mrs. M went for her spectacles and a light, and the doctor exposed the 

obnoxious member, which, he informed the good old lady, was a source of great 
annoyance and trouble to him, both in and out of company ; being subject to swell- 
ings and violent erections, so painfol as to disturb his rest and afflict him bodily and 

mentally day and night. As is usual in cases of this kind, Mrs. M carefully 

examined the afflicted member in various ways, in order to the understanding of 
the complaint. The good old woman, having in the course of a long and useful 
life made mankind her study, soon became acquainted with the nature of his ail- 
ment, and with a sagacity peculiar to those who strive for natural effect by natu- 
ral causes, prescribed the only thing that, under the circumstances, could be of 
any avail ; but first calmly informed Dr. P — : — that, though his was certainly a 
bad case, she had successfully prescribed for many worse ones, and the patients 
had never failed to find relief under her directions ; the disease soon passing off, and 
the afflicted part being reduced from its inflammatory state in a very short period. 

The prescription was immediately ordered, and the price requested ; when the 
benevolent lady informed her patient that in unusual delicate cases, affording room 
for an advance in knowledge for the relief of the sick and unfortunate, she made no 

charge for advice or medicine. Mrs. M received the thanks of the young 

bucks, and handed the following prescription, which she said might be legally ob- 
tained of any respectable parents in the neighborhood: — "One virgin poultice — 
apply three times a-day until the inflammation is completely reduced. To prevent 
a recurrence of the distressing symptoms, an occasional application should be con- 
tinued This is a never-failing remedy." The disciples of Esculapius incontinently 

sloped, and T^ere not afterwards heard of in the locality. Mrs. M successfully 

continued her business with an increase of patronage. 

Considered in a medical view, this prescription of Mrs. M is by no means to 

be thought of lightly. I cannot dwell at length upon the efficaciousness of this 
remedy, and its power in certain complaints ; but of this we may be assured — that 
it is an unfailing healing balm, possessed of rare and peculiar qualities, prepared ex 



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pressly by nature for the purpose to which it is applied; is unparalleled in its sooth- 
ing action, and a remedy that no substitute of man can ever dispense with with 
impunity. Before it the prescriptions of modern physicians — cauterizing, cooling 
lotions, applications of cold water, and the like — dwindle into insignificance ; and 
before this great remedy of nature the egotistical physician may well hide his head 

in shame. Bachelors who, from long celibacy, are troubled as was Dr. P , 

would be wise to consult and apply the remedy of nature rather than the remedies 
of those teachers who inveigh against early marriage. 

After the discomfiture of Dr. P. and his associates, Mrs. M. continued successfully 
her practice undisturbed by any aspiring M. D. for considerable tirue. But finally 
another allopath settled in the neighborhood. Dr. D. was an accomplished single 
gentleman, of high character, and attracted the attention of many a lovely dewdrop 
of the place. In short, he was the pet of all the ladies who were not fit subjects for 
blue pills, and who of course were opposed to bleeding while in a state of health. But 

months went by and the doctor had no patients, while all the while Mrs. M 

was overrun with practice. 

Finally Dr. D. grew desperate; and resolved to make an attack on his lady 
rival, and see if he could not outwit and get the joke upon her. He procured the 
assistance of some fellow physicians, and they laid their heads together to concoct 

a scheme. Knowing Mrs. M 's good natured wit, and her skill in the use of 

her tongue, and remembering the discomfiture of Dr. P , they were some time 

in planning a mode of attack. Finally they hit upon a scheme. 

They had been informed that the doctress was remarkably well versed in botany 
and was acquainted with the name and use of every vegetable and root ; and never 
failed of giving the right name to any article that was presented for her inspection. 
Upon this they resolved to act, and see if they could not put the old lady to her 
wit's ends and turn the laugh against her. The article was procured, in a dried 
state, and forthwith they posted off to visit Mrs. M. They found the old lady busy 
with a number of patients, but finally obtained an audience. 

"My good gentlemen, what can I do for you?" inquired the doctress. Dr. 

D replied, that he came to obtain her opinion of a root, a piece of which he had 

brought with him, and respecting which there had been much dispute as to its 
name ; and hearing that Mrs. M. was skilled in all matters of this kind, he had, 
after in vain applying to many skillful physicians, called upon her ; and thereupon 
the mysterious root was produced. The old lady scanned it closely through her 
spectacles, and then cautiously tasted it, as was her usual way when not satisfied 
by ocular evidence. After nibbling a little, she remarked with a knowing look 
and a hearty laugh — " 0, la ! it is the good ola root of population, which has such 
an exhilarating effect upon the female bowels ! I have long been acquainted with 
its wonderful powers in many complaints peculiar to my sex." 

The old doctress's wit had the desired effect. The discomfited bloods sloped 
amid the laughter of the old lady, and did not suffer the grass to grow under their 
heels till far away from her neighborhood. Since that time Mrs. M has en- 
joyed the practice of the village undisturbed and without a rival. 

As " all things are pure to the pure," it may be well to mention that the old lady's 
prescription will be found a salutary cure, in most cases, for involuntary emissions 
and masturbation, as well as in those cases to which she ordered it applied There 



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is therein a volume of meaning to the male sex. And the second may be fcul.d as 
efficacious in the suppression of harlotry, and as speaking loudly to the females. 

These anecdotes will serve to show that nothing was made in vain, and may 
lead our minds to the contemplation of the language of St. Paul, that it "is bet- 
ter to marry than to burn." . Physicians may encourage bachelor habits, and de- 
vise caustics and cooling preparations to deaden the natural passion of sexual love, 
all for the purpose of extracting round fees for medical services; but let me 
plainly say to the young of both sexes — "Let every man have his own wife, and 
let every woman have her own husband;" and that, too, in early life, that the in- 
born passion may be gratified in accordance with nature, and in the holy bonds of 
wedlock. Then seminal emissions, masturbation, and other evils would cease, and 
much of misery would be spared the human race. 



SEXUAL TANTALIZATION— SUPPRESSING ELECTRIC EMISSION. 

There is quite too prevalent, in all classes of society among the married, a prac- 
tice highly destructive to health, which consigns thousands of persons annually to 
the tomb ; and yet no voice has been raised against it, either because of its being 
thought a subject too " delicate" to be treated of in a public work or lecture, or 
because of ignorance. But waiving all such considerations of a false and over-fasti- 
dious refinement, and being desirous to point out the causes of consumption and 
death, as well as to speak of cures, I shall make brief allusion to the destroying sin 
of tantalization of the passion, or suppression of semen. 

In the rational and temperate gratification of the sexual desire, as ordained of God, 
there is nought of harm. For a proper participation in the delights of wedded life, 
physically as well as intellectually, in the natural and scientific manner, there is nc 
punishment decreed ; inasmuch as it is not only in accordance with nature, but in 
compliance to the commands of Jehovah. It is not, therefore, against this I shall 
speak, but against tantalization and suppression, which is unnatural and highly per- 
nicious in its effects upon the human system. This evil act consists in exciting the 
organs of procreation to the highest degree, and then checking the emission of the 
electrified semen, through fear of " the consequences" — loss of character to the un- 
married by having a child, or physical danger to the wife, or desire not to have child 
ren. Never be guilty of this sin ! 

Married people often practice tantalization and suppression, .or withdrawal, by ad 
vice of the family physician, where the wife is physically deformed, subject to dan 
gerous miscarriages, or unable to give birth to a living child without greatly endan- 
gering her own life. And so, as amativeness will be gratified, the husband igno- 
rantly risks the sacrifice of his life by practising suppression ; for by a pursual of this 
course, consumption is surely induced, and the person finds an early grave. Nine- 
tonths of the married people indulge in this pernicious habit to a great degree, to say 
nothing of what is practised by the unmarried. 

Tantalization and suppression are injurious to the system, because ollen by the 
suppression, the power of the electricity, not being allowed its natural escape, is ex- 
pended upon the body. The organs that were wont to exercise their functions be- 
ing compelled into a cessation, the electricity in them stimulates to action; and, as 
the steam pent up in an engine, which, when not employed and suffered to escape, 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 155 

finds vent in a disastrous explosion, so is the force of the electricity generated by 
friction, when thrown back by suppression, expended on the nerves, organs, and ma- 
chinery of the body, to its great detriment and manifest harm, destroying both health 
and life. 

But, you will ask, if the life of the wife is in danger on the one hand, and that of 
the husband on the other, what shall be done ? what safe course shall be pursued ? 
Shall the desire of cohabitation be suppressed ? I answer, no ; for there is pro- 
vided means whereby the life of neither shall be in danger, nor cohabitation be de- 
nied, of which I shall speak in another place. 

Self-pollution or masturbation, as I have told you, is unnatural and destructive to 
health ; but the indulgence of the habit of which I now speak, is much worse than 
the other. In masturbation, a free discharge of the semen is allowed ; but in sup- 
pression, the passion is checked in the height of excitement, and the electricity is 
thrown back upon the system, scattering the arrows of death through every part of 
the body, and inducing insanity, idiocy, spinal diseases, and consumption. Thou- 
sands are annually carried to the grave through this cause, ignorant of its fatal ef- 
fects ; weak, exhausted, and emaciated skeletons, a mockery to even food for worms. 

Delaying marriage gives encouragement to this evil ; where the passions become 
ungovernable, and cohabitation is sought in the days of courtship. 

Physicians and people generally seem to be profoundly ignorant upon this subject, 
or else they indulge in such a false delicacy, that they will see the race dege- 
nerate, and groan under an evil of a mighty magnitude, sooner than say a word upon 
the matter. But I have a duty to perform to my fellow-men, to warn them of this 
as well as the other habits that lead to consumption and untimely graves, and be- 
seech them to flee the evil ere it becomes too late. I have treated hundreds of per- 
sons far gone in a decline, who, when I pointed out to them the cause, blamed their 
physicians because they had not warned them in the matter, but rather let them go 
on, and then fatten off their purses by doctoring them in their sickness. And after 
curing these persons, I have pointed them to the means of escaping further danger 
by recommending, where their wives were deformed or unable to bear children, that 
they should use the French Male Safe, or the Prevention Powder, which allow of a 
full, unobstructed, and voluntary emission, without any danger to the health of the 
wife or husband. [See notice of these articles.] 

I may be blamed by many physicians, (but it will be them only,) for speaking up- 
on this matter, because they will be annoyed at my originality in thus presenting an 
unrecorded cause of consumption, and my ingenuity in pointing out the way to avcid 
it. But if you will visit with me the insane retreats, the poor-houses, and the hos- 
pitals of the land, and the beds of the consumptive, and learn for yourself how many 
have been brought to those places by indulgence in tantalization and suppression, 
you will feel to thank me for alluding to the matter in tins work. What is the use 
or the business of medica. 1 men ? Are they to be guardian shepherds for the people, 
or let them run astray? Are they to let the causes of disease and death go undis- 
turbed, in order that they may get more fees ? Is it not their business to treat of 
causes, effects, and preventives, as well as cures ? For my part, I feel no delicacy 
in warning mankind to flee from any evil that is prolific of sickness, and is annually 
carrying thousands to the grave ; and should there be any objection to the introduc- 
tion of these hints into a popular work like this, I would say " Let him that is 
without sin cast the first stone." 



156 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

Life and health are in a great degree dependent upon a proper discharge of the 
duties and functions of the married state. Por this reason the chamber of marriage 
should be quiet ; the mind should be calm, and in its loveliest moods ; no fear or 
fright should disturb it ; and if the pleasure of sexual intercourse is to be enjoyed at 
all, it should be with a full, free, and unobstructed emission of the semen, as nature 
has ordained and demanded. Nothing short of this can be healthy, satisfactory, na- 
tural, or of God. 



HEN-PECKED WIYES. 

11 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence j and likewise also the wife unto 
the husband."— 1 Cor. vii. 3. 

These are generally those wives of the most refined and lovely characters ; vir- 
tuous, industrious, forgiving, kind, and faithful to the duties of the wedded life, and 
to their husbands. Their feebleness and sickness, and often their purity, beget ha- 
tred in the mind of the husband, and in place of the kindness and consideration they 
should receive, they are treated with coldness, or annoyed by " hen-pecking," fault- 
finding, and unjust recriminations. 

A cold look, a cross word, indifference, pestering or torture by the husband, all 
add to the many sorrows of the sensitive wife, and fill her cup of bitterness to over- 
flowing. This is wrong, not only in a sense of injustice to the woman, but because 
such treatment often weighs heavily upon the mind, breeding consumption and car- 
rying the faithful woman to the grave, besides leaving sad effects upon the family 
of children, and sometimes affecting the unborn child. 

Husbands should not suffer themselves to be annoyed into pestering their wives. 
Study the happiness of her who has united her fate with yours. When the winds 
of adversity frown upon you, take new courage from her consolations ; cultivate 
pure love, affection, cheerfulness, faithfulness, kindness, and forbearance. Endeavor 
to add new comforts to your wife and children, and you will avoid much disap- 
pointment and sickness, and many doctor's bills, and be blessed with the blessings 
of heaven. The riches of paradise will never be accorded to the man who abuses a 
virtuous and lovely wife and innocent family. 



HEN-PECKED HUSBANDS. 

This class of men is of two kinds ; first, those who have had the misfortune to 
marry a woman excessively desirous of wearing the pantaloons ; second, those who 
are less capable intellectually of managing the business affairs of the ' family, and 
providing for the wants of the household. Of the wives of the latter class, whatever 
their faults may be, we must accord to them the honor of being excellent managers 
and providers for the family. Husbands are often feeble and sickly, while the 
wives know nothing of sickness ; and contrawise, wives are often feeble while the 
husbands are strong and healthy. In these cases it may be well for the strongest 
to take the management of affairs, in a certain sense ; though the reins of govern- 
ment should always be holden with proper regard to the natural feelings of the 
different sexes. 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 157 

"Wives not unfrequently cause their husbands great trouble in mind, leading to 
sickness, debauchery, licentiousness, or intemperance, by seizing or attempting to 
seize, the reigns of government, and transferring the business affairs into their own 
hands, when th« husbands are capable of attending rightfully to what belongs to 
them. Ladies who do this, should never find fault at any save themselves, if their 
Husbands turn out to be bad men. Many good men have been transformed into 
bad ones by the " h^n-pecking," "breeches- wearing" dispositions of their wives, 
to say nothing of the sickness and deaths by consumption that have frequently 
followed an usurpation of power by the female in the household. 

That the wife should love and obey the husband was the first command of God 
after the fall of mankind. "And the husband shall rule over thee." — Gen. hi. 16. 
The husband should consult with the wife, but not at all times hearken to or bo 
governed by her : he should not be persuaded to evil or foolish works, like Adam 
persuaded by Eve. — Gen. hi. IT. The reins of government belong to the man, 
and God will hold him responsible for the performance of the duties attached to the 
state of government, as he did Adam ; as also for the protection of the wife and 
family. Women are not always to be hearkened to ; for proof of which, and for 
the rebuke God gave to man therefor, see Gen. iiL 17, 18. 

The husband should love and cherish his wife, and show her all the respect due 
to her nature ; and the wife should honor and obey her husband, for this is the 
command of God. Do not "hen-peck" each other; but live in mutual love and 
esteem, and you will escape much of unhappiness and sickness, and will enjoy in 
greater abundance the riches of virtue and domestic felicity. 



" Drink waters out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Let thy foun« 
tain be blessed ; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and the 
pleasant roe ; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times ; and be thou ravished always with her 
love." — Prov. v. 

EARLY MARRIAGE OFTEN PRETEXTS CONSUMPTION, 

For through it the mind is placed in a state of comparative contentment upon 
amatory subjects and upon most others, and the sexual passion is gratified ; a pure 
love is engendered, and both parties are rendered happy in the enjoyment of the 
sweets of connubial felicity. Thousands of the unmarried die annually, who, had 
they married early, would have lived to a good old age. 

The objection entertained by many against marrying young is, that they will bo 
burthened with too large a family ; but a fear of this kind may be considered as 
somewhat absurd ; since a little observation will show us that the number of child- 
ren a woman has seems in no way to be governed by the age at which she mar- 
ried ; except those cases where she was too aged to have many I "Women marry- 
ing at twenty-five generally have as many children as those marrying at eighteen. 
And if it were so, that the age at marriage governed the number of children, 
there is no need to use it as an excuse ; for a large family can be prevented if the 
parents desire. Others make for an excuse, that the mind should be educated 
and developed before assuming the responsibilities of married life. But if we 
wait for this, the years of old age will come on first ; and sickness, broken con- 
stitutions, disappointments in love, self pollution, or the diseases of prostitution 



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occur, by which the man is made unfit to be married, unless he would have his 
offspring tormented with hereditary diseases. Ladies, in consequence of not marry- 
ing earlier, often run into consumption through irregularity or a change of the course 
of the menstruation, or into dropsy or general debility, and are then less fit to be 
married. They may be hewn down like the barren fig-tree spoken of in Scrip- 
ture — Luke hi. 9 ; xiii. 6, 1. Physiological, phrenological and other fanatics must 
change their instructions upon this point, or the final effect will be extremely per- 
nicious to the race of man. Young men cannot restrain their passion while the 
beautiful and voluptuously-dressed prostitute walks the streets and opens wide the 
doors for the gratification of their natural sexual appetite. 

"While, in the language of the Proverbs of Solomon, "the lips of a strange woman 
drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil;" while she cometh out 
to meet the unwary, " and catcheth him, and kisseth him, and saith unto him with 
impudent face — I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved 
works, with fine linen of Egypt ; I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and 
cinnamon ; come, let us take our fill of love until the morning ; let us solace our- 
selves with loves" — " with her much fair speech she will cause him to yield ; with tho 
flattering of her lips she will force him" ; "he will go after her straightway, as an ox 
goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks ; till a dart strike 
through his liver ; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his 
life," — unless there be afforded in the divine institution of marriage, at an early age, 
a means for the rational and pure gratification of the passions of his youth. "With- 
out this, it will be in vain that we warn him, saying, " For a whore is a deep ditch ; 
and a strange woman is a narrow pit. She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and in- 
creaseth the transgressors among men;" in vain shall we say — "He that keepeth 
company with harlots spendeth his substance." In vain ask — ""Why wilt thou, my 
son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger ?" In 
vain tell him to " Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her 
house." In vain caution him that, though " stolen waters be ■ sweet, and bread 
eaten in secret be pleasant," it should be remembered that " the dead are there, and 
that her guests are in the depths of hell." 

I say tc you, parents, if you would save your children from manifold evils, en- 
courage in them a love for one alone of the opposite sex, with a view to marry- 
ing early, and you will behold the most beneficial results. 

If parents are declining in health while raising children, the offspring are un- 
usually liable to sickness and early death; but if parents marry young, and before 
becoming sickly, the children, though the parents be not fully matured, will be 
likely to possess good constitutions, with superior intellects, and with probabilities 
of arriving at a good old age. 

Sickly young ladies are generally soon restored to health by marriage ; and if 
those who are healthy at marriage afterwards decline, it is from imprudence and 
abuses, and not from the marriage itself. 

In alluding to the preventions of consumption, I cannot, without disregard to your 
happiness, recommend protracted celibacy ; but must enjoin early marriage, that it 
may be well with you and with the children that shall come after you. [See Early 
Marriage and Longevity.] 



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QUICK CONSUMPTION BY MARRIAGE, 

Is sometimes induced ; it arises in consequence of imprudence or too frequent in- 
tercourse. If the sexual passions be strong, they must be kept in rational subjec 
tion. There is no good thing under heaven given to man by God to promote his 
happiness, but may be, and sometimes is, abused ; and when abused, that which 
was designed for, and which properly used was, a blessing, becomes to those who 
do abuse it a curse. As I have before said, too frequent a discharge of the semen 
reduces the power of the system, causes debility and prostration, and induces early 
death by consumption. 

Persons who have struggled to put off the gratification of sexual desire till the 
age of twenty-five or thirty, are peculiarly liable to fall into the error of abuse when 
they are married, and to be crushed under it : had they embarked upon the sea of 
matrimony at an early age, the lusts of the flesh would not have been so strong, 
and no injury would have resulted to them. 

Many die annually of quick consumption, induced by an abuse of sexuality. I 
would caution my readers against this ; it is an evil into which both men and wo- 
men are exceedingly liable to fall. Do not sin against yourselves by foolish abuse 
of the pleasures God has bestowed upon you for your happiness. But if you have 
already trodden this path farther than was wise, put a curb upon your steps ; be 
more cautious ; be rational ; and lest what has already been done shall have a pow- 
erful tendency to the disease of the consumptive, invigorate and restore your weak- 
ened system and blood to health and strength by the use of the Blood Renovator. 
I can recommend this medicine to you as invaluable in all cases of sexual debility. 

It is a matter of often occurrence that married women run into consumption, and 
are completely broken down and ruined in health, and frequently hurried into the 
grave, in consequence of having children faster than the strength of their systems 
will allow of, and keep in health. Through this means of having children too often, 
ladies frequently become burthened with a very large family in a very few years ; 
and what with the hard labor to which they are sometimes obliged to submit them- 
selves, in order to help support their children, and the general debility induced by 
a constant and unremitting run upon the system, in either gestation, parturition, or 
lactation, they are soon worn out, and die, leaving a family of helpless children be- 
hind, with no mother to watch over them. Many females will have a child in every 
twelve or fifteen months ; frequently weakly and sickly women ; and thereby they 
are kept in that condition where they find it impossible to do anything else than 
bear children; and their life becomes one of prolonged misery. I have known 
ladies to have six children in seven years, all single births ! In all cases of this 
kind, where the health of the woman is being ruined, and her days materially 
shortened by too often child-bearing, it becomes a question worthy of deep con- 
sideration, if it is not a duty which both the man and the woman owe to each 
other and to their children, that some steps should be taken to prevent conceptions 
occurring so often ? No woman, however healthy she may be, should bear child 
oftener than every second or third year ; and, if the lady be unhealthy, it is manifest 
that her duty to herself is to place, if possible, a still longer time between the periods 
of gestation. 

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crease of family, in order to preserve life and health, I have, in other parts of this 
work, made mention of the proper means to be used, presuming that every person 
will act from these hints according as he or she shall deem expedient and proper. 



ABOETION. 

This is one of the evils of modern civilization, generally arising from dictating to 
nature upon the subject of marriage — holding in improper check for too protracted 
a period the law of amativeness, and placing the age for marriage beyond the 
bounds of reason, and the dictates of nature. As I have previously shown, the 
passion cannot always be kept in bondage ; and the result of the modern fashion ia, 
that amativeness is illicitly gratified ; and then, to hide the deed from the face of the 
world, the innocent offspring is expelled from the womb by force, contrary to na- 
ture, to religion, and to the teachings of God I 

Those upon whom the act of abortion is practised, are generally unmarried women, 
who would hide from the world the knowledge of their shame ; but far too many 
married women allow the same evil, either because it is physically difficult for them 
to have children, or they do not want the trouble of bringing them up ; sometimes 
because they have left the path of virtue, in the absence of a husband, and would 
hide their sin from his eyes. 

In nature, the expulsion of the foetus from the womb before it is matured, is felt 
to be a great misfortune ; it is often a cause of sickness and consumption. In 
society, the end of abortion is too often sought as a most desirable result. By 
nature, every woman dreads abortion — in society, many women seek it. 

Abortion, or miscarriage, is always attended with great danger of a fatal haemor- 
rhage, from the adhesion of the placenta. Many lose their lives directly from an 
abortion ; and in miscarriage, especially if it occurs several times, the woman drags 
out a miserable existence. 

The curse of God will be upon all who engage in any way in the practice 
of abortion — either man or woman. That fallen and degraded man should destroy 
the life of the unborn babe, does not surprise us ; but that woman, whose soul 
seems -fitted to be filled with heavenly love, should either procure or allow an 
abortion, seems impossible ; it excites our astonishment and detestation. And yet, 
it is nevertheless true, that here in the city of New York,. and under the very eye 
of the law, fiends in the form and garb of men and women carry on this their 
damnable iniquity I 

Speaking upon this subject, an article in the Scalpel observes : " "We have do- 
fined dbortionism to be the knowledge and practice of expelling from the womb the 
ovum, or the foetus, ere it is matured. What an employment for a human being ! 
The plunderer of a temple, or a church, is justly execrated for his sacrilege, the act 
of stealing sacred things I "Was ever any temple, any church, more sacred, than 
the secluded sanctuary where an immortal being is preserved and nourished ? The 
Paradise of God is sacred beyond any other spot of this all-hallowed universe, be- 
cause it is the dwelling-place and throne of God I The womb of woman is the 
holy shrine whei*e God, in all his wisdom and his love, creates another image oi 
himselij fitted to live with him in his own Paradise, in blessedness and glory! 
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the High and Holy One, and ruthlessly destroy the symbols and the elements of 
worship ? None but the burglar infidel — the Atheist thief 1 Who dares invade the 
shrine of glory, where in His resplendent blessedness the Hierarch of the Universe 
of Being dwells — to plunder and destroy? The arch-fiend Satan, only, dared at- 
tempt the deed ; and he, for the black act, was doomed to dwell in everlasting 
fire and chains of darkness ! Who is it forces the sealed doors of the enshrined 
and dedicated sanctuary of the womb, and ravages and tears from thence the 
sacred image of divinity ? The fell abortionist, who in his character combines the 
sacrilegious burglar and arch-fiend of hell! Can man, rejoicing in the vivid 
imageries of the beauties and delights of progeny, endowed with the creative 
power, and worshiping himself in the mysterious shrine where he was wondrously 
developed — can man, with fraud and force, enter the temple of creation, and with 
fiendish savageness destroy the image of himselfj tear down his throne, dilapidate 
and desecrate his temple, and overthrow his dynasty ? Can man do this ? Can he 
who has been dignified with the exalted power of emanating an immortal being, 
and depositing the trust in the rich temple of formation ; will he leap off from the 
Creator's throne where all is light and joy, and plunge in the abyss of the destroyer, 
where all is darkness, degradation and damnation? Yes, man, degraded, fallen, 
lost to all his glory — man may do this ! Can woman ? She is by naturo a pro- 
ducer, former, educator of her race. She is instinct with the desire of offspring. 
The perils that attend on pregnancy and parturition sometimes occupy her thoughts ; 
the joys of offspring always. 

f Man's love is of man's life a part- 
'Tis woman's whole existence.' 

Her form, make, organization, thoughts and feelings are expressly constituted, all 
for offspring." 

Woman is designed of God to feed and nourish with her blood the foetus, and 
bring it into the world of humanity a living image of the Deity and of man, en- 
dowed with the love of life and instinct with affection. 

And yet, despite of this constitution of her nature, we sometimes find woman 
acting against herself and her sex, and vacating the fruitful womb of its precious 
burden 1 What is more awful to contemplate ? — what sensitive soul will not shrink 
back appalled from the contemplation of such an atrocious deed ? Yes, it is too 
true, that both males and females are daily practising the wholesale butchery of 
innocent infants yet unborn, still none the less instinct with the life that is God-given 
and immortal I And if there be a place on the earth where the business is carried 
on to a greater extent than in another, that place is this philanthropic, moral and 
religious city of New York ! 

Mother, father, or abortionist, dost thou love life ? — dost thou not plead for 
mercy at the hand of the murderer ? Dost thou not ask of God the sweets of life 
and loved friends, and for future happiness ? Do you not desire the heart of the 
man who has you in his power, or of the God who rules over you, to be filled with 
mercy and kind feelings, favorable to your life ? And if your prayers and plead- 
ings, in beseeching speech, are heard and hearkened unto, cannot you see the 
sweet and prayerful smiles of the innocent, speechless, and helpless babe, imploring 
'he guardian spirit of God, and the fatherly and motherly care of parents to pro- 
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tect and cherish it and save it from destruction ? Cannot the heart feel ero the 
murderous hand destroys the innocent, unborn babe ? 

Remember a day of retribution and damnation will surely come, fearful and 
without mercy ; and those will be visited with the wrath and vengeance of a just 
God, who have not had mercy upon infant innocence and unborn children. The 
mighty God of armies will protect, if not in this world, in the world of spirits, the 
innocent babe. And if there be a hell heated by ten-fold the usual power — if; I 
say, there can be a furnace or hell that can be heated by the blasting breath of the 
Almighty a thousand fold, it will surely be in readiness for the reception of the 
soul of the cold-hearted abortionist. 

Will these beings continue to rise up amongst us ? "Will there be another child- 
murderer ? "Will there be another person to enter upon the career of the hellish 
abortionist ? God forbid ! 

Can it be possible that abortionists, both men and women, ride through the 
fashionable streets of our city in the most gorgeous carriages, pointed at as they 
pass for their costly equipments and liveries ? — and when it is known, too, in what 
manner they have earned their gold, and can support their extravagance ? "Why 
is this so, in a civilized and Christian land ? — a city of bibles and churches, of 
wealth and refinement — the great emporium of the country — the fashionable star 
of America ! Why all this, I ask, without these murdering fiends being brought to 
justice and the gallows, or the prison ? 

I will explain why it is so, after the manner of Solomon, the wise man of old. 
Judges, lawyers, merchants, ministers, deacons, citizens of, and visitors to, this great 
city — many, too many of them, give wealth and support to the murderous abortion- 
ist ; they are tools and cat's-paws to uphold the vile dens of child-murder and 
ravished innocence ! They have themselves been at the door of the harlot and the 
abortionist — they have rendered themselves liable to exposure — they are pledged 
to do evil lest their own iniquities be published in the streets and from the house- 
tops — their honor is given unto others and their years unto the cruel. — Proverbs v. 9. 
The abortionist says to them all — to hundreds from all classes of society — 
Attempt to punish me, and your profession and name shall be exposed, for I have had 
your patronage as well as that of others ! And so, by keeping the officers of 
justice under the fear of exposure, they escape themselves. 

May heaven protect the virtue and innocence of unsuspecting females, and guard 
the unborn child against the hand of the destroyer ; and bring to speedy punish- 
ment the accursed abortionists, and destroy the dens of hell ; for certain it is tho 
men who rule over us and try the criminals guilty of these sins will never Iring 
them to justice. 

Could we have placed before us the number of infant murders and the deaths of 
children resulting either directly or indirectly from this practice, the sum total 
would be truly alarming to contemplate. But to do this is impossible, since all 
these transactions are done in darkness and beyond the reach of statistics. But by 
giving a slight view of the prevalence and of the increase of still-born children and 
of premature births, and by reflecting how many of these are the effects, more or 
less remote, of previous abortions and of abortions attempted upon those thus born, 
we may be able to get a distant idea of the prevalence and growth of child-murder 
among us. The report of the city inspector of the city of New York gives the 
number of 1558 dead children brought into the world in this city in the year 1851 



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How many were there besides of which the officers never knew or heard ? And 
how many of this number were killed either directly or indirectly, by the labors of 
the abortionists ? I leave it for the imagination of the reader to give the answer. 
To show the increase in the numbers of dead-born, and consequently the increase of 
the labors of the abortionist, it is only necessary to say — that in 1805 the ratio of 
dead-born children to the population was as 1 to every 1612; inl850it was one to 
every 386, or an increase of about 80 per cent I 

For this practice of abortion there never can be offered an excuse that can in 
reason be considered weighty. Certainly no one will say that a woman able to 
bear a child without danger to life should resort to expelling it from the womb before 
the natural time for birth ; and for those whom, by reason of infirmity or malfor- 
mation, it is dangerous to have child, there are provided safe protections against 
pregnancy, whereby the sin of abortion need never to tempt them. These are 
found in the French Male Safe and French Prevention Powder, which are employed 
by the most learned and respectable, and which are a great blessing to man and 
womankind, giving sure protection against disease and pregnancy. 



Our Maker bids increase — who bids abstain 7" — Milton. 
CHILDREN ARE BLESSED OF GOD ; 

For Christ has said, "Of such are the kingdom of heaven." — Mark x. 14. Christ 
Was fond of little children, recollecting that he himseif was once a child, bom of 
the virgin Mary. King David said, " Children are the heritage of God" — Psalms 
cxxvii. 3. He also speaks of the joy of a mother of a child. — Psalms cxiii. 9. Solomon, 
the wise man, said, " Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory 
of children are their fathers." — Pro v. xvii. 6. In Ps. cxxvii. we read, " Children are an 
heritage of the Lord ; and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in 
the hands of a mighty man, so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that 
nath his quiver full of them ; they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with 
the enemies in the gate." 

I might cite many passages from scripture to prove that the blessing of God 
npon the world depends upon the care and rearing of children. They are the joy 
of the father and the hope of the mother, and the greatest and the best of men and 
women of every age, have been those who loved and delighted in their children. 
Therefore, have respect for the fruit of the womb, and destroy it not before it 
oometh into the outer wcold of light and beauty. 



WOMAN BLESSED IN CHILD-BIRTH. 

This is evident from the danger that awaits on difficult labor. If there is any 
one tune when God's protecting care is exercised over mortal beings it is at the time of 
female labor ; and at no time in the life of woman can she feel to lift up her heart 
and voice to praise God with more fervor, for his protecting care, and rejoice in 
his mercy more, than after a safe delivery of a living helpless and innocent babe; for 
this suffering is the punishment for her transgression in Eden. We have the most posi- 



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tive proof that God, in all the perils and dangers of child-birth, will exert his espe- 
cial care to protect and shield. " Adam was not deceived, but the woman being 
deceived, was in the transgression ; notwithstanding, she shall be saved in child- 
bearing, if they continue in the faith, and charity, and holiness, with sobriety." — 
1 Timothy ii. 14, 15. From this it will appear that what I have elsewhere said cf 
the fall is true ; and that Paul knew that woman was deceived, and no condemna* 
tion rested on her, although she suffered punishment with Adam. 

Woman being the noblest work of God, was chosen as the medium for the giv- 
ing of Christ unto the world, and blessed with the honor of nourishing the Savioui 
of fallen man with her own blood. Noble, beautiful, and lovely woman — the fair- 
est and best of the creations of earth — dishonor not thyself in the loss of thy virtue 
and purity ; for it was from thy purity that Christ came into the world ; and had he 
not received purity in his form of man from the pure woman, his blood would not 
have been innocent to have redeemed the world — it would not have been a pure 
sacrifice in the sight of God. 

"Were the world to need another redemption, where could be found the pure blood 
— without hereditary taint or stain of personal sin of the world — to furnish a child 
for the sacrifice ? I beseech you, then, save thy blood from the taint of whoredom, 
lest the whole world be filled therefrom with the seeds of disease, leading to con- 
sumption and death, and moral degradation. Preserve thy purity, virtue and chasti- 
ty, and thy days will be many and pleasant upon the earth, and finally thou shalt 
become a chosen angel of heaven, to sing the praises of God and the Lamb. 



MISCARRIAGE CAUSES CONSUMPTION. 

The satisfaction of the womb is in receiving, retaining and supporting foetal hfe 
To lose its fruit is just as much an affliction to the womb as for the hand to lose a 
finger, or the body an arm. It is impossible that its loss should be converted into 
gain : miscarriage cannot be productive of health, happiness, or long Hfe for 
woman. 

Miscarriage is one of the greatest misfortunes that can visit a woman — the most 
to be dreaded naturally : and what a pity it is to have the life sacrificed by flood- 
ings and inflammations, arising from having the fruit of the womb expelled before its 
proper time. Every means should be taken to prevent this sad result. I have 
often been applied to by ladies who apprehended a miscarriage, and in all cases 
where they have applied in season have succeeded in preventing the disagreeable 
result — even when the woman was far advanced in consumption. 

Pregnant ladies should be very careful of lifting, jumping, reaching, sudden 
fright, anger, and other causes that sometimes induce an abortion or bring on 
premature labor. They should be careful about wearing abdominal supporters, for 
by these things great injury is often done to the child, and frequently miscarriage 
produced. For a physician to recommend this instrument is to say that God did not 
make the necessary abdominal support by bones and muscles for woman to carry 
her young — it is a libel on the nature of our physiology. Good, rich, pure blood is 
the only support wanted by the system, in travail. 

Weakness, venereal diseases, sitting up late at nights, fear, grief; violent emotions, 
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acute diseases of various kinds — all these sometimes induce an abortion, and should, 
therefore, be guarded against. Miscarriage is also often caused by a stricture of the 
uterus, or by a relaxed state, and falling of the uterus. [See article on Wom> 
Diseases.] 

The Signs of Miscarriage, or of the death of the foetus, are, the breasts growing sud- 
denly flabby ; painful weight in the loins, which reaches to the thighs ; pains about the 
navel, head and eyes ; cold extremities ; convulsions ; colic pains in the belly, simi- 
lar to labor pains ; shiverings ; faintings ; languid motion of the foetus, and less 
frequent than before. As the miscarriage draws nearer, the pains in the loins and 
hips increase ; the womb dilates ; watery discharge is perceived, often with blood, 
pure or clotted. The most certain sign is the discharge of a fleshy colored sub- 
stance, which comes away with the water. When these last signs appear, mis- 
carriage is unavoidable. 

I hopefully trust that these minute descriptions of the signs of miscarriage will 
be the means of directing attention to the matter, and thereby saving the health 
and life of many women, and preventing the loss of the foetus ; for if women can un- 
derstand the signs of an abortion of the fruit of the womb, they may be induced to 
apply in season for the means of preventing such a result. 

Advice by letter or otherwise, to all who may feel the need of it, will be given 
faithfully and confidentially to all who shall choose to make application to me, send- 
ing one dollar as consultation fee. Having had much experience in this matter of 
miscarriage, and accurately understanding its signs, I have no hesitation in saying 
that I can give ladies such advice as will save them days of sickness and agony, 
and often be the means of preserving their lives. 

To avoid Miscarriage.— -Ladies known to be incompetent to produce a living child 
without danger to their own lives, or who have a dangerous habit of aborting, 
should not suffer themselves to become pregnant. This can be easily avoided. I 
know of no safety to the life of the wife and the health of the husband, in these 
cases, except in the use of the Male Prevention Safe or Prevention Powder. 
And as prevention is better than exposure, or even a cure, these articles will be 
found perfect for the purpose. 

I know that if the sexual passion is to be enjoyed, there must be a full and free 
emission of the semen, without fear of danger : if there be not, the husband will 
surely run into decline and consumption. And if) on the other hand, there be no 
precaution, pregnancy will result to the woman, and death will follow, as the conse- 
quence, or there be a dangerous miscarriage. [See cut of Ovarian Tumor, in 
Pregnancy.] To avoid these — to preserve the health of both husband and wife 
and to give enjoyment in sexual love — there is nothing equal to the means I have 
alluded to. I would say here, however, expressly and pointedly, that no persons 
should use these articles except in cases absolutely requiring them for the protec- 
tion of life and health ; for, like all other good things, they may be abused, and a 
great deal of injury done in preventing conception where it should not be pre- 
vented. 

To prevent miscarriage, where conception has taken place, use, with Root's Ner- 
vine, cold drinks ; gentle laxatives and moderate but not violent astringents will be 
found useful ; but your physician should be called to your aid without delay, if you* 
case is dangerous. Precautions to prevent miscarriage, during pregnancy, are no; 
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advantage of this interval should by all means be embraced ; the particular disorders 
or weaknesses should be attended to and removed or overcome, and the general 
vigor restored if possible. Cold bathing, at bed-time, is good ; lime-water, mineral 
spring waters, salt water air, and bathing are good ; but the only sure cure is in the 
attention and directions of a skillful physician. 

Convulsions and floodings demand immediate attention and help from your phy- 
sician, as a cure is uncertain, and your life at stake. I do not know when I 
have failed of preventing miscarriage, if applied to in season. I have treated 
thousands of ladies, having had from one to thirty-three miscarriages, with success. 

Ladies rarely suffer more than three or five miscarriages ; and often date the 
commencement of decline, poor health, or consumption, from this cause. Let me 
warn all ladies, both young and old, never to cause abortion, under any circum- 
stances, but rather study prevention of pregnancy, whereby your health will bo 
saved, and the great sin of abortion will never be laid at your door. Thus you will 
escape the physical curse and the divine displeasure. 



UNHAPPY MARRIAGES CAUSE OF CONSUMPTION. 

In order to the enjoyment of health of the body, it is necessary that the mind 
should be properly cared for and consulted ; since that, in great measure, controls 
the nerves and muscles, and influences the body to a state of health or a state of 
sickness. 

The cause of the consumption, and of the prostitution of many of the most re- 
fined, beautiful, well-educated, wealthy, and influential persons, may be found in the 
thwarting of the heart's pure love. Love is the fulfilling of the law. Angels lovo, 
and are lovely; and those that love most are most godlike; for "God is love." 
Love is a constituent element of man, and the soul and life of woman. None are 
wholly destitute of its charms, of its sweets. Blot it from the soul of man, and you 
blast his nature. If a man and woman love each other, body and mind partake of 
its nature ; bat if hatred, jealousy and discord are wedded in mariage, disease of body 
and mind will be the ultimate result, as sure as effect follows cause. But there is 
a "friend that sticketh closer than a brother." There is a tie stronger than life — it 
is that oneness of soul " which binds two willing hearts" indissolubly together, and 
makes "of them twain one flesh." This is connubial love — the "holy of holies" of 
human emotions. Parents, if you would see your children well and happy, study 
their safety in their love. Do not suffer them, nor compel them, to marry for wealth, 
where there is no love. There is nothing more revolting than to see a beautiful 
young girl led unwillingly to the altar, by a man for whom she feels in her heart not 
the least spark of love — compelled to marry against her desires, and to give up the 
cherished idol of her soul, to please parents or to secure wealth. Almost the certain 
fruits of this course are — consumption and death by suicide or disease ; particularly 
if the woman possess any of those soft and womanly feelings, and the sweet and 
virtuous sensitiveness that are the beauties of her sex. If we consider health and 
happiness anything, all persons should marry to please themselves, as the first con- 
sideration; the pleasure of parents or friends is of secondary importance, and should 
ever be so regarded. 

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nages are a fruitful source of insanity. "When the pure love of the heart ha« been 
thwarted, and the victim of selfishness has been compelled, as it were, to marry 
against choice, the mind is frequently so powerfully affected by it that reason is de- 
throned aud driven from its temple. This result is frightful to contemplate ; and 
yet, in the face of it, hundreds of people are forced to the risk of this unhappy fate. 
Besides this, marriages contrary to the desire and the love, often entail upon off- 
spring bad mental characters, for the reason that the parents were in no manner 
suited to or intended by nature for each other. These matters should receive the 
serious attention of all, particularly of those parents who desire the happiness of 
their children. 

If ladies or gentlemen have formed an attachment of love, and intend marriage, 
although the union is not quite desirable by the parents, when those parents have 
neglected to place their young in the society of such persons as would be best 
agreeable in marriage, it is not always best to break or to rashly oppose the mar- 
riage on such ground, provided signs of insanity, suicide, or lingering consumption 
threaten them. If the son or daughter is to be brutalized, and their lives rendered 
useless, either by death or otherwise, who shall take upon them the horrible deed 
to execute ? If parents refrain from such a horrible deed, and of two evils choose 
the least, they will have no child to brutalize or murder ; but if the wedded demon 
in the form of man, debases, murders, or uncivilizes his partner in wedded love, 
he alone is answerable to both man and God, the parents being free in the sight 
of Heaven of wrong to their own child ; and while they may lament over the fallen 
state, they will love them still ; and although they be lost to humanity and useful- 
ness, parents will never have to reflect that they caused the fatal and horrible deed, 
or visit their own child a raving maniac or emaciated consumptive, made so by their 
own will. Inspiration saith love is stronger than death ; and parents should act 
cautiously in the separation of the intended married. Parents had better bestow a 
few thousand dollars extra upon such children, to give them a home, and encom*age 
them to a useful and moral life, rather than quarrel, and forever perplex and tor- 
ment them. 



NEYER MARRY RELATIYEb, 

But cross the blood to persons of good habits and health, not given to over- 
drinking, gluttony, whoredom, love sickness, or masturbation before marriage; as all 
these evil habits tend to the transmission of disease to your children, infecting them 
with the seeds of idiocy, insanity, or consumption and early death. 

Dr. Howe, Horatio Byington, and others, appointed by the Legislature of Massa- 
chusetts to investigate the causes of idiocy, report four hundred and twenty idiots 
found in seventy-seven towns only, by which they conclude the number in that 
State to be between fourteen and fifteen hundred. " Of the four hundred and twenty 
idiots proper, two hundred and eighteen are gluttons, and one hundred and two are 
given to self-abuse in an uncontrollable and frightful degree." These, by the con- 
ditions of their birth, though made in the image of God, are deprived of all instruc- 
tion ; confined in asylums ; are filthy, gluttonous, lazy, and given to abominations of 
Various kinds. Left in this condition, they sink deeper and deeper in bodily de- 
pravity and mental degradation. 



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It may be truthfully asserted that this is the result of ignorance rather than of any 
unkindness ; but the plea of ignorance can no longer put away the sin and disgrace. 

The report states that of the four hundred and twenty cases of idiocy examined, 
in three hundred and' fifty-nine of them one or both of the parents had violated 
the natural laws of health by becoming intemperate, by marrying blood relatives, 
or by excessive sexual indulgence, or masturbation, or were afflicted with scrofula 
or affections of the brain. 

The effects of hereditary indisposition upon offspring are very strong. Thus in 
insanity, out of eight hundred and sixteen cases in the New York State Lunatic 
Asylum, one hundred and eighty-seven were known to have had insane relations, 
and from tho known reluctance of friends to make this public, there can be no doubt 
that the actual number is much greater. 

Prom this we may conclude, that where there is a predisposition in any family to 
any particular disease, or where any particular disease or mental deformity exists 
strongly in a family — whether there be scrofula, asthma, consumption, or frequent 
cases of insanity, or of idiocy in that family, or any other complaint or deformity, 
mental or physical, be often manifested in it (and there be but few families but have 
in them a prevalence to some particular infirmity or ill) — the intermarriage of mem- 
bers thereof is highly dangerous to the health of offspring ; inasmuch as by tho 
sexual connection of persons both suffering from or inheriting a tendency to a par- 
ticular disease, the offspring will be rendered doubly liable to the inheritance ef that 
disease. The same will be true of any qualities existing in that family. Where 
both father and mother are consumptive, and the disease has existed in the families 
of both, we may look for an almost certainty of the development of consumption 
in their children, whether the parents be related or not. And inasmuch as it is 
much more probable in a given number of marriages between relatives that there 
will be a predisposition to a particular disease in bath, than a predisposition in both 
to a particular disease in the same number of marriages of persons not connected by 
blood, we may conclude it is better that there should be no marriages of relatives. 
"Whether, in a case of marriage of blood relatives, where there was no predisposition 
to disease in the family, and both parties were in good health, strong and robust, 
there would be any greater probability that the children would be constitutionally 
ailing than in a case where no relationship existed, other circumstances being the 
same, may be doubted. It is in the fact that almost all families possess some 
predisposition to disease, and perhaps some traits of a mental character which 
should not be cultivated by increasing them, that the objection to intermarriage, and 
the more frequent pernicious effects u^on offspring, lies, and not in the relationship 
itself. This I conceive to be the philosophical and physiological explanation of the 
greater frequency of diseased, idiotic, or insane children from marriages of relatives 
than from other marriages, in proportion to the numbers ; and, so far as I am aware, 
it is the first time a reasonable and philosophical explanation, founded upon known 
phrenological and physiological laws, has ever been given to the public ; although 
the matter has been a subject of comment for many of the most able writers in the 
science of medicine, and other sciences pertaining to the human body. 

In the report to the Legislature of Massachusetts, before alluded to, the committee 
very plainly point out the fact that intermarriage of relatives is a source of idiocy, 
insanity and disease ; but they do not explain why this should be so ! The effect, but 
not the cause, is given. Speaking of the intermarriage of relatives, the report says • 



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" By giving this as one of the remote causes of idiocy, it is not meant that in a 
majority of cases the offspring of marriage between cousins, or other near relations, 
will be idiotic. The cases are very numerous where nothing extraordinary is ob- 
servable in the immediate offspring of such unions. On the other hand, there are 
so many cases where blindness, deafness, insanity, idiocy, or some peculiar bodily 
or nental deficiency, or a manifest tendency and liability to them, is seen in such 
offspring, that one is forced to believe they cannot be fortuitous. Indeed, the infer- 
ence seems to be inevitable, that such intermarriages are violations of the natural 
law, though not such flagrant ones as always to be followed by obvious and severe 
punishment. 

" If two full cousins, who are both in good health, and free from any predisposi- 
tion or tendency to any particular disease or infirmity, should marry, the probability 
is, that their immediate offspring will have tolerably good constitutions — though no 
one can say how much less vigorous in body and mind they will be than offspring 
born to either parent from some one of a healthy family not related by blood. 

" But, on the other hand, if a man in whose constitution there lurks a predisposi- 
tion to any particular disease of mind or body, inherited from his father's family, 
should marry a daughter of his father's brother or sister, there would be a strong 
probability that the disease or infirmity would appear in the offspring ; while the 
probability would be less if he married a healthy cousin by his mother's side ; and 
still less if he married a person free from all unhealthy predispositions, who was not 
related to him at all." 

From evidence, it appeared that more than one-twentieth of the idiots examined^ 
were the offsprings of the marriage of relations. Now, as marriages between near 
relations are by no means in the ratio of one to twenty, nor are even, perhaps, as 
one to a thousand to the marriages between persons not related, it follows that the 
proportion of idiotic progeny is vastly greater in the former than in the latter case. 
Then it should be considered that idiocy is only one form in which nature manifests 
that she has been offended by such intermarriages. The probability, therefore, of 
unhealthy or infirm issue from such marriages, becomes fearfully great, and the ex- 
istence of the law against them is made out as clearly as though it were written on 
tables of stone. 

" The statistics of seventeen families, the heads of which being blood relatives, in- 
termarried, tells a fearful tale. Most of the parents were intemperate or scrofulous ; 
some were both the one and the other ; of course there were other causes to increase 
chances of infirm offspring, besides that of the intermarriage. There were born unto 
them 95 children, of whom 44 were idiotic, twelve others were scrofulous and puny, 
one was deafj and one was a dwarf. In some cases, all the children were either 
idiotic, or very scrofulous and puny. In one family of eight children five were 
idiots!!" 

It is a general rule, that close affinity of parents produces a deteriorating influence 
on the children. The degeneracy, and even idiocy, of some of the noble and royal 
families of Spain, Portugal, and other European countries, from marrying nieces and 
other near relatives, is well known. Defective brains in all these cases may be ob- 
served. 

The intermarriage of blood relatives usually degenerates the rich quality of the 
Dlood, the quantity of the phosphoric acid, and the power of the nervous electricity 
apon the same principle that air or water become immure without the introduction of 



170 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

new air or water, of a richer, purer, and more enlivening character. Animal and 
vegetable substances, as well as air and water, degenerate and decompose, unless 
constantly renewed by the introduction of new invigorating principles. 

Intermarriages induce deficiency in the lively, animating, healthy principle of life, 
phosphoric acid, by which persons can be electrically acted upon, and electricity im- 
parted to the semen in the act of impregnation, to give new qualities to the foetus, 
and new animal electric life. 

I have previously stated in this work, that idiots, or persons of inferior intelli- 
gence, are deficient of phosphorus or phosphoric acid in the brain and blood ; and 
that this phosphorus is the great principle to impart activity and intelligence to the 
brain. Nervous and highly intelligent persons have the larger share of this princi- 
ple, while idiots, and the degenerated offspring of blood relatives, have but little. 
In the case of idiotic children, it would be found, could we get at the matter, that 
the persons most defective mentally, chanced, during sexual intercourse, to predo- 
minate in heat of passion, or electrifying power upon the seed for the foetus, where- 
by a greater or less degree of imbecility was caused in the offspring. This will ap- 
pear obvious from the fact, that intemperate persons electrify their offspring with a 
desire for strong drink, when impregnation takes place under the excitement and 
stimulus of the liquor, which arouses the whole electric power of the system at the 
time of cohabitation. The one predominating in electric heat or excitement, will im- 
press upon the semen his or her peculiar qualities, and govern the character of the 
child then propagated, — whether it be livery and intelligent, or inactive and imbe- 
cile in intellect. Therefore the womb should be impregnated when the person hav- 
ing the greatest degree of intelligence and composure, and least liability to disease? 
is in a higher state of sexual excitement than his or her companion ; and where 
either parent is from a diseased family, or a family where idiocy or insanity have 
prevailed, this should be the only time that intercourse should be had, without pre- 
cautions against conception are taken by the use of the Male Safe or Prevention 
Powder ; unless parents would transmit to their offspring disagreeable, unhealthy, 
or imbecile qualities of mind and body ; for be assured that these will follow inat- 
tention to this matter, as certain as cause follows effect. 



IDIOCY, HOW CAUSED. 

The causes of idiocy in children arise from intemperance of the parents in eating ; 
drinking adulterated, poisoned, and tobaccoed liquors ; immoderate use of tobacco • 
tight lacing, and heavy skirts ; depressing and dragging down the bowels ; disturb- 
ing and compressing the foetus ; love sickness ; unhappy marriage ; marrying blood 
relations ; scrofula, or venereal disease ; grub in the system ; nursing the child too 
long, to prevent another conception ; masturbation before marriage ; weakness of 
the sexual organs, arising from protracted celibacy, or any other cause debilitating 
the powers of the parents ; exposing the child to cold, striking it on the head, or 
abusing it with any violence. 

To prevent idiocy, misery, consumption, pain, and degeneration in the offspring, 
all cause of afflictions should be carefully guarded against by the parents, and by 
those who ever contemplate becoming parents ; for we know that diseases are trans- 
mitted to the child while it is yet in the womb, and the physical and menta) charac- 



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teristics of its parents entailed upon it. If in your blood the seeds of disease, which 
may be transmitted to offspring, are lurking, do not have any progeny until your 
blood is purified, and y )ur system restored to health. Use the Blood Renovator and 
the Anti-Bilious Pills, and become healthy before you farther propagate the race. 
These will cleanse your system, purify the life of the flesh, and render you better 
fitted to "multiply and replenish the earth." 

I£ as has been estimated, there are in a city like this, an abandoned prosti- 
tute to every six or seven male adults, busily employed in scattering the venereal 
diseases; and if; (as is really the case,) two-thirds of the people before marriage 
practice self-pollution, and more or less impair the strength of their systems ; and if 
these take no steps to make themselves whole before they beget offspring, how, in 
the name of reason, can insanity, idiocy, and consumption be prevented ? 

Turn from evil and destructive habits, violate no physical law, marry early, and 
study purity, virtue, temperance, and holiness, and thy days shall be many and happy 
upon the earth. Let the licentious, the glutton, and all in danger of imparting in- 
firmities to their children, read the following from the Good Book: — 

" He that begetteth a fool, doeth it to his sorrow." " A foolish son is grief to his 
father, and bitterness to her that bare him." " But fools despise wisdom and in- 
struction." "Wherefore " incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to 
understanding ;" " drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of 
thine own well": "rejoice with the wife of thy youth, let her be as the loving hind 
and the pleasant roe ; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times, and be thou ravished 
always with her love" — that "thou mourn not at the last, when thy flesh and thy 
body are consumed," and thy children filled with disease, "and say, How have I 
hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; and have not obeyed the voice of 
teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me." — Proverbs. 



INFANTILE DEATHS— CAUSE AND PRETENTION. 

The causes of deaths of infants are exposure to cold, croup, dysentery, teething, 
oad milk and food, attempts to abort by the mother, miscarriage previously, nursing 
to prevent pregnancy, inflammation or dropsy of the brain, grub in the head or 
liver of the child, and many other causes, all of which should be carefully guarded 
against. 

To preserve the life of your children, in infancy, see that they have sufficient 
warmth, pure milk and good food ; do not nurse longer than ten or twelve months ; 
let the child be carefully exercised , the father abstain from intercourse during the 
period of nursing, unless he use the Male Safe — for if nursing will prevent pregnan- 
cy, it must affect and derange the milk of the mother, from whence sickness will fol- 
low to the child ; assist teething by cutting the gums ; do not let worms accumulate 
too largely in the child ; check bowel complaints without delay ; never strike the 
child on the head ; never dose it with powerful drugs ; never put it into strong sleep 
with paregoric or laudanum ; do not rock or swing your child too much. 

To prevent still-born or premature births, keep the womb and general health in 
good condition ; avoid heavy skirts, long walks, hard work, lifting, &c. 

About two-thirds of the entire mortality of the world is of children under five 
years of age. The ratio of deaths is 1 to 3 under one year of age, and 1 to 8 from 



172 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

one to two years of age. The months giving the greatest number of infantile deaths 
are July and August — mostly of bowel complaints. [For these use the Dysentery 
Specific.] Next in this list stand January, February, and March, when the major 
portion of fatality occurs from croup, colds, inflammations, convulsions and fevers, 
the results of the cold weather. 

May, June and July seem to be the most favorable months for child-birth, as re- 
gards the life of the infant. Children born in these months seem to have a better 
chance to survive past the days of infancy. The weather favors the tender plant 
and aids it to attain strength and power to better withstand the shocks its system 
encounters. More births also occur in these months than in the same number ox 
cold ones. 

If statistics were presented of the mortality of children during the warm weather, 
on one side, and during the cold on the otner, we should see that the greatest num- 
ber of deaths was in the cold months. This shows the importance of a proper 
degree of warmth for the child. The infant is helpless and inactive, and is there- 
fore incapacitated to generate heat by exercise and increased respiration. All 
animals or fowls that are active or capable of action while young, are better prepared 
to resist the influences of cold, as exercise and respiration generate animal heat. 
Ducks and geese have a temperature of 100 to 10*7 degrees; the sea-gull has 112, 
and they are more active when young, and their lungs are larger in proportion to 
the size of the body than those of a man. The heat of the human body is 9*7 de- 
grees; but in the newly-born child, at the arm-pits, it is but 80 degrees. 

The younger the child is, the more readily does it become chilled ; there is more 
demand for external heat in early life, when the supply from the system itself is 
limited. A pale and shrunken aspect, with cold hands and arms, will often appear 
in the infant, arising from cold, when no sensation of cold is experienced by the 
adult. And yet parents often keep much less warmth upon their young children 
than upon themselves. 

Children are often injured by being kept to sleep without sufficient warmth. 
Neither the infant or the adult breathe so frequently when asleep as when awake ; 
and the effect of this is, a less degree of animal heat. The heat of the adult while 
asleep is 95 degrees — while awake, 97. The same difference will be manifest in the 
infant ; consequently both require more clothes when asleep than when awake. A 
French author informs us that out of 100 infants born during the months of Janu- 
ary and February, 66 die in the first month after birth, and 15 in the course of the 
year, leaving but 19 survivors; that of 100 born in the spring, 48 live beyond the 
first year, and that of 100 born in the summer, 83 live through the year. In 
Eussia a similar result was shown; 600 deaths in 1000 in some places, owing to the 
cold, says Hevriman in his statistics on the mortality of children, occurring in the 
first month after birth in the winter season. 

A prolific source of the deaths of children in cities may be found in the filthy and 
poisonous dust that sweeps up and down the streets with every blast, filling the 
mouth, throat and lungs with its offensive and disease-breeding particles. Children sel- 
dom guard themselves against this prolific source of death, and consequently many of 
them have consumption and inflammations of the lungs and throat produced by it, and 
are swept into the grave. In 1851 there were 1316 deaths in New York from inflam- 
mations of the lungs and throat, four-sevenths or 152 of which were children under 
iivo years of age. Many of these deaths were induced immediately by the dust and 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 173 

filth in our streets ; and how many of deaths by other causes, inflammations in the 
head, &c, had their foundation in the same filth, it is impossible to say. 

The number of deaths of children under ten years of age, by consumption, in the 
same time was 366, many of which, also, are chargeable upon the dusty filth of our 
streets — a destructive compound of fine stone, iron dust, powdered manure, decom- 
posed animal and vegetable matters, and other elements, ground together by the 
hoofs of horses and the boots of men, and mixed up with urine, tobacco juice, 
poisons from sores and expectorated matter, vomiting of drunkards and other nau- 
seating liquid substances. 

Another cause of infantile deaths, to which I would direct your particular atten- 
tion, is atrophy. By examination of New York city reports for the years 1848, 
1849, 1850 and 1851, I find that there occurred 385 deaths from atrophy. These 
cases, for the most part, arose from congenital syphilis — a disease of prostitution — 
nearly all of the deaths being of children under two years of age. They show that 
secondary syphilis was in the blood and bones of one or the other of the parents, as 
the effect of prostitution of the mother or cohabitation with prostitutes of the father ! 
As women in these days are in the habit of nursing their children nearly two years, 
to prevent pregnancy, and the husbands meanwhile have intercourse with both the 
prostitute and their own wives, it is not to be wondered at that the child nurses 
death from the bosom of its mother ; in whom it has been sown by the husband, 
and thence taken up by the blood and conveyed into the natural food of the infant. 
The deaths from this source will not seem strange when we know that in the last 
two years there have occurred in this city 58 deaths by lues venerea, growing out of 
prostitution — the victims of which have not only suffered themselves, but have sown 
the seeds of death for their offspring. These deaths alone, to say nothing of con- 
sumptive and other invalids from the same source, are enough to demand that the 
people should arise and banish prostitution from our midst. 

If these deaths are to be attributed to the male, (as the most of them must be,) 
it may be seen that if he had avoided the house of the harlot in the first place, or, 
being diseased, had made use of the French Male Safe, this sacrifice of infantile life 
would have been avoided. 

At first thought, it may seem that there would be a greater number of deaths of 
infants in the warm than in the cold months, but statistics show us that this is not 
the case. The reason I have shown to be, inattention in many instances to the ex- 
posures of the child to cold, and ignorance of the laws of its well-being. I shall hope 
that those who may read this work and are by heaven blessed with children, will 
give more attention to the rules and the facts here presented for their consideration. 



COMPAPJSON OF DEATHS OF MALES AND FEMALES. 

From statistics of New York and Massachusetts, and other States, it appears that 
the mortality of male children is greater than that of females. The number of cases 
where the foetus is a male considerably exceeds the number of females. The ex- 
cess of conception of males, over that of females, according to the reports made in 
New York, is 2650 in a total of 23,530; or about 14 males to 11 females. The 
proportion of still-born and premature births of male children is about as 4 
to 3 females ; and of deaths of children the preponderance of males over females 



174 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

is the same. Thus in a given time, the number of still-born and premature 
births in New York was 3605 males to 2*754 females; the number of deaths 
of children in a given time, 8112 males to 6177 females. The same law exists 
in adult life; out of 7675 deaths of adults in New York, there were 4003 males 
to 3672 females. This law so generally prevails that, notwithstanding the greater 
number of male conceptions and of births of males, the female population in 
New York is found by census returns to exceed the males, by 7477, or 26 females 
to 25 males. 

Prom this we may see that the probability of life of the female foetus is better 
than that of the male. The reason for this is the greater height and size of the 
male foetus and the consequent greater danger of its death at birth. The average 
weight of the male child at birth is 7.06 pounds, of the female 6.42 ; the average 
height of males 1.64 feet, of females 1.61. 

"Why the mortality of male children should so greatly preponderate over the mor- 
tality of females, as is shown to be the case, has never yet been explained ; and I 
know not to what to refer it, unless it be that the female child is better fitted by na- 
ture to endure the ills of infancy, is not so tender, nor so liable to disease — as I be- 
lieve is the case. This better chance of life continues with the female to puberty, 
for the reason I have given. 

The higher rate of mortality in male adults is owing to several obvious causes. 
Of these, greater exposure to accidents is one ; thus the deaths in New York result- 
ing from casualties, in a given time, were 179, only 24 of which were females; by 
drowning, there were 162 deaths, only 15 of which were females. Besides the 
greater liability to accidents, the males plunge more generally into the various dis- 
sipations that lead to disease and death, particularly intemperance in using ardent 
spirits. They are more given to self-abuse than females, they indulge in excessive 
sexuality to a greater degree, confining themselves less to the one companion at 
home. They do not marry so early, and from this fact the chance of long life is 
lessened, as we have shown elsewhere in this work. These and other causes com- 
bine together to make the number of adult male deaths greater than those of females. 

Prom the statistics here given, it will appear that, notwithstanding the dangers 
to life resulting from conception and child-birth, the chances of the female to attain 
to maturity are considerably better than those of the male ; although such would 
not be generally supposed to be the case. And these statistics also show, that, 
were it not that men more generally indulged in the dissipations of society than 
females, and thus decreased the numbers of their sex — thwarting the purpose of na- 
ture in this respect, there would be in all the years from puberty to a ripe old age, 
an almost wonderful equality in the numbers of the two sexes ; which plainly says 
there shall be one man for one woman, one woman for one man, and no polygamy, 
prostitution, or other kindred evils. 



EAT, DRINK:, AND BE MERRY; 

But whatsoever you eat or drink, see that it is clean, fresh, unadulterated, un 
poisoned, uncorrupted ; and you will have added to life, health and length of days. 
Never eat to gluttony; never drink to drunkenness; whether you pay much or 
little for what you eat or drink, commit no sin for thy stomach's sake, but eat and 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 175 

drink with moderation. Do not partake of too great a variety. Study ease, tern 
perance, and moderation, and show thyself a vessel of honor rather than dishonor 
Never eat food half cooked, for such the gastric secretion of the stomach acts upon 
but feebly. 

Jesus said unto the man sick with palsy— "Be of good cheer ; to the fearful, " Be 
of good cheer ;" to the troubled in mind, " Be of good cheer ;" " In me ye might have 
p eace — m the world tribulation; but be of good cheer." Paul said, "I exhort you 
to be of good cheer." Solomon said, " Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, 
than the stalled ox and hatred therewith." — " A merry heart maketh a cheerfiL 
countenance ; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken." I would say to all my 
readers, " Be of good cheer." Does not the stomach of the dyspeptic, in its desire 
for food of the right kind, sanction this language : — for cheerfulness and love assist 
digestion, but hatred and other bad passions retard it. 

The sick, the fearful, the discouraged, and even the dying, should be of good 
cheer. If one die in the Lord, he may be of good cheer in the hope of a glorious 
eternity ; and if he be to live, the hope of health and happiness should make him of 
good cheer always. Whatever your condition, let me commend this to you as a 
comfort and an antidote against consumption and many other diseases. 

Christ, the master physician for diseases of both body and soul, exhorted to cheer- 
fulness. " Let your heart be cheerful, let none cast you down." If sick, take new 
courage, in the hope of a restoration to health; for "all things are possible with 
God." "Bring out the fatted calf and kill it — eat, drink and be merry; for it is 
meet that we should make merry and be glad." "Is any among you afflicted? — 
let him pray." " Is any merry, — let him sing psalms." "A merry heart doeth good 
like a medicine ; but a broken spirit drieth the bones." " Go thy way, eat thy bread 
with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart." 

Such, my readers, is the language of Scripture upon this subject. And in con- 
cord therewith, I might pile up for you physiological proof as high as the mountains 
and immovable as the everlasting hills ; but I consider the necessity of cheerfulness, 
proper mirthfulness, music, song, and dance to be self-evident to all reasonable men, 
in order that health, happiness, and long life may fall to the lot of man upon the 
earth which God has given him for an inheritance. All the face of nature smiles 
and is cheerful ; the beasts and the birds make merry ; why then should not the 
heart of man rejoice and his soul take comfort and be glad ? That it should be so 
is evident : therefore, it will need no further illustration. 



BATHING IN COLD WATER, 

In fevers, nervous and rheumatic irritation, and diseases of a consumptive charac- 
ter, is healthful and excellent. It imparts vigor to body and mind. An occasional 
ablution, by imparting cleanliness, gives a healthy condition to the skin, opens the 
pores of the flesh, and encourages perspiration — which is important for the main- 
tenance of health. Pive-eighths of the food and drink taken into the system escape, 
when the health is good, through the pores of the flesh, in the form of vapory waste 
or effete matter. When the pores are closed by dirt, fevers, oils upon the skin, or in 
other ways, so that the waste matter cannot escape in the natural way, it is thrown 
back upon the system, deranging the action of the heart, lungs, \owels, and kidneys. 



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Bathing in cold or tepid water, with the room at a comfortable temperature, is o f 
much importance; but this, like other good things, should not be carried to e*cPSR 
as is often the case. Prom one to three times a week is fully enough. Afta - 
coming from the water, rub yourself well with a piece of flannel. The rubbing wil 
be of as much service as the bathing. 

Cleanliness of the skin, as well as a healthy and vigorous action, are indispensat k 
alike to moral purity and intellectual vigor. Vicious persons are generally filthy in 
person, and one of the first steps to moral elevation is physical ablution. To keep 
the skin clean is as important as to supply food to the stomach. 

I would not recommend bathing daily to any person. It maybe making too 
much of a good thing: it will weaken and dissolve the skin, and waste the flesh. 
and if you bathe two or three times a day, the probable effect will be to give you 
a weak and watery blood, a clammy or slimy perspiration, general emaciation, 
feebleness and consumption. 

Never bathe too long at a time. Do not have your water too hot or too cold, 
unless it is used so for medicinal purposes, and is known to suit your constitution 
and condition. Avoid cold, shower or plunge baths, unless you are very robust 
and healthy, and even then rubbing with a coarse towel wet in water is to be pre- 
ferred. 

In bathing, every person must be guided by reason and the results of his ex- 
perience, with regard to the temperature of the water. No rule can be laid down 
which will be proper for every one to follow, any more than we can fix the amount 
of food a man requires. Be governed by common sense, comfort and agreeablo 
feelings. 

Water, warm or cold, is a powerful dissolvent, and is of great medicinal value, 
when judiciously used. But there are extremes in its use, which all should avoid 
Bathing, like dieting, has saved many lives, and it has caused many deaths. There 
are various methods of receiving a bath— use that which best agrees with you. 

A sponge is a poor thing to rub with — use a linen cloth, and rub the body well 
both before and after bathing. In the morning, or just before going to bed, are the 
most judicious hours for a bath, though it may be taken at any time except soon 
after eating. A bath after meals tends to a disturbance of the digestion. 

Cloths wet in cold or hot water are highly efficacious applied in inflammations, 
fevers, pains, sore throat, bronchitis, pleurisy, head-ache, rush of blood to the head, 
rheumatism, quinsy, croup, and many other complaints. They should not, how- 
ever, be worn if the person is out of doors, in the cold. 

I cannot recommend bathing as a cure-all, as some "cold-water doctors" do; it 
is absurd to suppose that every " ill that flesh is heir to" can be driven away by 
water simply. But I would by no means condemn its use. Water, used for 
cleanliness, and in the way of occasional baths, and by the application of wet cloths, 
is often a most valuable assistant in the cure of disease, and in almost all conditions 
of the body it may be applied with good results, if used wisely, temperately, and 
with a correct knowledge of its effects. 

Bathing the head with cold water, and snuffing it into the nose, will be found to 
be good for weak eyes, and in the relief of head-ache, dizziness and catarrh. 

In cases of chill from cold water bathing, the German Ointment will be found 
excellent, when rubbed on the bowels or chest, to produce a reaction and u< v^-jy 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 177 

warmth, and set the blood in active motion. Also in cases of croup, colic, and 
pains induced by bathing, it may be used with efficacious results. 

The first effects of the cold bath are to contract the body, raise the bulbs of 
the hair, and make the skin resemble a newly -plucked goose. Considerable debility 
and tremor ensue ; a sense of weight is felt in the head ; the respiration is quick 
and laborious. These appearances are followed by a very different series. A glow 
returns to the surface, the weight in the head is relieved, and every function is 
carried on with increased activity. But if the person stay for a longer period in 
the cold bath, the glow will bo slighter and soon disappear, and every previous 
symptom of debility will return and continue. If the immersions are at due inter- 
vals repeated, and the stay in the bath be not improperly continued, the general 
health and spirits are greatly improved, the different necessary evacuations pro- 
perly carried on and supported, and the body and mind appear to act with increased 
vigor. 

But, according to the arrangement of this remedy, we may secure very differ- 
ent and opposite effects. A sudden change in the determination of the blood and 
nervous power, which the cold bath effects, will produce a very different result 
from the continued, and this again from the repeated application ; a distinction neces- 
sary to be attended to in treating the different diseases with the application of cold 
water. 

The repeated action of cold bathing affords numerous opportunities of relieving 
some of the most obstinate and troublesome diseases to which the human frame is 
subject. Every complaint arising from debility in its varied forms and numerous 
consequences often yields to this remedy. 

Bathing in the sea is preferable, as the heat is more uniform, the water more re 
freshing, from its agitation, and the salt acts as a stimulus. 

One form of cold bath is the cold air bath. This consists in exposing the body for 
a few minutes to the cold air, partly secured by a loose dressing gown. "With pru- 
dent precautions this practice may be useful, and even salutary. The effects will de- 
pend on tho heat of the atmosphere and the temperature of the body when exposed. 

The custom of bathing, so essential to cleanliness, was undoubtedly first prac- 
tised in hot countries, and in the open air ; but the refinements of civilization, 
and the wants of man removed from streams proper for this service, have made it 
a household affair. 

The Egyptians, of the highest rank, were accustomed to bathe in the Nile. 
Among the Hebrews, it was a civil law that the bath should be used ; and with 
the Mohamedans, ablution is a part and parcel of religion. The Egyptians, the 
Greeks, and the Romans, as they arose to civilization, erected public baths, some of 
which among the latter people were decorated with the greatest splendor. 

In Oriental countries, the place of greatest attraction is the summer bath. "With 
those who can afford it, it comprises everything of seclusion, elegance and luxu- 
rious enjoyment. The bath of the Eastern man of wealth and taste, is a vast 
marble basin, or pool of pure water, through which flows a stream. This is sur 
rounded by rose trees and shrubs of sweet perfume, which often cast their quivering 
shado over the bright and limpid waters. Around the whole of this is built a 
building, generally of two ranges of chambers, one above the other, looking to 
wards the bath, which are furnished with every refinement of the harem that the 
plaster can afford. These are for the use of the ladies, where they undress and 

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repose before and after bathing. The master frequently takes his noon-day repose 
in one of the upper chambers which encircle the bath, from whence he views the 
beauties of his harem. From such a bath-court, it is supposed by commentators, 
the beautiful Bathsheba was seen by David. Walking at even-tide on the roof of 
his palace, to overlook his royal wives in the bath, he discovered the voluptuous 
wife of Uriah the Hittite, who was probably visiting the women of the king. 

The Hindoos make use of the cold water bath to refresh them after labor. They 
do not plunge into the water, but, sitting on their horses, naked, except a small 
strip about the loins, a servant, or companion, pours water upon them till they are 
refreshed. 

In Cairo, the women make a visit to the bath a kind of holiday, and display the 
richest dress and jewels they can command ; strangers enter into family gossip with 
each other, and frequently a mother chooses a wife for her son from among the 
bathers. In cases of marriage, or of a circumcision, when there is a family festival, 
an entire bath is hired for a party ; a feast of sweetmeats and coffee is provided, 
and female singers engaged to amuse the company. 



ABDOMINAL SUPPORTER. 

The use of these articles is very apt to cause spinal diseases and weaknesses ; 
they do more harm than good in most cases, although they have been most elabo- 
rately puffed up by those pecuniarily interested in their sale, and who did not care 
whether they did harm or good, so long as there was a market for them. Some- 
times, however, their use is beneficial. 

I have never yet found any support to any part of the system equal to that given 
by the possession of good rich blood. Cases would be hard to 'find where a person 
having a pure, healthy blood would require the aid of an abdominal supporter. 

Mechanical supports of any kind, by causing an inaction of the muscles, render 
them thin, and enfeeble them, and unfit them for the performance of the duties 
required. If the hand is not used at all, it will become weak — if proper exercise is 
given to its muscles, it will be strong. The eye, the ear, or any other organ, will 
become weak if it has no action. 

There are many kinds of supporters (all acting on nearly the same principle), 
each sort having claimed for it by its manufacturer a superiority over all others. I 
keep a stock of these articles, selected from among the best in use, though I seldom 
have occasion to use them, and then generally for only a short time. Cases 01 
falling of the womb are the most general ones where the supporter can be used. 
And even in these cases, I will say that I have never met with one that I could not 
cure in a few days with a simple herb tea, and the lady keep about the house during 
the time. 

The worst of all supporters are the internal uterine supporters. If any lady would 
ever recover her health, from the falling of the womb, and would bear children, let 
her avoid the use of this article; for there never was a case that needed one — there 
never was a case that could not be better cured without it than with it. 

Let the ladies lay off eight or ten extra skirts, cease fastening their skirts around 
the waist instead of by straps over the shoulders, and there would be but little 
use for mechanical supporters. It is heavy skirts, bad fashions of dress, and a great 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 179 

deal of running up and down stairs, that produce weakness and falling of the womb. 
So much going up and down stairs as ladies have to encounter in large cities is very 
bad. No woman can do it long and be healthy. So far as is possible, their work 
should be on the same floor. 

Should any of my readers be in need of a supporter, they can always obtain the 
best kinds by applying, by letter or otherwise, to my office. If a supporter aids 
your health or adds to your comfort, use it, by all means ; for your health is your 
fortune ; and it does not so much matter what you use, provided you gain health. 
But as I feel confident that I can cure almost all cases of falling of the womb better 
without using a supporter than with one, I cannot recommend people to incur the 
extra expense of buying them. Ladies troubled with falling of the womb and 
weaknesses of the genital organs, will find (in cases where they cannot apply per- 
sonally to me) a cure resulting in almost all instances from the use of the Blood Re- 
novator, the Water Regulator, the Female "Wash, and the German Ointment, which. 
can be had by writing to me in New York, or of druggists generally. 



CUSTOMS AND FASHIONS OF DRESS. 

There is much greater necessity of the proper and healthful arrangement of the 
habiliments of the female than the male, inasmuch as the welfare of offspring is 
much more dependant upon her than upon the man. The female has the charge, 
the nourishing before and after birth, and the bringing into the world, of the child ; 
and ifj by indulgence in foolish habits or fashions of dress, she so deforms her per- 
son as to injure the unborn babe, a great sin must ever he at her door. 

Nothing can interest a nation more than the fashions and habits which are to de- 
termine upon the health and character of its succeeding generation. Any practice, 
the obvious tendency of which is to sicken, enfeeble, and degenerate females and 
the coming generation, should be looked at with dread, and repelled with indigna- 
tion. Our bills of infantile mortality (see Infantile Deaths) are truly astonishing in 
their numbers. They show great wrong flowing from many sources (of which this 
we are now speaking of is one), the sin of which will be laid at the doors of those 
who cause it. 

It would seem as if women in almost all ages had been hampered, or had ham- 
pered themselves, with garments not at all fitted to give comfort and health. The 
most extravagant, outlandish, ungainly, ill-fitting and unhealthy costumes have suc- 
ceeded each other in turn, with but very few fashions that comfort, convenience, 
and health could honestly sanction. If, at any time, one portion of the dress has 
been such as an honest and capable physician — one who understands the laws of 
life and health — could recommend, another portion has been decidedly prejudicial 
to the welfare of the woman, and doubly so to the children she might nourish in 
her womb. That millions of the fairest and most lovely of all the creations of God — 
His last, best and most perfect work — have been carried to premature graves, the 
self-sacrificed victims of irrational fashions of dress, is a fact beyond dispute. And 
that still more millions of human beings have either died before or at birth, or havo 
lived but a short time, the victims 0* the same folly in their mothers, is also a fact 
that no observing physician will for a moment gainsay. 

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180 THE PEOrLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

ingenuity of the manufacturers is constantly taxed to develop some new phases in 
its appearance, as an incentive to the devotees to purchase. In the Eastern coun 
tries there is and has ever been, a greater uniformity in the style of dress, though it 
differs essentially in different nations. The greater part of their garments are long 
and flowing, loosely cast about the body, consisting chiefly of a large piece of cloth. 
The refinements of modern Western civilization would not tolerate such habiliments; 
but they are well adapted for use in hot climates, are more healthy, and have more 
dignity and gracefulness of appearance than belongs to the garments generally worn 
in this part of the world. 

The dress of the modern Arab corresponds very nearly to that worn in ancient 
times by the people of the Eastern countries. It is a blanket, usually six yards 
long and five or six feet broad, and serves as a complete dress by day and a covering 
by night. The women among the Turks and Arabs wear drawers: unmarried 
women are distinguished from the matrons by having their drawers made of needle- 
work, striped silk, or linen. When they appear in public, they fold themselves up 
closely in a kind of cape, so that very little of their faces can be seen ; and in addi- 
tion to this generally wear a veil, which completely hides the face from view. This 
veil, in some countries, reaches nearly to the feet. Thus are the ladies trammeled in 
their dress ; but not to the injurious extent practised in modern times among the 
nations of Christendom. 

Did space allow, we might give the reader particular accounts of the various 
extravagant, outlandish, and disease-breeding fashions of clothing that have from time 
to time prevailed in this country and in Europe. At one time there have been enor 
mous head-dresses, that would distort the neck ; at another, high-heeled shoes, ta 
turn the feet and ankles to deformity ; at another, dresses with immense hoops at 
the bottom, so magnificent in point of circumference as to be an effectual barrier 
against the close approach of an admirer ; at another, lacing of the waist to a wasp- 
like smallness ; at another, disfiguring rolls of cotton or bran, called bustles, worn 
with the folly of attempting to improve upon the beautiful handiwork of Nature ; 
at another, an enormous load of skirts, to weigh down upon the bowels ; and further, 
and among the worst of all fashions, and the most enduring, shoes of little bettei 
than gossamer materials, which afford scarcely the slightest protection against the 
'mud, snow, and wet that prevail for a good part of the year in Northern countries ; 
and with these, dresses, in the cold weather of winter, which, in the satirical lan- 
guage of Yoltaire, are "cut off too late at the top and too early at the bottom;" 
and many other mischievous and unhealthy modes of dress have prevailed, too 
numerous to mention, and too pernicious in their effects upon the race to be worn 
without sin in the eyes of the Deity. 

The person should be protected and kept in uniform temperature by clothing of 
the right kind, and worn at such times or seasons, in such manner, and in such 
quantities as are best adapted to promote health ; and net as now, in obedience to the 
beck of fashion, or the law of carelessness. Disease should not be allowed to invade 
the system by means of too much or too little clothing, or through any other defect 
or imperfection ; but each person should wear just such clothing, at all times, as 
will involve the least risk, and produce the greatest vigor and personal enjoyment. 
But so far. from taking pains to obey natural laws upon this subject, people labor di- 
rectly to the contrary, and wear and endure that style and cut of garments that they 
know to be iniurious to health f 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 181 

In an article on Consumption, alluding to the modern modes of female dross, Dr. 
Dixon, at page 112 of vol. i. of the Scalpel, says: — "When we reflect upon the in- 
sane adherence to fashion in our country, and the total want of that knowledge that 
would compel precautionary measures, why should it not be so ? It is a part of an 
American female's education to wear tight dresses and thin shoes ; she esteems her- 
self at least temporarily, degraded, if she does not do it. What becomes of the 
blood — that is, of four or five pounds out of the twenty-five she has in her body — 
when it is driven from her extremities by cold upon the heart and lungs ? These 
organs struggle to overcome their bonds, and to pass it through the lungs fast enough 
to preserve the balance of the circulation, but they must fail; a dozen powerful 
hooks and eyes, if not a corset to boot — and one is just as bad as the other — resist 
the efforts of the muscles to raise the ribs, and the delicate blood-vessels lining the 
bronchia, tender from congestion, give way here and there, and she spits blood ; it 
is merciful she does ; it had better come out than remain in the substance of the 
lungs." 

On pages 250, 251, and 252 of the Scalpel, treating of the evils of fashion, a pointed 
writer says: — "The exposure of the neck and chest, so common in the ranks of 
fashion, is as injurious to the health of the body as to the purity of the soul. Dis- 
eases of the throat, the lungs, and the heart, are the necessary consequences, and 
thousands of the fairest of the fair are annually the victims of consumption from this 
cause alone. 

" The practice of tight lacing, or dressing, obstructs the circulation in the muscles, 
and thus hinders their growth and development. The consequence of this is, that 
the whole of the trunk is weak, requiring support, and liable to give way upon be- 
ing exposed to the ordinary endurances of domestic life. 

" To diminish the space for the movement of the lungs, (which tight lacing effec- 
tually performs,) is to deprive them of a part of their function. If the lungs are pre- 
vented from spreading out their surfaces to the action of the air, less of good blood is 
made than is required for the purposes of life, and the whole of the organization be- 
comes feeble, and the functions defective. Those portions of the lungs which are 
obstructed in their functions become debilitated and absorbed. There is, therefore, 
less lung than is natural, and that is diseased. Hence, there is a sufficient founda- 
tion laid for the supervention of consumption, dropsy, and diseases of the heart and 
lungs. 

11 If the lungs have not room enough to play, they will force other organs out oi 
their place in their efforts to obtain it. The heart, deprived of comfortable space for 
its movements, will palpitate, and be irregular in its action, and diseased in its sub- 
stance. The stomach will be pressed down out of its place by the superincumbent 
diaphragm, and the substance of the organ diseased, while its function of digestion 
will be disturbed. Indeed, the whole of the viscera of the abdomen will be pressed 
out of place, and disturbed, more or less. 

11 There are, however, two parts towards which the pressure is usually most inju- 
riously directed — the womb, and the last portion of the boweL The cavity in which 
these organs are placed, is covered in with muscles, which are capable of, and in- 
tended for contracting and dilating. They resist pressure to a certain extent, but 
oiler that they give way and stretch, losing their elasticity. Is it extraordinary that 
bo many cases of prolapsus of the uterus and rectum should occur ? A fashionable 
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182 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

pounds : what wonder if something give way ? It would be a wonder if something 
did not. 

" Upon the point of beauty involved in this matter, we may remark that the laws 
of beauty are the laws of nature. There is, therefore, no room for the argument, 
that the beauty of a woman requires this pressure, for this is to pass by unheeded 
the great principle that we are to learn from Nature, not to teach her. [See Frontis- 
piece — Man and "Woman.] 

" A fashionable woman cannot have her maternal organs in a state of health, and 
therefore all the functions appertaining to those modes of her existence will neces- 
sarily be accompanied with inconvenience and pain. The functions of gestation 
parturition, and lactation, are performed with debilitated and diseased organs ; and 
from the necessity of the case, must be disordered and disturbed." 

The female dress of the present time, as it is worn among us, is not fitted for health, 
convenience, lightness, proper warmth, or the welfare of the offspring. Her skirts, 
coffee-sacks, and heavy luggage, worn to give what is styled beauty and graceful- 
ness, and her show of goods in the form of long dresses, are anything but produc- 
tive of health to herself and child. The lower extremities of females, in the preva- 
lent fashion of dress, are much exposed to cold ; her garments, fastened about the 
waist, are generally cumbersome, and drag down the bowels. She indulges in thin 
shoes, thin dresses, thin bonnets, low-necked and short-sleeved outer garments in 
improper seasons of the year, — when the cold winds ehill the blood, and predispose 
to consumption. And thus she becomes diseased and enfeebled, and is rendered in- 
competent to produce or nourish healthy offspring. 

Says Combe: "Female dress errs in one important particular, even when unex- 
ceptionable in material and quantity. From the tightness with which it is made to 
fit on the upper part of the body, not only is the insensible perspiration injudiciously 
and hurtfully confined, but that free play between the dress and the skin, which 13 
po beneficial in gently stimulating the latter by friction at every movement of the 
body, is altogether prevented, and the action of the cutaneous nerves and vessels, 
and consequently the heat generated is less than that which would result from the 
same dress more loosely worn." 

The health of the child being much more dependent, in most cases, upon the con 
dition of the mother than of the father, greater care should be taken to have her 
dress such as would not induce ill health. But this is not the case. The reverse ia 
true I The body and the mind are enfeebled and diseased by seeking the vanities 
of fashion, rather than obeying the laws of life and health. The richest gift of God to 
the race — the power of man and woman to procreate the divine image — is thwarted 
in its action, if not annulled, by obedience to the follies of fashion in tight lacing, 
wearing thin shoes, and other like contrivances for shortening the span of human life. 

As a striking evidence of the ill effects of the present female costume, we may 
point to the fact, that the Indian women of our country, when living in their natu- 
ral state, are never troubled with those female weaknesses peculiar to the fashion- 
able lady. The back and bowels of the Indian woman are never subject to the dis- 
eases common to the ladies living in civilized countries ; and what the Indian wo- 
man is in this respect, the white woman might be, if she would study and abide by 
the laws of fife and health. 

The honor of the redemption of the world, through the agency of flesh and blood, 
is die to woman ; and if woman can redeem a fallen world, can she not redeem her 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 183 

sex from the evils of fashionable dressing, which hastens early consumption. A 
united action of the ladies could change or modify the female dress, so as to greatly 
promote the health and longevity of the sex. 

The most essential objection to be made by the males against a change in the 
present female costume, will arise from a supposition that a new style will encroach 
upon the fashion of the male sex so closely as to prevent detection of the sexes 
Therefore, if the ladies change their style of dress, they should not fail to wear some 
external sign by which they may be always known. There cannot be too much cau- 
tion exercised about adopting such a fashion as would attract the too earnest gaze 
of the opposite sex ; and if the present dress should be shortened, the extremities 
should be so clothed as to afford no extra attraction for the gazer. 

Woman by nature is a source of great comfort and happiness to man. Her win- 
ning smiles, sweet songs, rosy cheeks, ruby lips, loving eyes, and beautiful form are 
to him fountains of exquisite enjoyment. Why should she detract from her charms? 
why blast herself by consumption ? — why ruin her own prospects in life ? — why 
make broken-hearted mourners of parents, husbands, brothers, sisters and friends, 
for the sake of following in the footsteps of fashion ? But these she does, by im- 
proper modes of dress, which take health and strength from the womb and bowels, 
life from the eye, color from the cheek, elasticity from the step, vigor from the 
muscles, vivacity from the mind and loveliness from the spirits, and hasten her to 
the grave of the consumptive. 

A sickly, broken-backed, falien-boweled, hollow-voiced, sunken-eyed, sallow- 
complexioned, emaciated and consumptive nation of females, slaves to foolish 
fashions, is a grievous subject to contemplate; for such are not only a curse to 
themselves but to those who shall come after them ; a libel on the original creation 
of God; degenerators of the race; a disgrace to a reasonable, intelligent, civilized 
and wise people, whose improvements in every work, save in that of caring for hu- 
man health, outshine all the past generations of the world. 

Our country is flooded with stays, abdominal and uterine supporters, &c, ribbing 
the woman around as barrels are ribbed with the hoops of the cooper — which serve 
generally to deform the frame, disease the parts, and make the condition of the 
wearer worse instead of better. By the adoption of some different mode of dress, 
and by proper attention to health, these articles might be altogether dispensed with, 
and woman grow up in the original beauty and symmetry designed by nature and 
God. The effects of tight-lacing and wearing stays to compress the waist, and de- 
stroy both health and beauty of form, may be seen in the following cuts, illustrative 
of artificial and inartificial waists. 

If ladies destroy their natural attractiveness, they cannot expect to hold control 
over or even to influence the men. It has been said that woman is the most pow- 
erful of all created beings ; and, in a certain sense, this is true ; at least it was so 
admitted by the king of the most powerful nation upon earth, who suffered a fair 
damsel to box his ears — an act that certainly no man would have dared to do. 
When woman is in health and in full possession of her natural charms, man is her 
slave, to solicit her favor, her smiles and her love ; but when these depart from her, 
her power departs also, and her influence over man is lost to her for ever. 

In view of these considerations, I would suggest a modification in the existing 
modes of female dress. Let the garments be warm and comfortable about the neck 
in cold acd damp weather; the arms be properly covered, in accordance with the 



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No. 3y. — Artificial Waist. 



Natural "Waist. 



changes of the season ; the dress sit free, loose and easy about the chest ; corsets and 
kindred contrivances be abolished; the heavy and burdensome skirts thrown off, and 
those worn hang from the shoulders by the Suspender and Shoulder-Brace ; no un- 
natural protuberances attached posteriorly to make amends for a supposed deficien- 
cy in the work of nature ; no weight or pressure be allowed upon the bowels ; the 
lower extremities be properly clothed and kept warm, and the feet properly protect- 
ed with thick shoes or boots. 

These improvements would save many from diseases of the genital organs — 
from falling of the womb ; from ulcers, tumors and polypuses of the womb ; from 
weaknesses in the back, spinal diseases and numerous other complaints, too numer- 
ous to be mentioned here, but by no means so unimportant that every means 
possible for their prevention should not be embraced with avidity and employed 
by all. 



EXPENSE AND LABOR TO PRODUCE CONSUMPTION. 



The extent and fatality of consumption have been subjects for investigation and 
comment since the first days of medical science ; but the causes of it have been 
generally overlooked by writers, so that while physicians have labored for its eradica- 
tion, the people have been constantly engaged in various ways to propagate the dis- 
ease. Many of these ways I have spoken of in other parts of this work ; I would 
now direct your attention more particularly to the mode of inducing consumption 
by the wearing of stays and corsets. 

That you may have some idea of the extent to which ladies are propped up by 
stays and corsets, I will submit to you the statistics of the stay and corset making 
business in the city of Paris. The stay-making business is carried on by 652 prin- 
cipal establishments, which employ 3968 workwomen. The value of the manufac- 



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185 



ture is five million francs annually; and 1,200,000 corsets are made in Paris annu- 
ally for exportation ! 

If to this huge amount we add those made in other parts of the world — at home 
and abroad, — the sum total would be enormous. Of the extent of the manufacture 
of iiese articles in New York, I have not now at hand the means of informing my- 
self; but I know that it is greater than it ought to be, if the health of the people was 
considered. But we can see from the statistics of Paris to what extent these articles 
are worn, and I know that hundreds and thousands of females are voluntarily im- 
prisoned in them to the great detriment of their health and often to the production 
of consumption. A more ingenious method for killing women without exciting their 
alarm than the use of stays and corsets could not readily be devised ; and to their 
inventors, first that great enemy of life, King Death, should award one of his pre- 
miums. 

That such enormous sums of money and so much of labor should be expended in 
the production of articles to kill ladies by degrees, seems strange indeed ; but not so 
strange as that the ladies themselves should purchase and use the very articles that 
are their destruction, when their greatest happiness lies in the enjoyment of good 
health. For while the manufacturer makes money of the business, the deluded 
purchaser is spending her money to procure articles that enfeeble her, and inducing 
disease that will call for still more money to remove it from her system. 

The propriety of giving to the vital organization 
free play, cannot be too strongly enforced ; and yet, 
to-day in civilized life, enlightened people are con- 
tinually and systematically engaged in cramping 
the motions of the heart and lungs, and compressing 
the space in which the machinery of life performs 
its operations. This cut represents the bust and 
stomach of a well developed female, as she would be 
if nature were not thwarted. 

The next cut depicts her as she too often is, after 
being "cabined, cribbed, confined," by laces and 
whalebone, corsets 7 and stays. 

Is it any wonder that we hear of heart diseases, 
consumption, dyspepsia, and female weakness, when 
there is actually no room for healthy pulsation and 
digestion? The blood made in such a contracted 
laboratory, must be imperfectly made, and must, 
therefore, be impure. 

Ladies, I would exhort you to leave these instru- 
ments of death in the shops where they are exposed 
for sale. Do not let them come nigh you ; for forth 
^rom their embrace will spring pains, consumption 
«\nd death. If you need support, that support must 
be had through a pure, vigorous and healthy blood, 
to obtain which, proper habits of living, exercise of 
various kinds, good food and air, and restorative and 




No. 40. — Natural Chest. 




invigorating medicines must be had recourse to, 
instead of compressing corsets and imprisoning stays. 
[See articles on Air, Diet, Exercise, &c.l 



No. 41. — Compressed Chest. 



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VACCINATION— ITS EYILS. 

In vaccination great care should be taken to obtain the vaccine matter from a 
person perfectly free from disease or humors of any kind, or evils of magnitude will 
arise. The worst cases of scrofula, erysipelas and salt rheum have been given by 
inoculating for the kine pox ; and syphilitic and cancerous humors are frequently 
communicated in this way, as is also consumption. The matter taken from the in- 
oculation of a person troubled with some disease is almost certain to infuse that 
disease into the blood of those upon whom it is used. It were much better to have 
the small-pox than suffer from some of the evil humors inoculated into the blood 
with impure vaccine matter. 

If you wish to vaccinate yourself or your children, be sure that the matter is 
taken from a child who has a pure blood and healthy system. Adult persons being 
much more apt to be diseased than children, it is not advisable to take the infectant 
from them. It is better to get it from the cow, if possible. Distempers in the blood 
contracted from vaccination are very difficult of eradication ; therefore I would ad- 
vise all to use great caution in this matter. I have had many cases presented to me 
for examination, arising from this source ; and though generally succeeding in re- 
storing the blood to its proper and original state of health, I know that it is not sc 
easy to be done that any one would desire to become diseased in the way I have 
alluded to. 



DISEASES OF TRADES. 

Man, in his several relations, is assuredly the most extraordinary and interesting 
being in the universe, for examination and reflection. His splendid and beautiful 
external form, and the number and complexity of his organs, their harmony and re- 
lationship, have from my boyhood up been a theme to me of never-ending gratifica- 
tion and study. 

But it has been one thing to view man as created by God, and another to exam- 
ine him in a morally and physically degraded state. Alas ! and whom are we to thank 
for such a melancholy change ? His fellow man — he who should have been the 
first to have cherished and supported his toiling brother — who should have fed him 
when hungry, clothed him when naked, and given him drink when thirsty, is, all 
over the world, found to be his greatest tormentor. 

In looking at the miracles of science and art ; in looking at the beautiful fabrics 
of the loom, the hammer, the graver, or the needle, we may forget the thousands in 
mines, shut from the light of day, and the air of heaven — we may forget the crowd- 
ed factories, the damp workshops, the empty garrets, the pestilential diseases inci- 
dent to the industrious. I have in my travels and my practice collected much in- 
formation connected with the diseases of Trades and Professions, and I wil] 
therefore proceed to give a brief view of the agencies which are at work to produce 
them, hoping that from the inquiry, some improvement may result to those classes 
of our fellow-creatures. 

The Butcher. — Either diseases are multiplied artificially, or thev are not. If in 



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quiry proves they are, surely sell-interest, as well as benevolence, demands a full in- 
vestigation into the causes of the evil. If the negative, I shall rest contented, gratified 
with the beliet that our avocations are not injurious, and that the increase of mor- 
tality is the infliction of the Creator, not the agency of his creatures. 

All who reflect on this subject, it is presumed, will admit that our employments 
are in a considerable degree injurious to health ; at the same time they believe, that 
the evils cannot be counteracted, and that an investigation of such evils can produce 
only pain and discontent. From a reference to facts and observation, I am clearly 
convinced that in many occupations the injurious agents might be removed, or, at 
all events diminished. Evils are suffered to exist where the means of correction 
are known and readily supplied. Apathy is the great obstacle to success. But 
where no adequate remedy immediately presents itself observation and discussion 
will rarely fail to discover one. I might even say that the human mind cannot be 
fairly and perseveringly applied to a subject of this nature, without beneficial re- 
sults. However, when an evil is continually kept before the public attention, other 
investigations, or the march of science in other departments, often provide a 
remedy. 

Thousands of lives have been lost by explosions in coal mines, and thousands 
more would have been added to the list, if the property of gases had not been ex- 
amined. Yet the miner, doubtless, has often said, before Davy invented his safety 
lamp, " These explosions are very shocking events, but we cannot prevent them— 
they are insuperable from the nature of our employment." 

Such will ever be the sentiments of those who are either too distrustful of science, 
or too selfish to investigate the cause of an evil. 

I will commence my remarks with those employments whose operations allow 
the greatest physical perfection. First those of active habits, and whose employ- 
ment is chiefly in the open air. Butchers claim a priority of position ; they live 
much in the open air, and take strong exercise. Most of the masters ride on horse- 
back to the neighboring markets, and are proverbially known to be fast riders, and 
good walkers. Butchers and slaughtermen, their wives, children and errand boys, 
almost all eat fresh meat twice a day. They are plump and rosy, and generally 
cheerful and good natured. They do not seem subject to such anxieties as the 
fluctuations of other trades produce, for meat is always in demand. They are sub- 
ject to few ailments, except those arising from the fulness of the system, or in New 
York, to the bad air of the markets. Consumptions are rare among this class- 
while their diet subjects them much less than other businesses to dysentery or 
cholera. Out of 1000 patients, my average rate of butchers I find to be only about 
two per cent. 

Notwithstanding the favorable circumstances of the butchers, long life is Dot 
greater in them than in the majority of employments. In short, until our authori- 
ties erect better market stalls and slaughter houses, butchers will have to fight with 
damp feet and lad air, also with too high living, and perhaps intemperance. 

Cattle and Horse Dealers. — Cattle and horse dealers, leading an active life in 
the open air, are generally healthy, and would be almost exempt from ordinary 
maladies, were it not for their habits of irrregularity or intemperance. Wet and 
cold would rarely produce temporary ailments, provided these individuals were 
rareful to keep the blood clean and cool, so much is their employment conducive to 



188 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

health and vigor. But, on the whole, their appearance is at once indicative of a 
carelessness, or ignorance on this point, and I generally find them deranged about 
the liver, stomach and blood. 

Fishmongers, or fishermen, are of necessity, greatly exposed to the weather, 
and its consequences. They appear not to be subject to rheumatism or other in- 
flammatory maladies. Generally hardy, those who are temperate, enjoy health, and 
those who have some knowledge of physiology, live to a considerable age. Very 
far different are those who are addicted to intemperance — they are subject to 
catarrhal, liver and lung complaints, and as a consequence sickly and short-lived. 

Carters. — This class, though exposed to atmospheric vicissitudes and influences, 
are healthy in proportion to their regularity, temperance, and nourishment. Many of 
them however are poorly employed and of course poorly paid — many have their 
employment so very uncertain that it causes them to be improvident and intemper- 
ate. Consumptions and rheumatisms are not unfrequent among the poorer portion. 

Laborers. — Laborers in this country are better paid, and more healthy than in 
Europe. Nevertheless, many, being of European birth, are from their habits and 
imprudences of living, neither properly clad nor fed. They generally congregate in 
very ill ventilated and noxious apartments and streets, which, with drinking bad 
liquor, makes them the victims of indigestion, scrofula, ulcers, &c. ; and they also 
Buffer from every kind of epidemic which may visit the locality in which they labor 
or reside. 

Omnibus Drivers, Cabmen, Kailway Guards, and Postmen. — Postmen, or in- 
dividuals who ride much on horseback, have plenty of air and exercise, but the ex- 
ercise is objectionable. Their position in the saddle is bad, and the arms are. used 
unequally. Hence curvatures of the spine are common among them ; they are also 
subject to aneurism of the large vessels of the heart. 

The drivers of cabs and omnibuses, have more moderate and equable exercise ; 
Vit their position subjects them to aneurism of the artery in the arm — omnibus men 
more, however, than cab drivers. These men generally suffer from disorders of the 
head and stomach. 

Eailway guards, are, by the peculiarity of their position, rather irregular in their 
habits of eating and drinking, and having less muscular exercise than drivers to 
counteract its effects, suffer more from sickness. In addition to morning sickness, 
and such other affections indicating impurity of the blood, they are affected with 
congestion of the abdomen, and of the head, producing apoplexy and palsy. The 
guards of railways, besides being exposed to loss of life from accidents, suffer much 
from eye diseases and bronchitis, produced by the dust, and from want of proper 
treatment. These men generally terminate their labors from blindness or pulmonary 
consumption. 

The atmospheric vicissitudes to which these classes are exposed, are believed to 
produce rheumatism and inflammation of the lungs. I rather think, however, these 
complaints would rarely occur if they took some care of their internal machinery. 
As it is, I have ascertained that the whole class are short livers ; they generally die 
before fifty. 



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UOACH Builders may be divided into three classes — carpenters, smiths, and paint- 
ers, in the first, the only injurious circumstance is the common atmospheric impurity 
or the town. Th^y work in open sheds, have full and varied exercise, and are 
regular in their habits. They are consequently healthy, frequently attaining a very 
advanced age. The smiths, from inhaling smoke, sweltering over hot metal, and 
violent muscular exercise, drink much, and are irregular in their habits. They 
sutler from disorders of the stomach and blood, and perish in youth. The painters, 
steady in their habits, suffer much from the eifluvia of the oils, turpentine, and 
deleterious combinations. They are subject to consumption, liver-complaints and 
ossification. 

Upholsterers suffer from consumption produced by the dust from hair, moss 
and other articles, used in their business. The greatest care should be taken to 
keep the hair dust out of the lungs, as it is very poisonous. This class should not 
aliow their workshops to get dusty, nor work in a dusty atmosphere. Many me- 
chanics suffer a great deal from lung diseases induced by working in dusty shops 
which might be kept clean. 

Carpenters, Joiners, "Wheel and Mill "Wrights. — As these employments 
branch off, there is much difference as to their modes of life. That class who fit up 
the shafts and wheels to convey the power of the steam engines to the machinery, 
suffer much more mortality than the other divisions, on account of their great in- 
temperance and recklessness. The occupation of the carpenter does not subject 
him to so much of dampness or of dust as is endured by the mason ; although in the 
pulling down of partitions and houses his lungs suffer considerably. Care should 
be taken not to innale the dust from plaster in taking down houses. The fine dust 
in saw-mills and from shavings is very bad to breathe and should be avoided by 
carpenters. Carpenters generally are quite subject to diseases of the heart. 

Coopers are accustomed to good muscular exertion. I have noticed, however, 
that when boys first enter this employ, the stooping posture and the constant noise, 
affect the head and the hearing. The hearing is indeed often permanently de- 
stroyed, hence we frequently find coopers deaf. The men are also annoyed by pain 
in the back and loins, the result of stooping, but on the whole the employment is 
healthy. I have cured many of them of professional complaints, and who now 
pursue their callings with vigor and pleasure. 

Rope Makers, — Though they have plenty of exercise, suffer from their stooping 
posture, and from the dust from hemp and flax, and are troubled with lung, bron- 
chial, and catarrhal affections. 

Gardeners are subject also to pulmonary complaints, from their stooping posture, 
which contracts the chest and lungs ; no better method of counteraction exists than 
my mode of lung exercise. 

Paviors use strong muscular exercise in the open air, and, though much exposed 
to weather, do not suffer acute maladies therefrom. "As strong as a pavior," is a 
oommon expression. Their chief ailment is pains in the loins and kidneys, which 



190 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

increase with age. It is probably the result of toil, and standing long hours at a 
tune ; also the stooping much in the new mode of laying. The German Ointment 
and "Water Kegulator will be found invaluable to those troubled. 

The next division of the industrious class is into that in which tie employments 
are sedentary and carried on in a confined and impure atmosphere. 

It is scarcely necessary for me to repeat that the air of every city or populous 
town is always in an unnatural state. The excess of carbonic acid gas may possibly 
be trifling, but our skin and attire prove an abundant admixture of carbonized mat- 
ter. Even the expectoration of the morning is always more or less charged with it. 

Though all dwellers in towns suffer in a greater or lesser degree from the im- 
purity of the atmosphere, yet it is obvious that such as are most crowded together 
will be chiefly the sufferers, especially if the ventilation be imperfect. A very 
serious evil of a confined atmosphere is the want of muscular exercise. Certain 
classes of muscles are for the space of 12 or 15 hours out of the 24, scarcely moved, 
and postures maintained injurious to the healthy or natural action of the internal 
organs. 

Tailors are most unfortunately situated in this instance; sitting all day in a 
close confined atmosphere, and frequently in a room too crowded, with the legs 
crossed, and the spine bowed, they can neither have respiration, circulation, nor 
digestion well carried on. The employment produces disorders of the stomach and 
bowels — pulmonary consumption and frequent pains in the chest. It is evident 
from the face, the complexion and gait, that the functions of the stomach are not in 
good order. We seldom see a well-nourished, healthy tailor — hardly one of well- 
defined muscle or vigorous form — the spine generally curved — the average mea- 
surement of their chests, is from 32 to 34 inches, while that of other artisans is from 
35 to 36. The capacity of the lungs, as evinced by measuring the air, is of course 
less than usual, henct they are generally short-winded. 

The evils attendant on the tailoring occupation are frequently increased by evil 
habits. Like other men whom circumstances have physically depressed, the tailor 
too often seeks the baneful comfort of ardent spirits. The periods of cessation from 
work are not devoted to invigorating the frame, but in aggravating his complaints, 
and converting functional into organic disease. 

How can these evils be corrected? Certainly the position of the tailor might be 
improved. He now sits cross-legged like a Turk, because in the ordinary posture 
he could not hold a piece of cloth high enough for his eyes to direct the needle, or 
prevent the seams puckering or drawing. Let a hole be made in the board of the 
circumference of his body, and let his seat be placed under it : the eyes and hands 
will then be able to see and direct the needle, while his spine will not be unnaturally 
curved, and his chest and abdomen will have fair play. Who will be the first to 
move in this matter ? 

Stat Makers are exposed, though in a less degree, to the same evils as tailors. 
Though not addicted to intemperance, their health is much impaired by confine- 
ment, and life shortened. Their position and occupation generally depresses their 
spirits so, that drooping into chest complaints and consumptic n is frequent. They 
are not long-lived. 



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Milliners, Dress Makers and Straw Bonnet Makers are generally crowded 
together in apartments of disproportioned size, and kept to work for an improper 
length of time — from 10 to 12 hours daily at least, and in the season of balls or 
parties often whole nights. Little think, or care, many who do not choose to be 
disappointed in displaying a new dress or bonnet, of the sufferings of the victims 
who minister to their vanity, and are perhaps immolated at its shrine. The bent 
posture in which these girls are compelled to sit, tends to destroy the powers of the 
digestive organs, as well as the circulation and breathing. Hence girls from the 
country, fresh, blooming, and plump, soon become pale, emaciated and drooping 
The constant direction of the eyes also to minute work speedily destroys the powers 
of vision, and often leads to blindness, and of course to miserable poverty, unless 
she happen to be more speedily delivered by consumption, or some other acute dis- 
ease, or still worse, joins the demoralized throng of her sex who nightly perambu- 
late the pavement. But how is this to be avoided ? Simply by firmness, and acting 
With justice and humanity on the part of the employers, in refusing to permit the 
work-worn to extend her hours of labor beyond 9 or 10 hours, and providing means 
for their physical exercise at convenient opportunities. 

In stoving and blocking straw bonnets, sulphur is largely used. The fumes in 
gome houses spread through every apartment, and the inmates even sleep in an at- 
mosphere impregnated with these offensive and destructive vapors. Sulphurous 
gas is dreadfully injurious to the lungs, and in some individuals induces a violent 
cough and irritation of the mucous membrane of the parts, and if continued, fre- 
quently lays the foundation of pulmonary consumption. Were large shallow pans 
of water placed in the rooms where the process is going on, the water would absorb 
a very considerable quantity of the impure gas, and thus prevent a shameless waste 
of human life. What lady bonnet-maker or blocker will set the example ? 

Bookbinders and Pocket-book Makers are not over fatigued with work ; no 
muscles are fixed, nor is the demand on any particular one excessive ; the work- 
men suffer no annoyance except occasionally from a close atmosphere, and from the 
effluvia of the putrid serum of sheep's blood, which they use as a cement. The 
selection of this article is unwise, as white of an egg or any other albuminous mat- 
ter would be quite as affective and not prove obnoxious to the smell. Pocket-book 
makers in general have good wages and are not compelled to keep late hours. I 
have been informed, however, that many of them die of consumption, which must 
be attributed more to intemperance, I am afraid, than the trade. I will thank any 
of them for further information. 

Carvers and Gilders are employed in a confined atmosphere, and often in a 
leaning posture for long periods ; hence headaches are frequent amongst them. The 
workmen have in general a pallid appearance, which would indicate a disordered 
Btate of health, and I would therefore advise all who ail to have their cases tested 
by my Lung Barometer. 

Clockmakers have very little objectionable in their occupation; for though 
making and fitting up are carried on in the house, the posture is varied, and the 
men have frequently to take excursions into the country to repair clocks; hence 
from this cause they are in general healthy and long lived. 



192 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

"Watchmakers have a much worse employment ; they sit all day with the trmk 
bent forward — the digestive organs almost always suffer, and the lungs are some* 
times diseased. The close and continual application, together with the use o? 
powerful glasses, greatly injures the sight. Many youths apprenticed to watch- 
making are obliged to leave the employment, and few ever arrive at old age. 

Cotton-mill Operatives. — This class of persons suffers severely. It ia w*ni 
known that the dust from the cotton acts poisonously upon the lungs of many who 
inhale it. It affords me happiness to be able to say, however, that in most of too 
cotton mills throughout the country great pains is taken to keep the dust from 
cotton from getting into the lungs of the operatives, by daily washings and sweep- 
ings, and the enforcement of cleanliness. 

Cotton mills are obliged to be kept quite warm, and the greater portion of the 
sickness among those employed in them is induced by going out of the warm mill 
into the cold air in all sorts of weather, while perspiring, without proper clothing 
and shoes ; and by too little time given them at their meals, and the number ct 
hours they are kept at work. 

The stomach suffers seriously where too little time is given to properly masticate 
the food before it is swallowed. And the working of young children twelve to 
fifteen hours in the twenty-four, (as is often done,) month in and month out, in hot 
and ill-ventilated mills, and allowing them scarcely time to eat, and altogether too 
little rest and sleep, is cruel and barbarous, a disgrace to the people and the nation 
where such a system is tolerated. In all instances of this kind, the legislatures of 
our States should enforce a ten hour law, as a protection for the operative physically 
and mentally, as well as a protection to the pockets of the tax-payers of the 
country. 

Over labor, particularly of the young, is a prolific cause of debility, dyspepsia, 
idiocy and consumption, as well as a great source of ignorance and mental im- 
becility. It is the duty of all governments to protect the health, the labor and the 
education of its laboring classes ; for therein lie the real greatness and power of 
the nation. This should be the first and grand object ; but too often it is altogether 
neglected, and invalids are manufactured to tax the community and fill the graves 
of the consumptive. 

Generally, the most important persons thus oppressed by long labor and ill-pay, 
are the females, whose purity of heart, virtue, and kindly affections, upon which 
the health and happiness of the future generations in great measure depend, are 
destroyed. Often this class of persons is forced to want, or driven, to escape there- 
from, into prostitution, and to disease and loathsome death. They should be pro- 
tected in their labor, and encouraged to preserve their purity, virtue, and loveliness 
of mind. 

The Bible, whose admonitions and commands we as a people pretend to honor 
and obey, declares that " the laborer is worthy of his hire" and they who " will not 
work shall not eat." And this doctrine should be so far enforced among us that at 
least the poor should be protected in health and enjoy the rewards of their toil. 
And if legislators will not attend to this matter, and pass laws to protect the 
laborer and the country against the oppressions of capital, they should not only 
be kicked out of office, but should not receive one dollar for their services ; their 
services deserve no pay, for they are worse than no services at all. Let us havo 
laws for the benefit of the people, or we had as well have none. 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. , ]93 

Pb inters. — i'robably no class of mechanics suffer more from the evils surround- 
ing their occupation than printers ; certainly none die so early ; particularly that 
branch called compositors, and especially those who work on " morning papers." 
These men put themselves to an almost certain death. The material cf which 
type is composed contains antimony ; it is poisonous to the system — many have 
died directly from the effect of the type put in the mouth. This, however, as they 
are not obliged to do it, should be carefully avoided. 

Any one who will visit the composing room of a morning, or of an evening paper 
in large cities, will not wonder that printers die young. Generally the highest room 
in some tall building is used for type-setting, and it almost always has a low ceiling. 
Here the compositors are placed about as thick as they can work. That the type 
may be fingered readily, a comfortable temperature of both the hands and the 
metal is required, so that the room must be kept quite warm in the cold months ; 
and this is generally effected by coal stoves, which often discharge gas into the 
apartment. That the manuscript may be easily read, a strong light is required — 
generally there is a powerful burner of some sort near the head. If there is 
not a strong light, such as will give the head-ache, the eye-sight is destroyed 
over a feeble lamp. Where there are gas-lights, the room will usually be filled with 
the gas. 

In such an apartment as this, the compositor stands at his case through the 
whole day, or part of the day and most of the night. He works nights, and under- 
takes to sleep daytimes. This is contrary to nature, and excessively pernicious to 
the system ; besides, there is no regularity in the hours of his sleep, and what 
he gets is disturbed by noise. No muscular exercise gives activity to his circu- 
lation ; he breathes an air that has lost its vital properties by combustion of fuel, 
and gas, or oil, and the respiration of many lungs ; and by these and the expansive 
power of the heat, his countenance is made pale, his chest is narrowed, his muscles 
made small and flabby, his system rendered peculiarly sensitive to every current 
of air, and his appetite and digestion become feeble. He is rendered the sure 
tenant of an early grave, unless he abandon his occupation. Seldom do we see an 
aged printer at the case — who wonders that they are scarce to find ? 

Pressmen are not generally quite so badly situated, though these are much over 
heaps of damp paper, which is injurious ; and they are by no means a long-lived 
body of men. The females employed on power presses in printing offices generally 
die early if they remain very long at that business. 

I am frequently applied to by men of this occupation for assistance, and have had 
the pleasure of affording them great relief) if not saving them from death by con- 
sumption. 

Type Pounders and Stereotypers have also unhealthy employments. The 
materials used in the manufacture of type and plates, poison the lungs and system, 
and render these occupations far from healthy. The girls who rub type at the 
founders' suffer from the fine particles of type dust. With stereotypers, their bent 
position over the plates, and close application, is highly injurious to the health. 

Smiths have an employment remarkably conducive to muscular power ; the use 
of the large, powerful hammer excites all the muscles, especially those of the arms, 

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throwing on them a large supply of blood, and consequently producing their en 
largement. Exertion like theirs, moreover, has a very considerable effect on the 
general circulation, and the functions with which it is connected. For youths or 
strong constitutions no labor is better than that of the smith, but for such as are 
naturally delicate, the exertion is far too severe ; and where there is any tendency 
to scrofula in the constitution they are peculiarly liable to sink under that employ- 
ment. Smiths are subjected to a very high temperature, also to frequent changes 
in it, yet it appears to have very little tendency to disease. The employment sub- 
jects the eye to the annoyance of smoke, and to the excitement from the glow o/ 
the fire and heated iron, consequently there is a tendency to ophthalmia, or eye- 
disease. Smiths could be easily kept in a state of good health. 

Cabinet Makers, though employed in the house, are tolerably healthy — the 
labor is not severe, but there is considerable fine dust always flying ; hence there is 
a tendency to ossification and diseases of the head. On the whole, preventives 
against their complaints are always at hand when the real symptoms of their case 
are known. 

House Servants, from their confined situation in a smoky town and kitchen, 
very rarely enjoy good health — they often suffer from stomach diseases and head- 
aches. Girls from the country very speedily lose their rosy appearance, and suffei 
much more than the natives of the town. Kneeling produces in housemaids fre- 
quent tumors of the knee, often terminating in white swellings. Those, such at 
waiters or footmen, who have to stand long behind chairs, or at coaches, &c, ofte* 
suffer from dropsy of the testicle. Every house servant should be requested by 
humane employers to wait upon some respectable physician at least once a month 
as it must be unpleasant for such parties to be handling food, while, perhaps 
scrofulous or otherwise diseased. 

Colliers endure very considerable muscular labor, chiefly in the sitting or kneel 
ing posture, with the head very much bent, sometimes to the greatest degree. 
They work in an unnatural atmosphere, and with artificial light ; are exposed to 
change of air, and occasionally they work with their feet in water. Perspiration is 
so great at times, as to induce them to work almost naked. Colliers are generally 
spare men, the spine is almost always curved, and the legs frequently bowed. The 
skin, of course, is loaded with dirt, and when this is removed, the complexion is 
sallow and unhealthy. Their eyes are small, and generally affected with chronic 
inflammation, and incapable of enduring full light. 

Collars also are subject to diseases of the head, muscular pains, particularly in 
the back. Also to rheumatism and asthma. They are well known to be liable to 
severe accidents from the fall of parts of the mine, and to much more dreadful ef 
fects from the explosion of gases. The air they inspire is likewise impure. On the 
whole, colliers are unhealthy, and short-lived ; anc it is a real pleasure to me to be 
conscious how much I have done to relieve this class of men. 

Gold Diggers are subjected to similar evils as the colliers, and more, on account 
of change of climate^ bad food, want of proper night shelter, &c. The diggers uni- 
versally complain of colds, costiveness, cramps, scurvy, &c. All who think of going 



THE PEOPLE S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 195 

o the mines, would do well to consult me previously to taking passage, as by my 
Barometer I could guarantee their chances of life, and fit them out with the 
proper advice how to preserve life until their return. I have furnished many 
miners with medicines for their stay in California, 

Starch Makers are exposed to a fetid acetous odor, which arises from the fer- 
menting wheat, or more properly speaking, from the water in which the wheat has 
been steeped, — the rooms are wet and cold; nevertheless, the colds, headaches, and 
dropsies, can be easily cured, and as easily prevented. This I know from expe- 
rience 

I stall now examine the employments which produce dust, odor, or gaseous ex- 
halations. All employments connected with animal substances are subject to atmo- 
spheric impurities. 

Rectifiers of Spirits, and Persons engaged in Spirit Vaults, are subject to 
vapor, which sensibly affects those whose blood is hereditarily or negligently im- 
pure. Nervousness is frequent amongst this class, and the best preventives ana 
muscular exercise and pure air. 

Bricklayers, especially their laborers, are much exposed to lime dust, which 
excites opthalmia and skin diseases, which I have found many of them to labor un- 
der. They are not particularly affected with internal diseases, when temperate, — 
but in summer time are often sun-struck. 

Plasterers and "White Washers are likewise exposed to lime dust, but do not 
appear to be sensibly affected by it. They are, however, paler and less robust than 
bricklayers, which is attributable to a gas evolved from the glue, which very power- 
fully acts upon the nerves and the blood. 

Turners, when working on bone, are troubled with bronchial and lung affections ; 
they receive into the air-passages a large quantity of dust, which ossifies and chokes 
up their system, producing premature old age. All who feel symptoms of this cha- 
racter should call upon a skilful physician. 

Tobacco Manufacturers are exposed to a strong narcotic odor, and in the stov- 
ing department, to an increase of temperature ; and between the heat and the poi- 
sonous atmosphere, diseases of the head, stomach, and liver, and nervous system, 
are not unfrequent. 

Snuff Makers suffer much more than the tobacco makers. The fine dust of the 
tobacco, combined with muriate of ammonia and other substances, produces also 
diseases of the head, air-tubes, stomach, liver, &c. 

Rape and Mustard Crushers inhale a very peculiar odor from these seeds. It 
appears to act as a stimulus on the nervous and circulating system ; for men fresh to 
the employ, find their appetite and vigor much increased. This statement can only 
bo reconciled with my belief only in tho healthinoaa of pure air, on the principle tha^ 



196 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

injurious agents sometimes counteract each other. To man in a healthful state, nc 
substance which arises from manufacture can be beneficial ; but men living in large 
cities, with the habits of evil life, are generally more or less unhealthy ; and thus 
some peculiar fumes may be decidedly beneficial in exciting languid powers, or in 
correcting a disposition to disease. 

Brush Makers have sedentary occupation, but the arms are actively exerted , 
some dust, it is said, arises from the bristles, and carbonic acid gas from the fire 
which heats the pitch. The vapor from the pitch has, however, a curative effect on 
any tendency their trade might give them to disease ; and brush makers generally do 
not suffer from asthma or coughs. 

Grooms inhale a large quantity of ammoniacal gas, generated in the stables , and 
but for this drawback, those thus employed would enjoy more than the common 
amount of health and longevity. They suffer from congestion of the vessels of the 
abdomen and the head, but much of these complaints may be attributed to intem- 
perance. 

Glue and Bone Boilers are subject to a strong putrid and ammoniacal exnala- 
tion, from the decompositions of animal refuse. The stench of the boiling and dry- 
ing rooms is well known to be highly offensive to the neighborhood, and many and 
repeated have been the calls of our citizens to have such places removed to a greater 
distance from the city. 

Those employed, as well as all residents of the neighborhood, are subject to epi- 
demical diseases, to rheumatisms, blood diseases, fevers, and consumptions. 

Tallow Chandlers, &c, are exposed to the odor of the offensive animal matter, 
yet, nevertheless, enjoy fair health and long life. During epidemics, they suffer much 
less than others. 

Tanners work in an atmosphere strongly impregnated with the vapor of putrefy- 
ing skins, and this is combined with the smell of lime, &c. They are constantly ex- 
posed to wet feet, yet there is no disease peculiar to this profession. Tanners are 
not at all subject to consumption, unless combining that business with shoe-making, 
a physiological fact which has given rise to much discussion. I do not hear of many 
cases of consumption from a tan-yard. If tanners are temperate and regular in their 
habits, they may reasonably expect a long life. 

Millers breathing in an atmosphere loaded with the particles of flour, &c, suffer 
severely. Millers are generally pale and sickly ; most have a defective appetite, or 
suffer from indigestion ; many labor from morning cough, some are consumptive, 
and all of them are ossified or choked up in the internal machinery. Let those who 
are so afflicted pay me a visit. 

Maltsters are exposed to much dust, particularly in the grinding and drying 
departments, and to sulphurous fumes from the coke. Both they and the millers 
suffer from inflammation of the windpipe, asthma, and consumption. 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 197 

Paper Makers suffer much from the dust arising from cutting the rags. Very 
few remain for many years at this employ. They become prematurely old. An in- 
vention, I think, might be discovered capable of cutting the rags in a box, and pre- 
venting much of the dust. Until this is the case, however, I shall warrant to pre- 
vent much of the evil consequences of the business, if called upon. 

Masons inhale particles of dust and sand, which arise from chipping the stone ; 
they are often required to use great muscular exertion in lifting weights, and are ex- 
posed to vicissitudes of the weather. From inhaling dust the lining of the internal 
machine is frequently in a state of inflammation. Masons who have been dissected 
after death, from asthma, consumption, and other chest diseases, have been found 
to have lumps of sand in their lungs ; and in dividing the pulmonary substance, it 
seems to be cutting a sandy body. These symptoms are applicable to miners, rock 
blasters, lime burners, and scythe and axe grinders, and similar employments *vhere 
dust is ground into small particles. Those so employed should consult my Barome- 
ter to know their real internal condition. 

The dampness of plastered rooms where masons are at work, and where perspira- 
tion is excited, renders them liable to severe colds, and tends more to the produc- 
tion of consumption than any other cause. Masons should be careful about remit- 
ting their exercise while in a newly-plastered room. And all persons should be 
equally careful about living or sleeping in newly-plastered and damp rooms. 

Stone Cutters. — The cases of consumption among stone-cutters are increasing to 
an extent quite alarming, from the great demand for cut stone in building. The 
grit flying from the stone is inhaled into the lungs, and produces inflammation of 
that organ. This grit can never be dissolved or extracted. The average length of 
life of stone-cutters is but about ten years after commencing the business. 

The stone dust fills the air-cells of the lungs, causing irritation, ulceration, and 
large cavities which fill with stone grit. Hence hoarseness, hectic fever, loss of 
voice, and consumption. How can stone-cutters expect to live long, when the air 
they breathe is filled with stone dust, and no precaution is made against its inhala- 
tion. Medicine may greatly relieve and comfort for a time, but where much stone 
dust has been inhaled, but little hope of a cure can be entertained. 

Machine Makers are divided into several departments. The founding produces 
only the slight and temporary annoyance of dust from the charcoal sprinkled on the 
mould. Turning, boring, and grooving, is so laborious, that few men can be found 
hardy enough to endure it through the day for any great length of time. These men 
suffer from heated blood, lung, and liver complaints. 

DRAWFiLLiNa Cast Iron 13 an injurious occupation ; the dust is very abundant, 
and the metallic particles are more minute than in the filing of wrought iron. Tho 
particles rise so copiously, as to blacken the mouth and nose. The men first feel 
annoyance in the nostrils, the fining membrane of which discharges freely for some 
time, then becomes supernaturally dry. The air tubes next suffer, breathing be- 
comes difficult on any extra exertion being used, and an habitual cough is the re- 
sult. These men are troubled with diseases of the digestive organs, and bronchial 
or tuberculous consumptions. The frequency of these fatal diseases, from the causes oJ 



198 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

their employment, require no explanation. Iron fillers are almost all unhealthy and 
short-lived men. 

Is there nothing that can ll a done to prevent this melancholy waste of life ? Can- 
not magnetic mouth-pieces be used to attract the particles of iron, instead of letting 
them be inhaled ? "While the strange apathy exists of both masters and men on 
this subject ; while man after man decays in the prime of life, and no warning is 
taken, or effort made, to adopt some mode of staying the desolation—let all who 
wish call upon me, and I will alleviate their position, besides arming them for with 
standing the approach of disease in the future. 

Braziers are subject to the noxious exhalations from the solder ; but their em- 
ployments are so varied, as to preclude much immediate injury from their influence. 
The proper care, and the periodical cleansing of the system, would make this class 
long Lvers in general 

Copper-smiths are considerably affected by the fine scales which arise from the 
imperfectly volatilized metal, and by the fumes of the spelter or solder of brass. 
The men are generally unhealthy, suffering from disorders similar to those of brass- 
founders. 

Tin-Plate "Workers are subject to fumes from muriate of ammonia, and sul- 
phurous exhalations from the coke which they burn. These exhalations would be 
easy of counteraction, and these men could be made healthy and long-lived, by 
blood-cleansing and temperance. 

Tinners and Plumbers are much exposed to the volatilized oxide of lead, which 
arises during the process of casting and soldering. The fumes frequently induce 
vomiting at the moment, and the working of the metal is generally injurious. A 
sweet taste is often perceived in the mouth during the heating of lead, and noxious 
fumes arise from the application of solder. They are also liable to accidents and 
burns. On the whole, operative plumbers are neither healthy nor long-lived. 

House Painters are most commonly subject to the same complaints as the 
plumbers. The effects felt of an injurious agency are from the process of flatting 01 
finishing the dead colors with turpentine. The exhalation produces at first diz- 
ziness ; and next vomiting. Painters are unhealthy in appearance, subject to colic, 
pains in the bowels, and do not generally attain a full age. Their maladies are evi- 
dently the result of an impression on the nervous system, through the medium of 
membranes of the nostrils, and the air tubes. "Working in paint and turpentine 
results also in colic and palsy. 

Chemists and Druggists are continually exposed to various odors and the evo- 
lution of gases, many of which are seriously injurious. Hence the men employed in 
laboratories are frequently sickly in appearance, and subject to many affections of 
the lungs. Few old men are found in laboratories. Care on the part of the men, 
and ventilation practised as much as possible, would considerably diminish the effect 
of the baneful agents. The men employed in manufactory of 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 199 

Gas for lights are not aware of the injury resulting from the process. E ren the 
individuals engaged in the pumping department, and exposed, consequently, to 
abominable evolutions of sulphuretted hydrogen, say they are healthy. But I deny 
that this can be the ultimate effect. 

Woolen Cloth Dyers and Stovers are also exposed to the evolution of sul- 
phurous vapor, anything but beneficial to the human frame. Among the minor and 
less permanent causes of injury from prussic acid vapor, used by dyers engaged 
with Prussian blue, are inflammations of the lungs and tenderness to the eyes. 

Potters suffer much from the lead in glazing ; immersing their hands in a strong 
solution of this mineral, they often suffer from colic ; and if kept long in this de- 
partment become paralytic. These men are remarkably subject to constipation ol 
the bowels ; of seven individuals, taken indifferently, I found five affected with this 
malady. Could not the process be effected without the hands being immersed in 
the metallic solution ? The total disuse of lead in glaze is most certainly to be de- 
sired. Independently of its injury to the workmen, the consumers are liable to suffer 
from this mineral. The glaze of common earthenware is slightly soluble in animal 
oil, and copiously so in the acids of fruits, especially when the dishes are heated. 
My experience demonstrates that many of the obscure internal diseases of the 
poorer classes are chiefly attributable to this little- suspected source, and the tem- 
porary removal of the pain occasioned by them is one of the many motives which 
induce an habitual use of spirits. 

Hatters have their hands frequently immersed in a solution of sulphuric acid, 
which is employed in the process of felting, and hence the nails and outer skin of 
their fingers are often corroded and sore ; this inconvenience might probably be 
prevented by the use of some oily substance, or at least counteracted by Blood 
Medicines. 

Grocers, having their hands in sugar, and other similar compounds, become 
affected with cutaneous eruptions. Lime produces similar diseases on the hands of 
bricklayers. Elour irritates the skin in 

Bakers, and occasions a scale, which is a variety of itch. All these unsightly 
appearances can be easily obviated and prevented by my Blood Purifying Remedies. 

Knife, Scissor and Axe Grinders are notoriously engaged in an unhealthy 
employment, and are subject to every possible pulmonic disorder. So fatal is every 
branch of this business that I really cannot distinguish which one is entitled to the 
terrible pre-eminence. Knife, Fork, Needle and Axe Grinding are all to certain de- 
grees pernicious to health and longevity. The dust flying from the metal in volumes 
so minute in its particles as to defy vision, carries death to the lungs and other viscera 
Out of one hundred so engaged in this business, whose bodies I examined, at Col- 
linsville, Conn., I found twenty-four affected with inflammation of the chest, thirty 
had been, or were then affected with spitting of blood ; twelve complained of pain 
in the urinary organs, fifteen had unequivocal disease of the lungs, while the re- 
mainder had not been long at the business. The grinders do not seem to be sensible 



200 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

of the incipient stages of pulmonary disease, and only complain when unable to 
pursue their occupation. It is frequently the case that the lungs become so filled 
with steel and stone dust, that it will dull a knife to cut them. The lungs are very 
heavy when thus loaded ; often a loss of voice results trom this cause. 

Consumption is contracted by many mechanical operatives from the dust that is 
allowed to accumulate in the workshops, and which is raised every time the ma- 
chinery is set in motion. Frequently this dust is not removed for years ; and it 
keeps the lungs of the operatives choked up through the day. Such treatment 
would wear out even cast iron lungs ; how, then, can it be expected that the deli- 
cate cells and membranes of the human being can withstand its effects ? A regular 
dusting and washing of all manufactories should be had daily, or at ?east once a 
week, and thereby the lives of thousands of the most enterprising and useful me- 
chanics would be saved to us every year. 

In dusting the furniture of rooms, there always arises a fine, smoke-like dusi^ 
which gets into the throat and lungs, and causes coughing, and sometimes inflam- 
mations of the throat and lungs. Ladies should carefully guard against inhaling 
this fine dust ; also, in sweeping rooms, the same caution should be exercised ; and 
still more in the shaking of carpets and door-mats. These articles discharge a large 
amount of dust when shaken, and if taken into the lungs freely, the most delete- 
rious effects may follow. 

The above sketches are from my notes and observations from many years of 
travel and experience, and were originally intended to see how far they might be 
conducive to alleviate the manner of working in the various employments ; but my 
time has been so occupied by invention, and practice in the cure of disease, that I 
concluded to let them go forth like the Apostles, and do what good they are capable 
of. I am anxious to impress, however, upon all trades and professions, that 
thoroughly understanding the nature of their employments, I am prepared to give 
them my advice and assistance on the most reasonable terms. 



INFLUENCE OF OCCUPATION ON HEALTH. 

The influence of occupation on health and longevity is worthy of consideration. 
Of the clergymen who lived and died in Massachusetts, prior to 1825, the ages of 
eight hundred and eighty-eight have been ascertained. Of these, the average age of 
90 who died prior to 1700, was 61.11 years. 
123 " 1100 to 1150, " 65.00 " 

303 " 1150 to 1800, " 62.55 " 
312 " 1800 to 1825, " 64.41 " 



Total average, 63.62 " 

The average age of 840 clergymen who graduated at Harvard University, and 
died prior to 1825, was 65.62 years — 41 in each 100 attained the age of 10. The 
average age of 141, who died prior to 1841, in that State, was 58.19; and of 161 
in other New England States, in the same time, was 56.64 — which shows a decline 
in the longevity of clergymen from the periods previous to 1825. 

Of physicians, 194 members of the Massachusetts Medical Society, who died 
orior to 1840, areraged 60 23 years; of these, 42 who lived in Boston, averaged 



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53.59 years, and 154 in other parts of the State, 64.04. For the seven years prior 
to 1849, 95 members of the Massachusetts Medical Society died at an average age 
of 57.13 years. Of this class > there has also been a decline in the duration of life 
enjoyed by the physicians of earlier times. 

David Rennet, a physician, of Rowley, Mass., died in 1719, aged 103 years, 2 
months, and 3 days. Edward Augustus Holyoke died in Salem, in 1829, at the 
age of 100 years, 7 months; and Hezekiah Meriam, of Ward, who died 1803, and 
John Crocker, of Richmond, who died 1815, lived beyond the age of 100 years. 

Of lawyers, the reports of Massachusetts afford less material to judge of their 
longevity. The ages of 52 are given, whose average age was 46.68 years; of 53 
others, 55.47 years. From this, it would appear that they do not live so long as 
clergymen and physicians ; though the number of observations is too small to found 
thereon a correct opinion. 

A table in Chambers's Journal gives the following as the average duration of lifo 
among a large number of professional men in that country : 



Statesmen and Lawyers, 

Physicians, 

Divines and Theologians, 

Musical Composers, . 



69.5 Philosophers and Mathematicians, 65.5 

68.0 Artists, 64.5 

67.4 Miscellaneous Literary Men, . 62.6 

65.7 Poets, 59.8 



Dr. Casper, of Berlin, Prussia^ has calculated that in that country the age of 70 
was attained by 42 clergymen in 100; by 29 lawyers; by 28 artists; by 27 profes- 
sors ; and 24 physicians. Dr. Madon, of England, in comparing the average age of 
celebrated men of different classes, found that naturalists lived 75 years; philoso- 
phers, sculptors and painters, 70; lawyers, 69; physicians, 68; clergymen, 67, 
But these were probably select lives, and not the whole of the classes. 

I here introduce a table showing the average duration of life in several profes- 
sions, businesses and occupations, derived from a series of extended observations in 
the State of Massachusetts. 



Farmers, average age, 

Hatters, 

Coopers, 

Clergymen, 

Lawyers, . 

Physicians, 

Blacksmiths, 

Carpenters, 

Merchants, 

Tanners and Curriers, 

Masons, 

Traders, 



The reader will perceive 
tries of the average age of 
convey a general idea upon 



64.89 


Bakers, 


. 46.69 


58.79 


Cabinetmakers, . 


. 44.80 


57.39 


Stonecutters, 


. 44.46 


56.64 


Papermakers, 


. 44.29 


55.47 


Shoemakers, 


. 43.41 


55.00 


Laborers, . 


. 42.79 


54.49 


Seamen, 


. 42.47 


51.16 


Painters, 


. 42.36 


50.73 


Fishermen, 


. 41.63 


49.90 


Manufacturers, . 


. 40.48 


48.45 


Mechanics generally, . 


. 37.20 


46.79 


Printers, . 


. 36.91 



hat these statistics show a difference in different coun- 
men in the various departments of life ; but they will 
he matter that will be both interesting and useful. 
From these statistics it will also be observed, that excepting the farming popula- 
tion and one or two trades, the lives of professional mer average longer than those 



202 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

of the mechanics aftd poorer classes of people. This is easily accounted for by re- 
membering that professional men generally are much less subjected to bad attitudes 
continuously, as well as in a great measure removed from the deleterious effects of the 
dust of trades, and the impure air of workshops and manufactc ries, and less ex- 
posed to accidents. It is believed, also, that the food of this class of people is gen- 
erally more conducive to health than that used by the poorer classes of people and 
the mass of mechanics and operatives. Poor people everywhere consume much 
more bread and potatoes than the wealthier classes. And as these articles contain 
more phosphate of lime (which is apt to induce bad effects upon the system by 
choking it up with earthy matter,) than animal food, fowls, fish, fresh vegetables, 
fruits, preserves, wines, and other luxuries, which are more used by the wealthy, it 
is obvious that the average duration of their lives will be lessened in some measure 
by this cause. 

It has been proved, by Mr. Cobden and Mr. East, of England, from statistics, that in 
proportion to the paucity of a man's income, is the proportion of bread he consumes. 
Por as his wages rise, he purchases meat, fruit, and vegetables, and diminishes his 
consumption of bread. Bread and potatoes constituting so large a proportion of the 
workers 1 diet, and containing so much earthy matter, inevitably renders them more 
liable to disease and premature old age and death. And so it is found that the rate 
of mortality among the poor is much greater than among the rich, in proportion to 
their numbers. Bad ventilation (to which they are more exposed) as well as great- 
er carelessness of living generally, also operates to shorten the duration of the 
lives of the laboring classes. 

The unfavorable influence of poverty and its accompanying evils is admitted by 
all observers. Lombard estimates the proportion of deaths from consumption in 
those professions practised by the higher classes of society as only one-half as great 
as among the poorer classes. In Geneva, the proportion of deaths from consump- 
tion among those living upon their incomes is only 50 in 1000, in a given time, 
while the number in all classes is 114 in 1000, in a given time. The same ratio 
holds good in England, and in all countries where statistics have been collected, and 
it also applies to numerous other diseases as well as consumption. Statistics uni- 
versally show that the average age of the wealthier class of the population of any 
country is greater than that of the poor classes ! 

These facts are all-powerful arguments in favor of legislators enacting such laws 
as shall protect the laboring people, which are the mass of every community, and 
minister to their welfare by giving them just compensation for their toils, and re- 
ward their untiring industry with moderate wealth through the medium of good 
wages. They prove that the health, the strength, the longevity, and the conse- 
quent happiness, and mental and moral greatness of a people depend in no incon- 
siderable degree upon the amount of their remuneration for services rendered; and 
that if we would have them enjoy these they must be. shielded from the power oi 
selfish tyrants and oppressive capital and placed in the possession of true liberty ot 
body and conscience. And herein is the safety of a nation : for once tyranny has 
obtained foothold and crushed the spirit of the people by reducing their physical 
condition, she rules with an iron hand, and only an appeal to arms and the God o' 
heaven can loosen her grinding grasp. And if our legislators do not do this, we 
may look forward with certainty to the day when, as is now the case in the vaunt- 
ed empire of Great Britain, some 650,000 lords shall possess the entire property of 



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203 



the country, and rule it over the heads of the millions — to their degradation, mental- 
ly and physically, and starvation and diminished duration of life. As u wealth is 
power," it is a curse to any nation to have the wealth accumulated in the hands of 
a few. Only by a diffusion of wealth can the liberties of a people be preserved and 
the masses kept from subjection to the few : and to this end, it is required that the 
laborer should be protected and the workman receive such compensation for his toi] 
as shall place him above the demands of necessity : for then his conscience nor his 
vote can be bought nor sold — he is independent to declare his views in the face of 
th6 world. 



PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS BY CONSUMPTION. 

To give the reader an idea of the ratio of deaths by consumption in various 
parts of the world, the following table is subjoined. It should be remarked, how 
ever, that statistics of deaths in any place will show a difference in the numbers 
dying of any particular disease at different periods, as well as a difference in the 
ratio of deaths from all causes in one place compared with another place. As, for 
instance, we may find that while in Boston in one year the number of deaths in 
proportion to the population is greater than in New York, both as regards all causes 
and a particular cause, the next year may show the reverse. Hence it is not al- 
ways to be infe«Ted that one place is healthier than another because in a particular 
period the proportionate number of deaths is less. 

The deaths by consumption in proportion to the total number of deaths, is 



In Portsmouth, N. H. 20 in 100 



Providence, 


23 in " 


New York, 


20 in " 


Philadelphia, 


15 in " 


Baltimore, 


16 in " 


Charleston, 


15 in " 


London, 


15 in " 



In all England, 16 in 100 



Paris, 


18 in 


Geneva, 


10 in 


Hamburgh, 


19 in 


Berlin, 


11 in 


Stuttgard, 


21 in 



This table might be further extended, to show the prevalence of the disease in 
the milder climates of the West Indies and on the sunny shores of Italy, and to 
demonstrate the fruitfulness of change of climate to exterminate the complaint. It 
is stated that u of 35 consumptive patients who went to Madeira for their health in 
1821, two-thirds died at sea, three died in the first month after their arrival, five or 
six survived the winter, and about the same number survived the following spring; 
three or four lived to the second winter ; but of the whole number, there were but 
thirteen living in 1824. The grave-yards of Rome, Naples, Marseilles, Pisa, Nico 
and Malta, bear ample testimony to the futility of seeking a foreign clime in the 
hope of recovery." 

The statistics of Massachusetts show that the proportion of deaths by consump- 
tion in the western, inland and hilly portions of the State does not vary much from 
that on the sea coast. 

Consumption is a constant visitor in all parts of the country — on the mountains, 
in the valleys, and upon the sea coast. It does not seem to be so much the climate 



204 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 



that propagates this disease, as the evil customs, fashions and habits of tbe people , 
nor does climate counteract its fatal workings, but rather a return to the laws which 
govern health in connection with the use of proper medicines. It is by far the 
most fatal disease we have to encounter. Cholera, typhus, scarlatina, and yellow 
fevers, though terrible in themselves, are surpassed by consumption in contributions 
to the realms of death. How important, then, that every means should be used to 
relieve those upon whom it has seized, and save them from the grave. I rejoice to 
think that I have been permitted to rescue from the tomb so many hundreds of my 
fellow beings, by the timely application of my remedies for this complaint. 

Age has a great influence in modifying the operations of consumption, as appears 
from statements gathered in different places. In the state of Massachusetts, out of 
13, Til deaths by this disease in the period of seven years, there were — 



Under 15 years of 


age, 


1,355 


15 to 20, 




1,065 


20 to 30, 




3,368 


30 to 40, 




2,412 


40 to 50, 




1,649 



50 to 60, 


\241 


60 to 70, 


1,230 


TO to 80, 


1,062 


Over 80, . 


320 



About the same ratio prevails in New York — in city and state, — in London and in 
Philadelphia. 

It will be seen that from 20 to 30 years of age gives a much larger number than 
any other ten years of life — 15 years, from 15 to 30 years of age, gives more than 
any other 20 years, though the period from 30 to 50 is nearly as productive as that 
from 15 to 30 years of age. 

The above table shows that this disease takes its subjects principally at the pro- 
ductive period of life, from 15 to 60 — the most precious and useful of seasons. In 
the ages 20 to 30 — "the beauty and hope of life" — far more die than at other ages. 
In advanced life, however, its victims are in nearly the same proportion from the 
game number of living individuals. 

Consumption is somewhat partial in its selection from the sexes. From the ages 
of 20 to 30, the number of females who die of this complaint is nearly double that 
of the males, in the country towns, and some larger in the cities. After 40, especially 
in the cities, the proportion is on the other side, so that in the aggregate the relative 
number of males and females does not greatly differ — though the females somewhat 
preponderate. 

To show the relative number of doaths annually in different parts of the world, 
from all diseases, the following table is appended. The remarks preceding the 
table of deaths by consumption should be read in connection herewith : — 



In Russia, 1 out of 42 dies 


annually, 


In Baltimore, 


L out of 36 dies 


annually, 


Austria, 1 " 


38 " 


u 


Leghorn, I 


n 


35 " 


ii 


South America, 1 " 


30 " 


ii 


New York, ] 


u 


38 " 


a 


Amsterdam, 1 " 


24 " 


ii 


Berlin, 3 


a 


34 " 


fl 


Vienna^ 1 " 


23 " 


w 


Paris, ] 


u 


32 " 


<( 


Boston, 1 " 


38 " 


ii 


Philadelphia, 1 


u 


31 " 


u 


Providence, 1 " 


47 " 


it 


Naples, 


u 


28 " 


ii 


London, 1 " 


46 " 


ii 


Brussels, 


1 (C 


25 " 


a 


Geneva, 1 " 


48 " 


ii 


Rome, 


L i( 


24 " 


ii 



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TO RESTORE THE DROWNED. 

When the body is taken from the water, use it as gently as possible ; let no 
Violence of any kind — such as rolling on a barrel, be permitted. Incline the head 
at first, that the water may run off; place the body in a warm bed — cover it with 
warm blankets — place hot bricks or bottles of water to the feet and hands. Press 
the chest suddenly and forcibly downward and backward, and instantly discontinue 
the pressure ; rub the body hard with the palms of the hands ; which requires one 
or two active persons ; let another person try to fill the lungs with air ; to do this, 
close the nostrils of the subject, and fitting your mouth to his, blow steadily and for- 
cibly until the chest is full of air ; then press the bowels upwards that the air may 
be ejected ; this should be repeated a number of times, and if signs of life do not ap- 
pear, get as soon as possible a pair of common fire-bellows ; introduce the nozzle 
well upon the base of the tongue, surround the mouth with a handkerchief, and 
close the nose. A person should press firmly upon the projecting part of the neck, 
called Adam's apple, and use the bellows actively. Then press upon the chest to 
expel the air from the lungs, to imitate natural breathing ; continue this for at least 
one hour if life does not appear ; keep the body warm ; everything is secondary to 
inflating the lungs. Warm injections may be thrown up the bowels. Gentle stimu- 
lants may be given on recovery. Be active and persevering, as persons have been 
recovered after hours' immersion in the water, but usually not many recover after 
being in one hour. 



HOOPING COUGH. 

This complaint is exceedingly troublesome, as well as often fatal among children. 
The German Ointment, bathed once or twice a day about the throat and over the 
lungs, and the Lung Corrector and Anti-Bilious Pills used, will be found of great 
value to both children and adults troubled with the hooping cough. They relieve 
the cough, gently move the bowels, and relieve all tightness or difficulty of cough- 
ing — so liable to rupture the blood vessels and induce bleeding from the lungs. 

If a child is ever to be pitied, it is when suffering from the hooping cough, for 
often the tightness is such that breathing is carried on with the utmost difficulty, 
and sometimes death is caused by stricture of the air-passages or bronchia. 

There were 180 deaths by hooping cough in New York in the year 1850, and 
L14 in 1851. Great numbers die annually by this distressing complaint, who might 
be saved if proper remedies were given in season. 

Bathing the German Ointment all over the body and limbs will be found of utility 
in cases of this complaint. The effect upon the skin is to open the pores, so that 
perspiration can be carried on freely, and the impurities of the body thus kept from 
passing to the lungs. 



INOCULATION OF HUMORS. 

There is no humor but may be given to a person by inoculation. Sore eyes are 
often obtained by wiping the face on a towel where some one previously using it 



206 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

had left the poisonous matter from diseased eyes. Barber's itch is contracted by 
using the tools and soap used by another person in shaving ; scald head by using a 
comb or crush, or wearing a hat used by one troubled with that complaint. 

Erysipelas, salt rheum, cancerous humors and syphilitic and scrofulous infections 
are often contracted by touch or inoculation. The itch is frequently given to a 
whole school or a neighborhood by a single person having it. The inoculation of 
disease from sores and ulcers, by the use of "second-hand" boots and clothes is 
very frequent, and the small-pox and other contagious diseases are often carried in 
clothes and rags to paper-mills. The cholera and small-pox have been supposed to 
be taken by the reception of a letter written by a patient some thousands of miles 
distant. 

Care should be taken to guard against all contagious diseases by inoculation, 
either by coming in contact with a person or by receiving it through the absorbent 
vessels of the skin from a poisonous atmosphere, or by direct contact with the 
poison. Humors of all kinds are fruitful causes of early decline and consumption. 
Avoid them, if possible, and eradicate them from the system as soon as you discover 
their existence, by all means, ere you become a victim to cancers, tumors and con* 
sumption. 

To show how the air is contaminated and diseases communicated therefrom of a 
contagious character, the amount of deaths from scarlet fever, measles and smalk 
pox in New York from 1805 to 1851, inclusive, is here appended: — 

Scarlet fever ...... 3914 

Measles ------- 4369 

Small-pox ------- 6122 

Total of these - - 14,405 

The largest number of cases of deaths from scarlet fever in any one year was in 
1837—520; of measles, in 1836 — 443; of small-pox, in 1851—562. 

The Blood Renovator, Anti-Bilious Pills, and German Ointment, are certain puri- 
fiers of the blood from all humors inoculated into the system. They may be had of 
the dealers in medicine, or can be obtained by them to supply the calls of the sick. 
[See notices of medicines.] 



NIGHT TURNED INTO DAY. 

God, in his abundant goodness to man, has formed his body and mind for alter- 
nate exercise and rest, and appointed unto each a distribution of time — the day foi 
exercise, the night for rest. 

"With rest and undisturbed sleep at the natural and appointed times, the mind as 
well as the body acts with uniformity ; without this there is fretfulness and decline 
:;f the powers of the system to a greater or less degree. 

Never allow amusements or. business to encroach upon the hours appointed for 
sleep. Let your bedchamber be quiet — no boisterous noises should intrude, if it be 
possible to avoid them. If you are married, do not allow mo. 1 ^station of the refresh- 
ing hours of sleep, or those of connubial love. Pright, fear, and suspicion, derange 
the healthful effects of rest ; ease and composure of mind give sweetness to sleep* 
and prolong life. 

Retire early, rest quietly, and rise early, and you will have a more vigorous body, 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 207 

aDd a stronger mind, than if making yourself a devotee of fashion, and turning tho 
night into day; spending the hours you should be asleep in the dissipations inci- 
dent to fashionable life, and then lying in bed till a late hour of the following day. 

The business of changing the seasons appointed by nature for the alternations of 
exercise and rest, is extremely hurtful to the system. Although the pernicious ef- 
fects nuy not be sensibly felt immediately, they will sooner or later develop them- 
selves in all who indulge in these infractions. Therefore I would advise all my 
readers to eschew them, and give heed to the natural laws of health. 



DIETETIC NONSENSE BY VOLUMES. 

" The highest cordials z.\i their virtue lose, 
By too frequent and too bold a use ; 
And what would cheer the spirit in distress, 
Ruins our health when taken to excess " 

Now that the excitement of nonsense and fanaticism on diet has somewhat passed 
away, reason may perhaps guide us to a few facts important to health. Those who 
would not eat meat, and lived exclusively on vegetables, have mostly repented of 
their sin against the body, and now eat animal food, fish, or fowl, three times a day, 
almost to gluttony. Dr. Graham, the man who was to live everlastingly by eating 
only vegetables, died in September, 1851, while in early life — probably from the ef- 
fects of his'system of diet ; at least he claimed that sickness was produced by ani- 
mal food, and that vegetable diet would ensure health and long life. 

All the nonsense on diet that has blotted paper, from men who use their readers 
as though they would 

f "/- " Cram the words into their ears, 

Against the stomachs of their sense," 

no matter what its name or doctrine, has failed to overthrow God's great and eter- 
nal law and command to Noah, Moses, and the human family generally — " Every 
moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given 
you all things." — Gen. ix. 3. 

Mankind should be governed by reason and natural instinct, as to the kind, qua- 
lity, and quantity of the food ; for what is pleasant and good for one, may be hurt- 
ful or offensive for another. All do not desire the same kind of food ; and while 
Nature's storehouse is filled with enough for all, why seek to make all eat one kind 
of food? 

Do not let fanatics on diet run away with your sense and reason, but be governed 
by observation, by experience by temperance, and moderation ; obey the calls of 
the stomach in its natural desiies ; and you will be blessed in following the golden 
rule established by the God of nature, and taught by men of inspiration, being so far 
wise as to remember that we may, if— 

" We give each appetite too loose a rein, 
Tush every pleasure to the verge of pain." 

Our health, in a great measure, depends upon the choice of our food ; so that it 
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208 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

*ious kinds of food that we eat, that we may be able to select that best adapted to 
nourish and sustain the blood, which is the life, in the several stages, from infancy to 
old age, and to restore the energies of our bodies when exhausted by labor, or wasted 
by disease. This knowledge can be gained only by study and experience, joined 
with extended observation. 

The best and most reliable writers upon this subject — as the celebrated Dr. Parr, 
Dr. Andrew Combe, Dr. C. Cutter, and others of intelligence — agree with us upon 
i,his point. 

Not one of them approves of the modern Utopian opinions upon diet, whose re- 
trenching advocates, with their lank, cadaverous countenances, and glassy eyes, are 
generally the best comments upon the folly of their own systems. They each and 
all take a wide survey of the field of Nature, and agree and direct that mankind 
should partake freely of her bounties, as adapted to the various periods of life, con- 
ditions of health, employment, and climate ; provided always, that they never eat 
nor drink to excess. 

They neither limit to an animal or a vegetable diet, exclusively ; but allow the 
free, yet judicious use of both, as being adapted to the nature of man, and directly 
calculated to nourish and strengthen our bodies, and prolong our life. Their views 
also perfectly harmonize with the testimony of the sacred penmen upon this subject. 

It is undeniable that the use of flesh, as well as vegetables, is freely permitted, and 
even commanded by G-od himself in his "Word: Lev. xi. 1, 2. "And the Lord 
spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them, Speak unto the children of 
Israel, saying, these are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are 
on the earth." And they did eat of them, and were nourished by their flesh. 

From an attentive examination of sacred history, it is evident that the food of the 
Hebrews was of the simplest nature, consisting principally of milk, honey, rice, ve- 
getables, and sometimes of locusts. Meat not being so palatable and nutritious in 
warm climates as in others, bread, fruits, olives, and milk, constituted their ordinary 
diet ; but they ate animal food as a divine ordinance, at the appointed festivals, or 
when they offered their feast offerings. "We learn from Numbers xi. 5, the nature 
of the diet of the Hebrews during the bondage in Egypt. ""We remember the fish 
which we did eat in Egypt freely ; the cucumbers, the melons, and the leeks, and 
the onions, and the garlic." How desirable such food is to those who have been ac- 
customed to it, we have a striking instance in the fact related by De Yitriaco, who 
says that when Damietta was besieged by the Crusaders in 1218, many of the more 
delicate Egyptians, although they had corn in abundance, pined away and died for 
want of the garlics, onions, fish, birds, fruits, and herbs, to which they had been ac- 
customed. The pottage of lentils and bread, which Jacob had prepared, and which 
was so tempting to the impatient Esau, shows the simplicity of the ordinary diet of 
*Lo patriarchs. Gon. xxv. 34. The same diet is still in use among the modern 
Arabs, and in the Levant. Isaac, in his old age, longed fbr savory meat, which was 
accordingly prepared for him of goats and venison. — Gen. xxvii. 25. — "And he said, 
Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee ; 
and he brought it near to him, and he did eat ; and he brought him wine, and he 
drank." 

The feast with which Abraham entertained the three angels, was a tender calf, 
cakes baked on the earth, together with butter and milk. Gen. xviii. 6, 1. Abi- 
gail's presentation of food to David, a chose? man of God, which he accepted, is 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 209 

proo£of the divine sanction of the use of both meat and vegetables for food. 1 Sam. 
xxv. 18. " Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles 
of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an 
hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs," &c. Barzellai brought 
beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched 
corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, and honey, and butter, and sheep, 
and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him to eat. 2 
Sam. xvii. 28, 29. Meats are sanctified by the word of God and prayer. From 
Gen. chap. 18 and 41, and 1 Sam. chap. 16 and 28, we learn that venison and the 
meat of the " fatted calf" were peculiarly esteemed by the Jews, also fatted oxen. 
But flesh of the sheep and goat kind, particularly of lambs and kids, was esteemed 
choice dishes. 

The dishes of the ancient Egyptians consisted of fish ; meat, boiled, roasted, and 
dressed in various ways ; game, poultry, and a profusion of vegetables and fruits. 

For the benefit of the latter-day would-be philosophers and teachers as to delay- 
ing marriage, and as to the kinds of food we shall eat, to the exclusion of animal 
food, and to a diet exclusively vegetable, we quote what the inspired Paul hath 
revealed of their characters and hypocrisy, as follows — 1 Tim. iv. 1 to 4 verses : — 
11 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from 
the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils ; speaking lies in 
hypocrisy ; having their conscience seared with a hot iron : Forbidding to marry, 
and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with 
thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth ; for every creature of God 
is good, and nothing to be refused." 

Thus we have the united testimony and example of both sacred and profane 
writers — the testimony of the greatest, the wisest, and the best of men, of our own 
and of former ages — that animal flesh, as well as vegetables, is calculated to nourish 
man and prolong life ; and this testimony is confirmed by an experience of nearly 
six thousand years — a pretty long period, and sufficient, one would naturally con- 
clude, to settle this question beyond all caviL 

"What would those ultraists and would-be reformers, who deny the beneficial 
effects of all animal flesh in imparting life and health, say to these things ? 

If animal food does not impart nourishment, and health, and vigor to our bodies, 
it must be absolutely injurious ; and this is what many advocates of an exclusively 
vegetable diet actually maintain. 

"We leave these wiseacres to seize upon whichever horn of the dilemma they may 
choose. If any reliance can be placed upon the concurrent testimony of both sacred 
and profane history, supported by the experience of unnumbered and countless 
millions of earth's sons and daughters, during a period of nearly six thousand years^ 
we may safely conclude that animal flesh, in common with vegetables, is directly 
calculated and designed of God to nourish our bodies and prolong our days upon 
earth, and as such we may, and ought, freely to partake of it. 

The broad seal of God's approbation is undeniably upon it, and no' sophistry or 
ingenuity of men or devils can gainsay it. 

The free use of both flesh and vegetables, was included by Jehovah himself in the 
original grant of privileges made to man at the birth of Creation, and was again 
renewed to Noah and his sons immediately after the Deluge. It was moreover re- 

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210 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

newed again and again with the patriarchs and the prophets, as the sacred writings 
abundantly show, and as we have already proved. 

But the Utopian view of the subject places the sacred writers, and even the Son 
of God himself, in a most sorry predicament ; for we must suppose, in this case, 
that they permitted and set the example to others of an indulgence, which, as en- 
lightened and inspired men, they must have known to be injurious to mankind. 
They must have knowa, also, that for them to sanction the use of animal food, as 
an article of diet, must have been wicked and wrong on their part, because injurious 
to mankind. 

But because God has ordained and sanctioned the use of animal flesh as an ar- 
ticle of diet, in common with vegetables, we are not to conclude therefore that man 
is to make a glutton of himself) or eat without regard to the dictates of reason and 
judgment, with which he has been endowed by his benevolent Creator. The 
Divine permission is, doubtless, to be used with discretion, both as to the kind and 
quantity of flesh to be taken into the system. Sometimes it may be, and no doubt 
is, wise to dispense with its use entirely, and also that of vegetables. As for ex- 
ample : when a raging fever is coursing the veins, and inflammation is spreading its 
blighting influences over and through every part of our bodies. 

In extreme cases of dyspepsia, also, where the digestive apparatus is disordered 
and greatly enfeebled, both meats and vegetables should be used sparingly, if at 
all; and some kinds, ordinarily used, should be dispensed with entirely. 

To all I would recommend an occasional fast — omitting one or two meals, or eat- 
ing something very light, and different from the articles usually used. This gives 
the stomach an opportunity to rest and discharge its contents, by which it is in a 
great measure cleansed and purified. 

11 Who never fasts, no banquet e'er enjoys." 

The Divine direction, in respect to the use of both meats and vegetables, is obviously 
predicated upon the condition of man in a state of health, and not in a state of dis- 
ease. This must, indisputably, receive the sanction of reason, and is confirmed by 
the experience of all mankind. 

The constitutions of the human race, since the days of patriarchal, prophetic, and 
apostolical simplicity, have, without doubt, undergone and are still undergoing very 
great changes ; so that, to many, what would, otherwise, be strictly and truly bene- 
ficial in nourishing and strengthening the body, and thus warding off disease, 
-feebleness, and death, would now be highly injurious. 

Here, as in all things that relate to life and health, there is a call for the exercise 
of judgment, Our rule is, and we think it agrees with reason, physiology, Bible, 
and experience, that whatever of flesh, or vegetables, each can receive, and relish, 
and thrive on at any period of life, is the best for him or her, and will go furthest 
towards the prevention of poor health, and the actual prolongation of his or her 
life. 

The following table is from " Pereira on Pood and Diet." It shows the mean 
time of the digestion of different articles of diet in the stomach. Persons who know 
their own digestive powers should select therefrom those kinds best suited to their 
natures, and those who do not know what is suited to them should make it tneir 
first business to learn, unless they would be sick and always dosing and physicking. 



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h. m. 


Bice, boiled, 


• 1 


Pigs' feet, soused, boiled, 


. 1 


Tripe, soused, boiled, 


. 1 


Eggs, whipped, raw, 


. 1 30 


Salmon trout, fresh, bo led, 


. 1 30 


Do. do. do. fried, 


. 1 30 


Soup, barley, boiled, 


. 1 30 


Apples, sweet, mellow, raw 


. 1 30 


Yenison steak, broiled, . 


. 1 35 


Animal brains, boiled, 


. 1 45 


Sago, boiled, 


. 1 45 


Tapioca, boiled, . 


. 2 


Barley, boiled, 


. 2 


Milk, boiled, 


. 2 


Beef's liver, fresh, broiled, 


. 2 


Eggs, fresh, raw, 


. 2 


Codfish, cured, dry, 


. 2 


Apples, sour, mellow, raw, 


. 2 


Cabbage, with vinegar, raw, 


. 2 


Milk, raw, . . 


. 2 15 


Eggs, fresh, roasted, 


. 2 15 


Turkey, wild, roasted, 


. 2 18 


Turkey, domestic, boiled, 


. 2 25 


Gelatine, boiled, . 


. 2 30 


Turkey, domestic, roasted, 


. 2 30 


Goose, wild, roasted, 


. 2 30 


Pig, suckling, roasted, 


. 2 30 


Lamb, fresh, broiled, 


. 2 30 


Hash, meat and vegetables, warmed, 2 30 


Beans, pod, boiled, 


. 2 30 


Cake, sponge, baked, 


. 2 30 


Parsnips, boiled, . 


. 2 30 


Potatoes, roasted or baked, 


. 2 30 


Cabbage, raw, 


. 2 30 


Animal spinal marrow, boiled, 


. 2 45 


Chicken, full-grown, fricassied, 


. 2 45 


Custard, baked, . 


. 2 45 


Beef; with salt only, broiled, 


. 2 45 


Apples, sour, hard, raw, . 


. 2 50 


Oysters, fresh, raw, 


. 2 55 


Eggs, fresh, soft boiled, . 


. 3 


Bass, fresh, striped, broiled, 


. 3 


Beef, fresh, lean, rare, roasted, 


. 3 


Beefsteak, broiled, 


. 3 


Pork, recently salted, raw, 


. 3 


Pork, recently salted, stewed, 


. 3 


Mutton, fresh, broiled, 


. 3 



Mutton, fresh, boiled, 

Bean soup, boiled, 

Chicken soup, boiled, 

Aponeurosis, boiled, 

Apple dumpling, boiled, . 

Corn cake, baked, 

Oysters, fresh, roasted, 

Pork, recently salted, broiled, 

Pork-steak, broiled, 

Mutton, fresh, roasted, 

Corn bread, baked, 

Carrot, boiled, 

Sausage, fresh, broiled, . 

Flounder, fresh, fried, 

Catfish, fresh, fried, 

Oysters, fresh, stewed, 

Beef; fresh, lean, dry, roasted, . 

Beef, with mustard, boiled, 

Cheese, old, strong, raw, 

Mutton soup, boiled, 

Bread, wheat, fresh, baked, 

Turnips, boiled, . 

Potatoes, boiled, . 

Eggs, fresh, hard boiled, 

Eggs, fresh, fried, 

Green corn and beans, boiled, 

Beets, boiled, 

Salmon, salted, boiled, 

Beef, fried, 

Veal, fresh, broiled, 

Fowls, domestic, boiled, . 

Do. do. roasted, 

Ducks, do. do. 

Soup, beef; vegetables and bread, 

boiled, . 
Heart, animal, fried, 
Beef; old, hard, salted, boiled, 
Pork, recently salted, fried, 
Soup, marrow bones, boiled, 
Cartilage, boiled, 
Perk, recently salted, boiled, 
Veal, fresh, fried, 
Ducks, wild, roasted, 
Suet, mutton, boiled, 
Pork, fat and lean, roasted, 
Tendon, boiled, . 
Suet, beef; fresh, boiled, . 



h. m 
3 









15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
20 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 



3 45 

3 45 

4 



4 
4 
4 
4 
4 

4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 30 

4 30 

5 15 
5 30 
5 30 











15 
15 
15 
15 
30 
30 



212 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

We have here given our readers a few important hints upon diet, and informa 
tion upon digestion, in contradiction to modern Utopian doctrines. In the language 
of St. John — " Blessed is he that readeth, and they that keep those things thai are 
written therein." 



CONSUMPTION INDUCED BY CHAIRS AND BEDS. 

The most lamentable effects follow from the use of miserably-constructed, hollow- 
backed chairs, sofas, settees, and divans sold at our fashionable furniture ware- 
houses. "Why so much of our furniture is built in this bad manner, unless it be to 
crook the spine and cramp and contract the chest and lungs, and thereby increase 
the ravages of consumption, it is difficult to conjecture. 

Chairs, sofas and all other seats, used in houses, schools, churches, halls, cars, 
and coaches, should be so constructed as to aid in keeping straight the chest and 
spine, and open the chest, that the lungs may have full play for respiration and 
chance to expand. ' v 

Invalids, when confined to the house, generally take to the crooked-backed rock- 
ing-chair for the constant seat during the day ; and often at night they are bolstered 
Up in bed with large pillows in a position that, keeps the spine m a bent condition, 
by which it often becomes badly affected, and the lungs so cramped that respiration 
and circulation cannot be carried on properly. In this manner, often the invalid 
is hurried to the consumptive's grave. 

I know no change more needed to aid in counteracting the effects of and prevent- 
ing consumption than in the style of our seats. There should be a thorough reform 
in this business. At present the style of construction of these articles is altogether 
wrong. Cabinet-makers should attend to this, and labor to suppress rather than 
cause consumption. 

Thick bolsters and pillows should never be allowed under the head and shoulders 
during sleep, nor should thick feather beds be much used. I much prefer the good 
mattress or a harder level bed. 



DUST IN CARS AND STAGES. 

On many of our railroads, it seems to be a settled point to take no care of the 
cars, to keep them clean and free from dust. There is a perfect neglect of dusting 
and sweeping. The dust is allowed to choke up and irritate the throats and lungs 
of the passengers, so that there is often a constant coughing of nearly all for the 
whole journey. I have never been worse affected by dust in any place than when 
on a railroad ; the throat and lungs are often filled, while the track is so damp 
that no dust rises from them, only that left in the cars causing the trouble. Con- 
ductors and brakemen almost constantly suffer with sore throat, bronchitis, or 
irritated lungs, produced by the dust. 

Railroad corporations should be as responsible for the life of a person dying from 
inflammatiun of the lungs, contracted by a trip over the road in dusty cars, as 
though he nad been instantly killed by any other neglect of duty. Many cases of 
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THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 213 

Will the officers of railroad companies aid me in my war against consumption, 
by more properly constructing the seats in the cars and keeping them as free from 
dust as is possible to be done ? If they would do so, they would uot only prevent 
many deaths, but add to the comfort of their passengers. Every locomotive should 
nave a water sprinkler attached to it, to lay the dust upon the road. This invention 
has been used on some roads with most beneficial results to the health and com- 
fort of the traveler. Seats should be built that will not retain dust, and then give 
it out to fill the lungs of the passengers, as soon as the cars are put in motion. 
The same request I would also make of the proprietors of stage and omnibus 
lines. Great good might be effected by the action of those who have the manage- 
ment of affairs on railroad r stage and omnibus routes. I would also suggest to the 
various railroad companies, the propriety of fitting up cars, well ventilated, with 
berths and staterooms, to run on night trains, so that passengers can sleep on their 
trip, the same as on boats. There would be no difficulty in doing this, and it 
would be an accommodation "devoutly to be wished." With such an arrange- 
ment of cars as this, trains might be run entirely in the night season ; as for in- 
stance, a train could leave New York in the evening, after the business of the day 
was over, or even after the amusements of the evening were closed, and the pas- 
sengers be in Boston the next morning, enjoying on the way a comfortable night's 
sleep. If the traveling public should insist upon an accommodation like tins, the 
companies on our principal roads would gratify the desire. 



SECOND-HAND CLOTHING AND BOOTS. 

There is a large business done in almost all places of size in the " second-hand* 
line, to the great detriment of the health of those who buy them. I would not 
say that boots or clothes could not be properly cleansed, but it is not done so as to 
make them safe for use. That the poisonous matter from a sore on one person has 
been inoculated into the blood of another by the use of both clothes and boots, 
cast off by the one affected, I know to be a positive fact. 

Never allow yourself or your friends to wear the garments left off by persons 
out of the family, nor then if there are any diseases to infect them, until they have 
been thoroughly cleansed. The worst sore legs I ever saw were contracted from 
infections from second-hand boots. Scald head will be easily taken by wearing 
a cap or bonnet used by one troubled with that complaint, on which the infecting 
poison has been lodged. Venereal diseases are often contracted by sitting on the 
seat of a privy where the poison has been left by a person who occupied it pre- 
viously. I know this to be the fact from observation, and have often been con- 
sulted by persons who had become diseased in this manner, and who could not 
so much as imagine how they had contracted it. Many families have been broken 
up by quarrels and jealousies induced from this cause, when a knowledge of this 
fact, or a cleanliness of the privy, would have prevented discord and disunion. 

In large cities, second-hand boots and clothes are taken from the houses 
and persons who died of small-pox, lues venerea, cholera and other contagious 
disorders, and out of these grow infectious diseases, in connection with lung, 
liver, and heart complaints, and other affections, destructive to the human race. 
All the clothes of deceased persons are usually sold in the cities. In New 



214 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIQHTHOUSE. 

York, iii 1850, there were 16,918 deaths, many from small-pox, cancers, ulcers 
scrofula, &c. Now, if there was sold one dress from the wardrobe of each de- 
ceased person, (and this is a low calculation indeed) there would be 16,978 dresses, 
and perhaps as many shoes, and as many hats or bonnets, from a great number o< 
which there would be a strong liability of contracting disease to those who should 
purchase them. Look at upwards of 500 deaths from small-pox in New York, in 
1851, and then think of what became of the garments of those persons! Think 
you there were none of them exposed for sale? To believe there were not is tc 
believe that men are less governed by cupidity than experience shows them to be ! 
Out of these garments, to say nothing of those dying of other diseases mentioned 
in this article, there would go poison enough to kill another 500 persons, who 
should buy and use them. And what becomes of the beds, and the bed clothes, 
on which these persons died ? Think you none of them find their way into the 
shops of the dealers in second-hand furniture and bedding ? Most assuredly they 
do ; and most assuredly those who buy and use them are rendered liable to be dis- 
eased thereby. Let me again say to you then, do not use second-hand clothing or 
goods unless you know from whence they came, nor until they have been thoroughly 
cleansed. 

Infectant diseases are also sometimes communicated with bank bills. Speaking 
of this, Dr. C. H. Buckler, of Baltimore, says : — " The inmate of a small-pox hos- 
pital generally keeps what little money he may chance to have about his person. 
If he wants a lemon, he sends a note saturated with the poison, and having, per- 
haps, the very sea-sick odor of small-pox, to a confectioner, who takes it, of course. 
It would be impossible to conceive of a better mode of distributing the poison of a 
disease known to be contagious and infectious. It could hardly be worse if so 
many rags were distributed from the clothing of small-pox patients." The Cincin- 
nati Enquirer says that the teller of one of the banks of Columbus contracted the 
disease and died of it, by handling a batch of bills which had been transmitted 
from Cincinnati, where the small-pox was prevalent. 

I make these remarks to put you on your guard, lest you should fall a victim to 
disease, and be obliged to call for my services, or those of some other physician — a 
matter which I would have you avoid by preserving your health. But if you be- 
come diseased in this way, do not say I have not placed the danger before your 
eyes. I have endeavored in this work to warn you of this as well as many other 
evils — a task no other physician has attempted to perform — that you may be 
enabled to avoid them, and live in uninterrupted health. Read this book — treasure 
up its truths — teach them to your children and your friends, that they too may 
avoid consumption. And then will millions be benefited, ar.d saved from untimely 
graves, whose faces I shall never see — of whose existence I shall never have cog- 
nizance. But in the pleasurable satisfaction of having performed my duty to my 
fellow-men, I shall receive my reward. 



FOOD OP INFANTS. 

As a duty I owe to my fellow-men, to prevent sickness of the infant, I would 
nere make a few remarks upon the proper course to be taken by the married during 
the conception of the woman and for a time after the birth of the child. 



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Parents should not sexually indulge after conception ; since the fruits of such 
indulgence will often be manifested by disease in the offspring. The transmission 
of hereditary complaints is inevitable where sexual intercourse is allowed during 
the months of conception and nursing — you cannot avoid evil effects to the 
offspring, unless you take some measures to prevent such a result, such as using 
the Male Safe. After the birth of the child, and when the mother is nursing, 
cohabitation should not be allowed without the Safe ; for often by this the natural 
food of the child is made impure, and thereby it is diseased. Keep the food of the 
child pure, is a command of Grod. 

Sexual intercourse during the nursing months is often injurious to the mother, 
since her system will be unable to withstand the waste of secretion and the milk 
at the same period ; and she will be liable to sink into consumption. 

As will be seen by reference to the article on infantile deaths, the number of 
those dying in infancy is truly alarming. In 1850, in New York, there were 6414 
deaths of children under two years of age; in 1851, 8147. This is during the 
months of nursing ; and a great many of these deaths were produced by impure 
food of the child, derived from intercourse in those months : the mothers appearing 
to be ignorant of the evil effects, and nursing to prevent pregnancy. But while the 
ignorant destroy their children in this way, the wise find safety for them in the use 
of the French Male Safe. 

Some of the prominent causes of infantile deaths are, impure food, produced by 
sexual intercourse during the nursing months ; adulterated and stall-fed milk ; bad 
temper of the mother in the nursing season ; cohabitation with other men, whilo 
nursing, which is almost sure to cause the death of the child ; eating poisoned can- 
dies, unripe fruit, improperly cooked foods, and too much food. The diseases in- 
duced by these causes are convulsions, consumption, apoplexy, croup, diarrhoea, 
dysentery, dropsy of the head, debility, scrofula, syphilitic humors, worms, and 
inflammations of the bowels, lungs and brain. 

In the respect of infantile deaths, I do not know that New York is worse than 
any other place, large or small. I have given the number of deaths here, . because 
they can be obtained from reports, while in most places, particularly in the country, 
no statistics upon sanitary matters are kept. This is a fault which should be cor- 
rected ; every town in the country should keep an accurate list of all deaths, with 
ages, causes, etc., for its own benefit and the benefit of physicians who war with 
disease, by ascertaining and pointing out its prominent causes. It being the object 
of this work to point out the various causes leading to death, I have spoken boldly 
upon the evils that send many infants to the grave, that parents may be warned, 
and thus save themselves and their children from an untimely death. It is mostly 
through ignorance that so many children die so young ; parents should inform them- 
selves upon these matters, and teach their children as they grow up. Proper edu- 
cation will correct many of these evils ; a neglect of it will continue them ; and all 
wno would aid in the banishment of disease, should learn the laws that govern lifo 
and health, and bring up their children in the knowledge thereof. 

If my remarks upon this matter shall be the means of saving even one innocent 
infant, I shall be rewarded for my toiL 



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COLD WITH MEASLES SOMETIMES CAUSES CONSUMPTION, 

And much care should be taken not to get a cold while sick with this disease. 
Many date their decline into consumption from taking cold at this period. 

Cases of consumption from colds contracted at the season of measles are very 
obstinate and hard of cure. Before the invention of the Lung Barometer, I found 
great difficulty in these cases ; but now, guided by its infallible teachings, I seldom 
fail in effecting a recovery of the patient to health. 

After having had the measles, care should be taken to cleanse the system and 
blood, in order to a better enjoyment of health in after years. For this purpose, 
the Anti-Bilious Pills and Blood Renovator will be found excellent. In case of a 
eold existing, the Lung Corrector should be used in connection. These fail only in 
the most obstinate cases ; and in that event a full course of medicine should be 
taken, which will be prepared upon inquiry into the nature of the cases. 



POISONOUS GASES HASTEN CONSUMPTION 



And they should be carefully avoided, especially by those consumptively inclined. 
There is no air so good for the lungs as the common atmospheric air in a pure state ; 
it is the natural food of those organs, and through them purines the blood. But 
gaseous airs destroy life. Breathe freely of the good pure atmospheric air, and your 
brain and body will receive strength therefrom. 

To those who have become debilitated by long breathing of unhealthy gases, I 
would recommend the Blood Renovator and Anti-Bilious Pills. These will remove 
from the system the impurities generated therein by an unhealthy atmosphere, will 
restore vigor to the blood, and bring back the lost strength and activity to the limbs. 



FROWY BUTTER AND LARD. 

The use of bad butter and lard is also a fruitful cause of consumption, as well as 
dyspepsia. The vast amount of these articles taken into the human stomach in 
seasoned foods, deranges the organs of the stomach, retards digestion, and induces 
disease. 

Many persons and families are so fond of gain, or rather so fearful of loss, that 
they compel themselves, their children and friends, to eat all the half-rotten apples, 
peaches and other fruits ; the half-spoilt meat and fowls ; and the frowy butter and 
lard, and stale eggs, and grown wheat, while they sell the good. But instead oi 
saving by this, they lose ; for these articles induce disease, and the doctors reap a 
harvest from visits to restore the persons to health. "While such persons wonder 
that God should afflict tt.em with a visitation of sickness, the physician laughs at 
their ignorant cupidity, in not eating of the best the earth affords, and thus 
receiving better chance of health. 

How many keepers of hotels, boarding-houses, and managers in private families, 
are guilty of the sin of using corrupted foods, we may judge from the millions 0/ 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 217 

dyspeptics, but will be known only at the day of judgment; when they will be held 
responsible for the miseries caused by their cupidity or foolishness. 

Different individuals have opposite rules regarding the disposal of corrupted arti- 
cles of food. While some force themselves and their families to eat them, and sell 
their good and wholesome articles, others peddle the bad off in the markets, to 
disease and kill purchasers, and keep the good themselves. But in either of these 
ways, there is sure to be injury done to some one. The first is a curse to their own 
bodies ; the last is not " doing unto others as they would that otners should do 
unto them." 

Eat and drink only that which is fresh and pure ; nor render others liable to 
disease by palming off upon them the articles that have become corrupted on your 
hands. You had much better waste a few articles of food, than to eat them and then 
have to send for the physician to restore your health lost by their use. 



THROAT DISEASES OFTEN INDUCE CONSUMPTION. 

If the muscles of the organs of speech and the wind-pipe get diseased, and the 
power of contraction and dilation become imperfect, catarrhal mucus, food and dust 
descend the bronchial tube into the lungs, and create irritation, inflammation, tuber- 
cles and ulcerations. 

Catarrh often produces sore throat and bronchitis ; poisonous foods and liquora 
operate similarly ; and the same diseases are induced by dyspepsia and costiveness. 
The dust in shops, cars, stores, manufactories, and in streets, likewise creates many 
cases of sore throat and bronchitis : and all these often induce consumption. Public 
speakers — lawyers, clergymen, lecturers — and others who talk a good deal, who 
exercise their lungs and organs of speech in the heated and impure air of a crowded 
and ill-ventilated room, often contract throat diseases, hoarseness, and bronchitis, by 
going out into the cold. Such are also very liable to run into consumption in that 
way. Great care should be taken to keep the throat suitably and comfortably 
clothed. Thousands of females die annually of pulmonic affections, induced by 
wearing low-necked dresses ; and thousands of gentlemen, by improperly exposing 
the lungs to the cold air, after exercising them in an impure and heated atmosphere. 
Poisonous humors in the blood also often settle in the throat and on the surround- 
ing organs, producing cankers and other sores, which become fruitful causes of early 
consumption ; therefore these poisonous impurities in the blood should be eradicated 
by some purifying and renovating medicines. If the tonsils of the throat become 
greatly enlarged, a portion of each may be cut off; also the palate may be sub- 
jected to the same treatment : but when enlargement is the effect of humors in the 
blood, amputations will be of but little service. A better way to effect a cure will 
be to bathe the German Ointment freely about the neck, and wet the throat often 
with cold water — wrapping a wet cloth about it at night, and covering tins with a 
wrapper, to keep the throat warm during sleep. 

To effect a permanent cure of sore throat, bronchitis, swelled tonsils, &c, use the 
Catarrh Snuff, Lung Corrector, Blood Renovator, Anti-Bilious Pills, and German 
Ointment ; and wash both inside and outside of the throat with cold water a num- 
ber of times a day, and keep the stomach clean and sweet. Before this treatment 
these diseases seldom stand; but if they are so obstinate as not to yield after a fair 



2l8 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

trial, apply to me, and I will prepare medicines expressly that shall effect a speedy 
cure. [See cut of Bronchial Aifection.] 



INDIA RUBBER MANUFACTURE CAUSES CONSUMPTION. 

Many consumptives attribute their decline in health to the weakening perfumes 
of turpentine and other substances used in v the manufacture of india rubber goods. 
I have had many patients who had been decidedly injured in this way ; and I 
would suggest to the proprietors of these manufactories, and to those employed, the 
expediency of devising some means to prevent these injurious affects of the articles 
used. I think that ingenuity and study could obviate the difficulty, and place tho 
workmen beyond contaminating influences from the business. 

No kind of india rubber garment should be worn next the skin ; nor constantly 
on any part of the person, even over other garments. No edibles or liquids for use 
as drinks or medicines should be kept in india rubber sacks or bottles ; for they will 
become unfit for use if put in such receptacles. Never sleep upon rubber, unless 
you have blankets between it and your person ; and even then it may be doubted 
if it is healthy. India rubber shoes, whether lined or not, should never be worn 
constantly ; the effects of this article being, when constantly kept on the person, to 
produce weakness and emaciation, and consequent poor health, often ending in con- 
sumption, unless remedial agents be resorted to, to counteract its pernicious effects. 

India rubber goods are excellent in their place — as to keep out water from the 
person while walking in wet streets, or when out in storms ; but they should be 
used only for these purposes. 



ADULTERATED FLOUR—BAKER'S BREAD. 

It has been often said, " We know not what we eat." This is a truth which a 
little investigation makes apparent. In that most common of all articles, bread, it 
is generally supposed there is nothing either deleterious to the system or disgusting 
in its preparation. But a little knowledge may show us the contrary. 

From a little work recently published in this city, by Dr. Bostwick, entitled " An 
Inquiry into the causes of Natural Death," we quote that " flour is often shamefully 
adulterated by the introduction of ground chalk, whiting, gypsum, plaster of Paris, 
powdered granite, slacked lime, bone ashes, and similar compounds. In using 
flour, therefore, of any form, bread or pastry of any kind, we probably consume 
many other injurious articles — for what care unprincipled millers or speculators 
whether the articles of trade are obtained from the bones of a butcher's store, or 
even the charnel house ! It has been proved very lately in England, in a court of 
justice, that large quantities of flour had been mixed with gypsum at the rate of 
fifteen per cent ! Besides the earthy substances mentioned, there is a large amount 
of fine sand unavoidably mixed with flour, arising from the friction of the millstones. 
It is calculated that in the bread a person eats he swallows six pounds of sand 
every year 1 Flour and bread are also adulterated with ground peas, beans, pota- 
toes, alum, ammonia, and sub-carbonate of potash. The use of these various perni 
cious substitutes for flour being found to have a constipating effect on the bowels. 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 219 

co counteract this, and to prevent suspicion, the use of jalap and other cathartics is 
introduced, in order to have a laxative effect upon the consumers. 

" In addition to the mischievous ingredients which are purposely mixed up with 
the flour and bread, there is a great deal of filthy, pernicious matter accidentally or 
carelessly introduced. In the store, for instance, where corn is binned up, it becomes 
contaminated with the dust of the room, with the urine and fceces of rats and mice, 
which are removed and ground up with it. In the bakehouse it is no uncommon 
think to see a man with scabbed and ulcerated arms and hands mixing up the 
bread ; others again using snuff and tobacco, as they lean over the troughs and 
benches, and the snuffy mucus and tobacco secretions are sent somewhere. In 
large establishments for making bread, the bakers knead the dough with their feet 
in a large trough, working and treading it like mortar. A baker has declared on 
his veracity that it is not unusual for men who have been walking about in shoes 
for several hours, and whose feet have acquired an intolerable stench, to jump at 
once into the paste without even cleansing themselves I ! 

" Now and then we find in the bread purchased from a baker, a well-cooked 
cricket or black beetle, (or a cockroach, or a bed-bug,) which insects abound in 
bakehouses. To enumerate all the filth and deleterious articles combined in flour, 
would not only be tiresome, but loathsome." 

Thus we may see a little of the causes that act in the foods prepared in cities to 
produce consumption and other diseases. If our modern girls were brought up in 
the good old way, and taught to make their own bread and pies, instead of sitting 
in idleness in the parlor, and then buying their breadstuff's of dirty bakers, they 
would not only contribute much to the health of the tamily, but also be benefited 
themselves by the exercise, and be made more fitting as wives and companions for men. 
Besides these, our bread is often made out of a flour that has soured, or that was 
ground from " grown" and putrid grain, and sometimes even the sweepings of mills 
are used by unprincipled bakers, who care more for the filling of their pockets than 
for the health of the people. This being the case, is it strange that disease prevails 
or that the services of the physicians should be had in often requisition ? 

Other Adulterations. — But flour is by no means the only article adulterated 
and be-deviled. A good deal of the butter used in cities is mixed with tallow; 
the effect of which is often to cause dyspepsia, and make of those who use it con- 
firmed invalids until they relinquish the article and have their systems purified by 
medicines — such as the Blood Renovator and Anti-Bilious Pills. It is well known 
that in much of the common sugar, sand is mixed by the grocer ; salt is put with 
the saleratus ; sawdust with the Indian meal, and peas and beans with the coffee. 
The article of " pure eld ground Java coffee," which is advertised at every grocery, 
is scarcely to be obtained; it is much like the " Orange County Milk," and if you 
would have the pure you must buy the raw coffee and burn and grind it yourself 
Coffee is often mixed with the burnt root of the dandelion. I have seen barrel after 
barrel of peas mixed with coffee that was sold for, and " warranted to be pure." 
Teas are also mixed with various kinds of leaves, and milk is horribly treated. 
[See articles on these subjects.] Ginger is loaded with burnt corn. To my certain 
knowledge, a man in Connecticut used to sell ground ginger for a pure article which 
contained one half of corn. Sometimes capsicum is added to flavor it and give it 
the requisite warmth. The "best Durham mustard" is mixed with the common 
mustard seed, colored with turmeric and spiced with capsicum. Chocolate and co* 



220 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

coa are mixed with ground sago, which is often unfit for sale in any other state, 
White pepper is manufactured out of black pepper, starch and arrow root; and cay- 
enne pepper made with piper indica berries, colored with sawdust, vermilion and 
other ingredients. 

Of adulterations of wines and liquors I have spoken in another part of this vol- 
ume. Of tobacco, both for chewing and smoking, of which such vast amount is 
consumed, those who use it may be gratified to know that it contains a large 
amount of copperas and other poisons, put in to give it flavor and mildness. Often 
the paper tobacco, which is so greedily "rolled under the tongue as a sweet morsel'* 
at all times, while at business or on the way to the abode of the delicate damsel to 
implant the sweet kiss of love upon the ruby lips of the "dewdrop," is made in part 
of the ends of cigars and the " old sogers" discharged from the filthy spittoons 
of bar-rooms and hotels, and afterwards picked up by boys and sold to the manu- 
facturers of *' fine cut." Many a young man who has indulged in the " delicious 
sweets" of tobacco has found that his breath was seasoned with a perfume not 
quite so delicate as the spices spoken of by Solomon, and has learned after a few 
visits to the idol of his heart that thereby he had rendered his " room more agreea- 
ble than his company," and that though the love of his heart might be acceptable, the 
love of his mouth was disgusting. I state the above facts for the benefit of the ad- 
mirers of "the weed;" undoubtedly a knowledge of where their quids have been 
and from what they have been made will add much to the sweetness of the deli- 
cious morsel 



POISONED CANDIES. 

It is well known that many of the candies, of which loads are annually devoured, 
are tinctured with poisonous matter in the colorings that are put on to, and into 
them. Children should not be allowed many sweetmeats, and particular pains 
should be taken to keep poisoned candies from them. If you would have healthy 
children, let them have plain food, with very little high "seasoning," and let them 
have plenty of good air and playful exercise. These will keep them in health, and 
prove the best medicines for their use. 



DRUGS AND MEDICINES 

Are also basely adulterated. The foreign producers, manufacturers and dealers, 
adulterate their articles expressly for the American market, and vast quantities of 
such are brought into and sold in this country. And our own people are not often 
outdone in this line of business by the foreigners ; so that by the time the drug 
has reached the invalid, it is often quite different from what it is pretended to be. 
By careful study the properties and modes of operation of the various articles used 
as medicine have been ascertained, and the intelligent physician can estimate their 
effect quite accurately. But in order to do this, he must know the purity and the 
strength of the aiticle used; and if it has been adulterated, as is often the case, 
disappointment will follow its administration, and the patient will die, when by 
taking a pure article he would have recovered ! This result has often happened, un- 



THE PEOPLE'S MELICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 221 

der the advice of the best curative medical skill that the country can boast. Many 
a man has g-one down to the tomb through some defect in the medical remedy used 
— a counterfeit of the article intended to be employed. 

In some of the governments of Europe, a constant supervision is exercised over 
all apothecaries, to prevent them from selling articles which may be injurious to 
health. The absence of all such supervision in this country has led many incompe- 
tent and fraudulent manufacturers and dealers to enter into the production and sale 
of drugs and medicines, and a system of evil and imposition is carried on to an ex 
tent that excites our astonishment. 

In 1848, an act was passed by Congress to prevent the importation of adulterate* 
and spurious drugs and medicines. Under this act, the examiner at New York 
reported that during ten months, ending April, 1849, about 90,000 pounds of various 
kinds of drugs were rejected and refused admittance at this port alone. Among 
these were 16,000 pounds of rhubarb, 3000 pounds of opium, 34,000 pounds of spu- 
rious yellow bark, 12,000 pounds of jalap, and 5000 ounces of iodine. And it has 
been said that " more than half of many of the most important chemical and me- 
dicinal preparations, together with large quantities of crude drugs, come to us so 
much adulterated, or otherwise deteriorated, as to render them not only worthless 
as medicines, but often dangerous." 

A mere statement of these facts will render obvious the importance of care in the 
purchase of medicines. For my own part, knowing the extent to which this busi- 
ness is carried on, and having seen its pernicious effects, I never send one of my pa- 
tients to a drug store to purchase medicines, but put them up for him myself, so that I 
may know what he is taking, and be certain that he is swallowing no adulterated or 
deteriorated article. In many cases I should consider it nearly certain death to trust a 
patient to the prescriptions put up at many apothecaries' shops, since I should know 
that the chance was at least even that he would not get the article I sent him for in its 
pure state, and consequently the effect I desired to produce in his system by the medi- 
cine would not be produced, and he would be worse off than if he had taken notmng 
at all, and my reputation for skill would be injured. No physician can sustain his 
reputation who sends his patients to druggists generally for medicines ; for the pub- 
lic never thinks of censuring the apothecary in case of a failure to cure the invalid, 
but holds the physician responsible; and bestows all the blame upon him, when, 
perhaps, it was the adulterated drug was in fault. 

To give some idea of the extent of the sickness and death induced by deteriorated 
and adulterated foods, drinks and medicines, improper eating, inattention to public 
and private cleanliness and purification, and other evils which might be avoided, I 
will quote from the report of the city inspector of New York, the following : — 

" It is assumed by medical statists, that more than one-third of the mortality 
of all large cities might have been prevented, if the laws of .life and health, the 
causes of disease, and the means of prevention, were fully known and observed . 

"Hence we had 1340 deaths in the city of New York, in the year 1851, which 
might have been prevented, and, according to the investigation of Mr. Farr, the 
eminent Registrar- General of Great Britain, the rule has been established, ' that the 
proportion constantly sick in a population, is double the annual proportion per cent 
which the deaths bear to the living in that population.' 

" According to these rules, 15,040 persons in New York were constantly sick dur- 
ing the past year (1851) unnecessarily, and we have the loss by unnecessary sickness, 



222 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

allowing one dollar and fifty cents a-day, to equal the cost of nursing, medical 
attendance and the loss of time and labor, amounting to $8,500,000 annually!" 

Dr. Lyon Playfair, of Lancashire county, England, (which contains the large cities 
of Liverpool and Manchester,) shows in a report that the loss of labor by premature 
deaths, (computed at $1 per day,) amounted to $4,100,000 annually; and the loss 
by the support of minors, who are cut off before becoming producers, $1,000,000. 
As the estimate of this county will offer a fair parallel to New York, we have a 
total loss of $13,600,000 annually which might have been prevented by proper 
sanitation. [For farther remarks upon sanitary regulations, see under Street Dust 
and Street Cleaning.] 

Why will not the law-makers of our common country, and the people generally, 
of the different states and of the cities throughout the land, unite together in efforts 
for the banishment of these causes of so much unnecessary sickness and expense, 
and aid the philanthropic physician in his labors for the benefit of the human 
family ? Until they shall do this, it will be in vain that we look for decrease in the 
bills of premature mortality to that extent which could be wished , for while all 
outward causes combine together to sow disease among the people, medicine alone 
can never eradicate it. Medicine treats the effects, and not the causes. It may, as 
it does, save many from untimely graves : but constantly there will be arising new 
victims calling for its aid, till the axe of sanitary regulations is laid at the causes, and 
they be removed from among us. 



ADULTERATED AND DISEASED MILEL 

Of all things found upon the table for food and drink, perhaps none is so badly 
handled as milk ; and when we consider how much young children are dependent 
upon this article for a living, and how much they are fed upon it, the extent to 
which it is adulterated, and the sources from whence it often comes, should truly ex- 
cite attention and alarm. In the old country farm-house, where it can be had pure, 
there is nothing more healthful than milk ; but the stuff sold in our large cities as 
41 pure country milk " is one of the most detestable compounds that can be put into 
the stomach of an infant. 

Milk is adulterated to an incredible extent in all large towns. The most com- 
mon, and a harmless way, is to dilute it with water. If nothing more than this 
were done, we might rejoice ; but as water makes the fluid look blue, and thereby the 
cheat is rendered apparent, the expert in the art of " milk-making " use the yolk of 
eggs, flour and warm water ; also chalk is much used to correct the blue cast, and 
some scientific gentlemen use ochre, to give a creamy color, while others manufac- 
ture the article by a solution of annato with subcarbonate of potash and a little 
sugar. Cream is sometimes increased in its quantity by boiling together rice-powder, 
arrow-root and starch. Often milk is put in vessels of lead, to make it throw up a 
larger quantity of cream ; and ; t has been found that the leaden particles which im- 
pregnated the milk produce the most fearful disorders in children. 

Said the London Punch, speaking of milk in that metropolis, "Recent accounts of 
the milky ways of the London milkmen have filled us with a desire to have tho 
good old days of chalk and water back again. We knew that under the old system 
our insides were simply white- washed with a clean if not a very wholesome prepa- 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 223 

ration ; but we shudder at the thought of what the London milk is now declared to 
be. It is said that the rich, creamy look of the mixture is obtained by the use oi 
starch, sugar of lead, and brains. Oh ! that we could ' dash out our desperate brains ' 
from our milk jugs, and imbibe the thinnest of decoctions the pump and chalk-pit 
ever contributed ! We might not object to a dash of starch to enable us to ge^ 
what might be termed a stiff glass of milk, but there is something so awful in thb 
idea of brains, particularly as it is said they come from the knacker's yard, that oui 
own brain reels, swims, and performs various other cerebral eccentricities that we 
know not how to describe." 

In an unadulterated state, and when taken from healthy animals properly fed, milk 
is a most healthful and nutritious beverage. For thousands of years milk has con- 
stituted an important and valuable part of human sustenance, and in many coun 
tries the milk of the cow or the goat has been and now is the chief support of tho 
people. Being ready prepared by nature for food, it can at once be appropriated by 
the rudest savage, as well as more cultivated men ; and hence from the creation of 
the human race to the present day it has been among almost all nations an article 
of sustenance. Josephus, the historian of the Jews, tells us that " Abel brought 
milk and the first fruits of his flocks as offerings to the Creator." And of Abraham 
we read that when he was visited by angels in the Plains of Mamre, that " he took 
"butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them." The 
spies of the Israelites that went into Palestine described it as a land " flowing with 
milk and honey," as the most proper words they could use to bespeak its richness 
and fertility. 

How different is the milk of to-day in the cities from that which feasted the men 
of old ; how different from that pure and healthful article, rich and unadulterated, 
that may be had in the pantry of the countryman. But it is not of adulterated 
milk that we have mostly to complain ; for this is not half so dreadful in its effects 
as an unadulterated article from the cows fed on the slops of distilleries. 

Says Hartley, in his Essay on Milk : — " The manner of producing milk to supply 
cities is so contrary to our knowledge of the laws which govern the animal economy, 
that from a bare statement of the facts any intelligent mind might confidently an- 
ticipate the evils which actually result from it. The natural and healthy condition 
of the cows is for the most part utterly disregarded. They are crowded together in 
large numbers in filthy pens, which at once deprives them of adequate exercise and 
pure air, both of which are indispensably essential to their health. Instead of be- 
ing supplied with food suited to the masticating and digestive organs of herbivorous 
and ruminant animals, they are most generally treated as if omnivorous ; and their 
stomachs are gorged with any description of aliment, however unhealthy, which can 
be most easily and cheaply procured, and will produce the greatest quantity of milk. 
Thus, in the vicinity of large cities, wherever grain distilleries abound, either in this 
country or in Europe, distillery slop is extensively used. "Where brewers' grains 
can be obtained, they are in great requisition for milk-dairies ; while in grape-grow- 
ing countries, the refuse of the grape is used for the same purpose, and with effects 
as pernicious as those produced by tha dregs of the distillery. In other cases de- 
cayed vegetables, and sour and putrid offals and remnants of kitchens, are gathered 
up as food for milch cows. Under this unnatural management, the cows become 
diseased, and the milk becomes impure, unhealthy, and innutritious. Yet this milk 
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great numbers ; it is the nourishment chosen and relied upon to develop the physical 
powers and impart vigor to the constitution during the most feeble and critical pe- 
riod of human life, when the best possible nourishment is especially necessary in 
order to counteract the injurious effects of the infected air and deficient exercise, 
which are often inseparable from the conditions of a city life. 

" So few are the exceptions to these modes of producing milk, that they may be 
said to be nearly universal in this and in all other countries, where individuals have 
collected in large cities. Under the most specious pretences and disguises, this sys- 
tem has been secretly sowing the seeds of disease, preying upon the health of the 
people, and destroying the lives of thousands of children, while it was supposed to 
be ministering to our daily wants and necessities. Thus we buy death instead of 
life. By insidious and unnoticed processes, this vile business has silently extended 
itself, until it has become an important part of a formidable system, replete with mis- 
chief in all its ramifications and results. 

"Distillery slop, as food for cattle, is of little value. On such unnatural alimeni 
they become diseased and emaciated. Cows plentifully supplied with it may yield 
an abundance of milk ; but it is notorious that the article thus produced is so defec- 
tive in the properties essential to good milk, that it cannot be converted into butter 
or cheese, and of course is good for nothing except to sell. 

" After careful inquiry, it has been estimated that about ten thousand cows in the 
city of New York and neighborhood are condemned to subsist on the residium or 
slush of distilleries. This slush, after the ceremony of straining through the organs 
of sickly cows, and being duly diluted, colored, and medicated, is sold to the citi- 
zens at an annual expense of more than a million of dollars. The amount of dis- 
ease and death consequent upon the use of this milk, will only be known at the day 
of final judgment. It is extensively injurious and fatal to health and life. Nor does 
this evil stop with the milk alone ; for from these distilleries the market is supplied 
with diseased pork and beef, especially the latter ; for thousands of slop-fed cows 
having in a single year become so diseased as to be of little use at the dairy, they 
are slaughtered and eaten by our citizens. 

" Pure air and exercise are as essential to the health of the cow, and to the health- 
fulness of her milk, as to man. There exists in each the same necessity for pure air, 
suitable exercise, and nutrient food. But while this is allowed of man, (though he 
by no means always has them,) our stall cows are treated as if they were an excep- 
tion to the general laws of organic life. The effects of living in a foul air are mani- 
fested in the animals as well as in man, and are nearly the same — debility, impaired 
digestion, depression of the vital functions, and often the generation of diseases of 
the most malignant and fatal character. The air being rendered impure by the 
breath and perspiration of animals crowded together in small and close apartments 
— the presence of excrements and stench, and putrifying animal and vegetable mat- 
ter, which, even with the strictest regard to cleanliness, unavoidably accumulates by 
immuring them in confined stables; such a condition, in the absence of all other 
prejudicial causes, cannot fail to prove destructive to health and life." 

It is evidently also the design of nature that animals should enjoy that amount of 
exercise necessary to procure food by moving from one place to another. But this 
our stall-fed cows do not have. And if their food be changed, they be denied pure 
air, and exercise not allowed to them, what may we expect but that they wiL be- 
come diseased ? "What would man be, placed in the same circumstances ? And 



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what can we look for but that the milk from such cows should be pernicious and de- 
structive to huiran life ? 

Experiments have been made upon animals, which indicate that a loss of their 
open range and natural nourishment disorganizes and destroys. Dr. Bacon placed 
some young rabbits in a confined situation, and fed them with coarse green food — 
cabbage and grass. They were healthy when cooped up ; in a month, one died ; 
nine days after a second died, with tubercles on the liver ; the liver of a third, which 
died four days later still, had nearly lost its structure, so universally was it pervaded 
with tubercles. Two days subsequently a fourth died, with a considerable number 
of hydatids attached to the lower surface of the liver. The remaining three were 
then placed in another situation and given proper food, and they recovered their 
health and lived. Kesults similar were obtained from experiments on other ani- 
mals. 

Continues Mr. Hartley — " That cattle fed upon still-slop diet become diseased, is 
undeniable. The most healthy animals, put upon this unhealthy aliment, soon indi- 
cate an accumulation of diseases ; and their very appearance, as compared with that 
of those kept on natural food, is prima facie evidence of the fact. In a little time 
they become so thoroughly distempered as to be of no use ; and the dairyman, in 
order to prevent the loss of their dying upon his hands, is obliged to change his stock 
at least every nine montfis, by sending his diseased and worn out cattle to the butch- 
ers. But in spite of this precaution, the loss by disease is very considerable. A 
committee of dairymen, engaged in the milk business, reported that out of 1841 
cows fed on slops in the vicinity of Brooklyn, 230 died in the course of a few months 
oj disease ; and from the difficulties of obtaining information from proprietors, there 
is reason to believe that the actual mortality was far greater than reported. By 
collating the various estimates and reports of those in the business, the loss of cows 
by disease may be set down at from 12 to 20 per cent. The animals being bloated 
with slush, though apparently in good condition, will die as suddenly as unexpect- 
edly. After yielding the usual quantity of milk, they have been known to die the 
same day! How extremely disgusting the idea of partaking of the milk, not merely 
of a distempered animal, but of one that is already dead of disease ! 

" Diseased meats, when eaten, every one knows, produce malignant fevers. But 
against impositions of this kind, the law undertakes to protect the community, though 
not with success, since it is not only sold fresh, but is more frequently disguised by 
smoking, and sold as smoked meat. Yet here is a cause incomparably more proli- 
fic of disease than any against which the law provides, that entirely escapes its cog- 
nizance. There cannot, however, be a rational doubt but that the secretions of a 
diseased animal in the form of milk, especially when produced from unwholesome 
aliment, is as unfit for food as is their flesh. Any other conclusion would be as con 
trary to the known laws of life and health, as to the common sense of mankind. 

" "Who does not know that the health of the infant is affected by the condition of 
the sustenance it receives from its mother ? that disease is induced by the noxious 
qualities of the infant's aliment, consequent upon the deranged health of the mother ? 
Is the mother diseased ? — the virus generated in the vitiated secretions, taints the 
nourishment, and is communicated to the child." 

."Children," says Pereira, "may be salivated by sucking nurses under the influ 
once of mercury, or purged by the exhibition of drastics, or narcotized by the ad- 
ministration of opiates to the nurse. These are facts of the greatest moment in re 

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ference to the frequency of disease in cows, and to the possible morbific character olt' 
their milk." 

And if the child is thus affected by food received from its mother or other nurse, 
it cannot be doubted that it will likewise be affected by food from any other source. 
Bad aliment, no matter from where received, can never sustain the body of either 
child or adult in health and vigor; contrawise, it will induce physical suffering, and 
often death. 

In connection with the subject of infantile deaths, a comparison of statistics of Eu 
ropean and American cities show some startling facts that should arouse our atten- 
tion. Statistics of London show that during the last hundred years, the diminutioD 
of infant deaths there has been from 74.5 per cent, to 31.8 per cent, and the same 
principle is true of other cities of Europe. But in American cities, so far back as 
information is to be had, there has oeen a constant and steady increase of infant mor- 
tality, in nearly an inverse ratio to the decrease in Europe ! So that at this time 
nearly two-thirds of the mortality of the city of New York is of children under five 
years of age ; and Philadelphia and Boston are but a small per centage better ; while, 
at the same time, the total mortality of the European cities is greater in proportion than 
that of the American ! ! ! To what is this startling fact to be ascribed, save in a 
great measure to the use of unhealthy milk, which breeds disease, and carries thou- 
sands of infants to the tomb ? And this is the more apparent from the fact, that in 
Europe the curse of still-fed milk is not allowed to the extent that it is carried on in 
free America. And hence the difference 1 We would naturally conclude that every- 
body in America felt free to scatter death to the extent of his ability. 

No one looking at these facts can conclude that the unhealthy influence of bad 
milk is exaggerated. In New York, Brooklyn, and the places adjacent, it is proba- 
ble that at least 6,000,000 of gallons of milk is annually consumed. In these places 
there are some 30,000 children under five years of age to whom this milk is the 
principal food. At least 4,000,000 gallons of this milk is poisoned by base adultera- 
tions, or is the product of stall-fed and still-fed cows, and consequently fit only for 
the gutter. And when this, the chief support of infant life, carries death in its every 
drop, is it to be wondered at that the children perish like the leaves of autumn be- 
fore the blighting frost ? 

Says Mr. Hartley, " There are many well-disposed persons, who are accustomed 
to ascribe this terrific waste of infant life to inevitable and fatal necessity, irre- 
spective of the observance or neglect of those secondary causes, through which 
Providence invariably fulfills its designs. But can such be the purpose of the bene- 
volent Creator ? Is so large a number of his rational offspring born with such 
feeble powers of vitality that life necessarily becomes extinct on the threshold of 
existence ? [And :an a divine, knowing of these evils, in his sermon at the grave 
of an infant, regard as a " divine dispensation" the death of that infant, and say 
that God in his goodness has taken it away? Has it not rather been murdered by 
men ? If he can preach thus, with a clear conscience and a believing heart, let 
him say on ; if not, let him rise and call for the wrath of heaven to banish such 
iniquities from our midst. — Author.] Such conclusions, being inconsistent with the 
teachings of his "Word and Providence, must be rejected as impious and absurd, ll 
this mortality was the appointment of a divine decree, independent of any agencies 
under human control, then might we become indifferent, and fold our arms in in 
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regrets. But how are these views reconciled with the increase of infant deaths 
among us from 32 to 60 per cent, in the course of a few years, while in foreign 
cities in the same time the result is reversed ?" The truth is, our milch cows are 
shut up in close and filthy stables, deprived of air and exercise, and there fed on 
detestable compounds till both themselves and their milk is diseased ; this milk is 
peddled out to rear our children, and thus the seeds of disease are sown in the 
cradle, and the fountains of life poisoned at their source. 

In Europe, these things are not altogether so ; more scrutiny is exercised, and 
men are not so freely allowed to kill their fellow men in this way. Here, there is 
a species of lawlessness in these matters ; no inspection is instituted, no checks im- 
posed, and not only does every man " sit under his own vine and his own fig-tree 
with none to make him afraid," but he peddles death among his fellows with no 
restraint of anything but his caoutchoucy conscience. It would be well if we had less 
freedom and more law in these matters. The result would be beneficial to the mass, 
against the pockets of the few. 

And not only do infants suffer from this cause, but adults likewise ; though their 
food being less of this kind, the effects of it are not so visible among them. 

To give the reader a correct idea of how matters are managed at the slop-dairies, 
we will condense a description from a memorial to the authorities of the city upon 
this subject. Says the memorial, (which I find in " Cause of Natural Death,") " I 
had occasion to walk through Fifteenth-street to the Hudson river. When I had 
passed the 9th Avenue, my olfactory nerves were shocked by a stench such as it 
would be difficult to imagine, and impossible to describe. I found it proceeded 
from the extensive cow stables attached to a distillery. From near the 9th Avenue 
to the river, I observed long, low sheds, occupying the entire space between Fif- 
teenth and Sixteenth streets. On inspection, I found that each shed was occupied 
by cows, stalled close together, from eight to ten in a row, arranged cross- wise, and 
standing back to back so near that a man could scarcely pass between them. The 
stable appeared to be as free from filth as the nature of the case would admit ; but 
still the stench was horrible I The animals were each tied by a short rope to a 
trough ; and I was informed that they are never taken out after being once stalled, 
until they cease to give milk, or become sick, when they are sold to the butcher I 
The troughs are branches of a main trunk, connecting them with the distillery, 
from which they receive the smoking swill that makes their chief food. 

" The following conversation, which I had with several respectable laboring men hi 
the vicinity of the distillery, will serve to enlighten the consumers as to the quality 
of the article which is so extensively distributed under the name of milk : 

11 Q. ' Are not these cows liable to disease from being confined so closely and fed 
on swill ?' 

" A. ' That indeed they are, sir. If you will take the trouble to look into the 
lots opposite the stables, you may see from two to six of them staggering about, 
and ready to drop dead. Sometimes six of them will die in a single day.' 

" Q. ' Do they continue to milk them after they are turned out to die ?' 

" A. ' Yes, sir. I have seen them do it frequently. I have seen them when they 
were so exhausted as to be unable to stand long enough tc be milked, and one 
man would hold them up while another would milk them.' 

" Q. l Do they really sell that milk through the city ?' 

' l A. ' Tes, sir. They carry it round to their customers every day, under the 



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name, of "Westchester county, or Orange county milk. It is a very common thing 
for country milkmen to bring their cans into the city half full, and fill them up at 
this establishment/ 

" Q. l What becomes of these sick cows which you speak of? Do they re- 
cover ?' 

" A. 'I believe not a single case of recovery has been known. They appear to dio 
of consumption. Many have been examined after death, and the lungs are always 
found to be badly diseased. When they stop milking the butcher gets them.' 

" Q, l Is it possible that those diseased animals are sold for beef through the 
city?' 

"A, 'Why, sir, that is no secret! They are carded off to some slaughter-house 
during the night, or they are taken out of town and cut up, and then brought back 
to the butcher shops.' " 

A gentleman who visited another of these establishments says: "As we ap- 
proached a range of stables, an open window induced us to draw near it, when, 
unobserved ourselves, we saw a man inside milking one of the cows, whoso bag 
was evidently diseased, and extremely sore. After attentively noticing it, for a 
few minutes, we discovered that one side of the bag, and one teat, were very much 
swollen, and that the bag on the swollen side had recently been lanced, and was in 
a most offensive state of suppuration. But the dairyman, unwilling to lose the 
milk, was carefully stripping three of the teats, whilst at every pressure of the 
fingers bloody and yellow corrupt matter was forced from the wound, ran down 
over the back of his hands, and mingled with the mass of milk in the pail, which 
was doubtless afterwards sold and eaten by his customers ! 

" The cow stables are indescribably filthy, and so is everything pertaining to the 
milk arrangement. The milk room is in the midst of the steam and effluvium of 
the pens, and scarcely a whit purer, which is sufficient of itself to taint and spoil the 
best milk. The milk-strainers are used for dish-cloths, and then slapped up against 
the stable-door to dry. Sometimes a handful of straw is gathered from the stable floor, 
and whisked around a pail or other vessel, when the vessel is put aside for use." 

In order to deceive the purchaser, the milk peddlers of New York and vicinity, 
as well as the grocerymen who deal in milk, hang out false colors upon their carts 
and at their stores. When they know that the article they are selling is the pro- 
duct of still-fed cows, or is basely diluted and adulterated, they unblushingly make 
use of such labels as "Orange county Milk," or "Westchester," or "Essex," 
or "Long Island," or some other place, and these lying labels are generally accom- 
panied with the prefix of " pure." Pure ! then is Lucifer himself pure in the sight 
of God 1 The truth is, that in nine times out of ten this milk never comes from the 
country ; and as to the purity of it, there is not used in New York one gallon of 
pure milk to one thousand of adulterated ! If we were to believe these lying 
labels, the counties about New York must be literally covered with cows, to produce 
the quantities of milk purporting to be brought from them. If we are to suppose 
that Orange, Westchester, Essex, Putnam, and other counties around us, produce 
such a detestable article called milk as is sold in our streets, we must conceive a 
very poor opinion of them — in fact, that their soils must be beds of poisons ! Will 
the farmers of those regions be content to have an estimate of them based upon 
the filthy hquid that is pe Idled in this city ? That there is milk brought here from 
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before it is sold ; first diluted with water to increase the quantity, and then charged 
with base ingredients to keep up the color; or worse, it is taken to the distilleries 
and there mixed with the still-fed milk of diseased cows. 

Milkmen have various cows and qualities of milk, comparing in price according to 
the quality of the cow and their food. You can get the milk from the deep red 
cow, the black cow, the country cow, the stall-fed cow, the cow with one horn, or 
the cow with two horns, the cow with long horns, or the cow with short horns. 
As the butter is contained in the horns (!) of the cow, varying according to the 
number and length of the horns, so they say the price for milk must vary. In ad- 
dition to these you can get sheep's milk, or goat's milk; chalk, or ochre milk; 
watered, or not watered ; from cows that are able to stand up, or those that have 
to lie down ; from some fed on grass, or from those that cannot eat at all ; some 
i,hat have teeth, and some that need a new set. In fact, a dairyman can furnish 
you with any quality of milk you desire ! but what is remarkable in the matter, he 
invariably supplies all the different kinds from one and the same can. 

That there is some good, pure milk sold here is undoubtedly true ; but to get it 
you must know the one who furnishes you, and you must pay him at least six 
cents a quart ; for good, pure milk cannot be afforded in New York at a less rate 
than this. Never buy milk at four or even five cents. Use less, and get that which 
is good. One quart of pure milk will contain more nourishment than a gallon of the 
diluted ; therefore, it is cheapest to buy the best. 

In view of these facts, is it strange that our bills of infant mortality are so 
large ? Is it strange when we look at these matters, and the other adulterations, 
and the infringements of the laws of health in various other modes, that consump- 
tion stalks in our midst with a haughty front and sweeps his thousands yearly to 
the tomb ? 



GOOD TEAS ORDAINED OF GOD. 

In the article of teas, there is also a large amount of adulteration carried on ; many 
baskets of beach-tree and clover leaves are annually cooked and rolled up and 
mixed in the favorite beverage of the ladies. A poisonous matter is also used in 
the coloring of some tea, to make the water look black and " strong" after it has 
been steeped. In the beach and clover leaves there may be nothing deleterious to 
the system, unless they be destitute of that bitter principle which operates as a 
corrective upon the water and upon the secretions of the stomach, which is un- 
doubtedly the case ; but then, its introduction is a fraud upon the purchaser. But 
of the poisonous colorings used, there cannot be too much care exercised to avoid 
them, for they are hurtful to the system. This work is generally done by the in- 
habitants of the "celestial empire," where the same principles of imposition seem 
to be in vogue that are practiced among the " outside barbarians" in more enlight- 
ened and Christian countries. Whether the one learned the lesson from the other, 
I know not ; and if so, which was teacher and which pupil, is beyond my power to 
decide; but I think neither: undoubtedly it is the product of "original sin," 
springing up abundantly and thriving luxuriously in all countries and in all climes 
whithersoever the foot of man has trod, and the principle of self-aggrandizement has 
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There has been a great deal written by modern philosophers deprecating the use 
of tea, and pronouncing it injurious ; but whure an article can be had that is pure, 
I consider it as a healthy and excellent beverage. I would not deprive one of my 
lady friends of this innocent luxury. Indeed, it is not only not hurtful, unless 
taken in great excess, but is beneficial in its effects upon the system. 

There is a custom in Egypt, in respect to the water of the Nile, which, though 
somewhat muddy, is rendered pure and salutary by being put into jars, the inside 
of which is rubbed with a paste made of bitter almonds. And we are all well 
aware, that something of this kind is almost always found necessaiy. Persons 
traveling, coming one day upon one kind of water, and the next upon another, 
would be made sick by this change, did they not correct the water with tea or 
some other article. And often we find a large region of country where the water 
will not be healthful to use, unless purified and corrected by the introduction of 
some bitter substance. And in every age it has been found necessary to find some 
corrective ; and for this certainly no articles are at the same time so useful, reliable 
and palatable as tea and coffee. 

The first account we have on record of the necessity of some purifying substance 
to remove impurities from waters and render them proper for the stomach, is that 
given in the case of the Children of Israel, after they had passed through the Bed 
Sea and come to the waters of Marah, having traveled three days in the wilderness 
without drink. The waters of the river were bitter ; and the people murmured 
against Moses, saying that they could not drink of them ! And Moses carried 
their complaint unto the Lord, who showed him a tree to cast into the river, by 
which the waters were sweetened that the hosts of Israel might drink thereof Ex. xv. 
23, 24, 25. Since then various vegetable substances have been used to correct waters 
in all parts of the world, and make them healthy and proper for the stomach. 

It is understood that the first inducement of the Chinese to the general use of 
tea, was to correct the waters of their ponds and rivers. The first discoverers of 
the Floridas are said to have corrected the stagnant and fetid water they found there 
by infusing in it the branches of sassafras. -Jt is difficult to say whether the tea 
corrects the injurious properties of the water before it is taken into the stomach, or 
whether the secretions of the stomach, from a constant action in digestion, becoming 
like to the turbid waters of the Nile and the bitterness of Marah, require some cor- 
rective, like tea or coffee, to induce a healthy action in them. Probably both of these. 
Chemical analysis shows that many waters contain in them a solution of sulphate 
of lime. Into such waters, if any vegetable substance containing oxalic acid (of 
which there are several instances) is thrown, the lime in solution will be speedily 
precipitated, and the beverage rendered agreeable and wholesome. It is certain, 
and a fact well known to physicians and to the sick, that when the stomach, or the 
secretions, are out of proper order, even to nausea, a cup of good tea will " settle" 
the stomach, create an appetite where none was before, and assist digestion and aid 
to the recovery of health. It serves to sweeten the waters of the stomach as the 
shrub of Moses sweetened the waters of Marah. But how many a delicious cup 
of tea and coffee have been taken by the sick, without thinking of the wisdom of 
God in creating and revealing to the knowledge of man these delightful correcting 
bitters. 

In all ages of the world there have been in use some correcting substances to 
render harmless deleterious waters. When the children of Israel murmured at the 



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bitterness of the river that was before them, the Lord remembered them in kind- 
ness, and pointed out to Moses the corrective substance which made Marah to be- 
come sweet and healthful. And so, knowing the wants of man, he has caused to 
grow the tea and the coffee, and other plants, to supply their wants. 

The China teas, coffee, sage tea, and many others, are excellent when taken 
into a bitter and turbid, stomach. There can be no doubt that they correct the 
deranged secretions. Sae tea is excellent for this purpose, as also to prevent 
worms in children, and promote health generally. I would urge its use in pref- 
erence to the bad black, adulterated teas purchased at our stores. 

"We often find the men, though perhaps quite as fond of tea as the ladies, foot- 
ing up long columns of figures to show the money spent for tea. But if we can 
spend a thousand dollars for cigars and tobacco, why not a hundred as well for 
the hotter and more useful articles of tea and coffee 1 We will say nothing of the 
thousands wasted on wines and liquors by the economical gentlemen. By refer- 
ence to reports, we see that the members of the Common Council of the city of 
New York, in one month, expended $581,27 for their " Tea Room." It is not my 
business to say how muGh of this sum was laid out on tea exclusively ; each one 
can judge for himself of that ; but certainly if the gentlemen can indulge in such 
expenses for the " tea room" abroad, they should not complain if the ladies wish 
a small sum to purchase the delightful beverage for their tables at home. 

Experience teaches us that the stomach requires some gentle bitter to keep 
the bile in a healthy condition. For this, tea is good ; and as long experience 
has shown that it is harmless, unless taken powerfully strong (which should not 
be), I would recommend its moderate use, as also the use of coffee, unless you find 
it does not agree with your system. But always get a good article of either of 
these. Do not drink decoctions of beach tree leaves or of dried peas ; for these 
possess not the virtues of pure " old Java" and good " Hyson Skin." 

If our good old mothers and female nurses were prevented from carrying the 
correcting balm of tea (which is to the sickened stomach like the breast of the 
mother to the infant,) to cleanse and soothe the heated ragings of the digestive 
secretions, they would be disarmed of half their medical skill and usefulness in 
the restoration of the sick to a state of health. Such a thing can never be while 
intelligence reigns in the human mind. 

But in drinking tea and coffee, moderation should always be consulted, as well 
as in every other good thing of the world. And in some instances, it will be 
found with these beverages, as with every thing else, that every one's system can- 
not receive them without injury. Therefore every person should understand 
their effects upon his or her system ; and if they are found deleterious, should 
dispense with their use. No rule can be laid down in this matter, since we all 
know that what is most excellent and beneficial for one person, and good as a 
general thing, will be found in some few cases to be pernicious and unhealthful. 

I would add here, that in cases of nervous persons, who are affected by drink- 
ing strong tea, they should take after it a cup of good new milk. This will re- 
move the bad effect of the tea, and restore the nerves and mind to their healthful 
and pleasant condition. 



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IMPORTANCE OF GOOD WATER. 

The importance of a full supply of good and pure water in all large cities it is 
impossible to overrate— not only as regards the convenience of the inhabitants and 
their greater power in the extinguishment of fires, but also in relation to health, 
both directly and indirectly. 

As I have before remarked, cleanliness is an essential of health, both as regards the 
person and the various things by which he is surrounded. Filthy houses, filthy 
out-buildings, filthy streets, filthy garments, filthy food, filthy drinks, filthy persons — 
all these are so many propagators of disease and death. And these, unless there be 
a good supply of pure water, must ever abound in large cities in greater or lessMegree. 
"Cleanliness in towns is of such importance," says a Sanitary Report of Massa- 
chusetts, " that it should constitute an indispensable part of sanitary policy. Re- 
fuse matters, either animal or vegetable, are constantly undergoing change, and giv- 
ing out vapors and gases which, even in extremely small quantities, are injurious to 
health. Conclusive proofs of this fact exist. Wherever there is a dirty street, court or 
dwelling-house, the elements of pestilence are at work in that neighborhood. The 
cause of many and many a case of typhus fever, cholera morbus, or other fatal dis- 
eases, in our cities, villages, and even in the rural and isolated dwellings of tho 
country, may be traced to vegetable matter, or other filth, in the cellar, in or around 
the house, or in the water used." 

The absolute necessity of water to remove pestilential filth is a matter so well 
understood by all persons of information, that it will be unnecessary to make any 
very extended remarks upon that point in addition to what has been said in other 
parts of this work. I would speak more particularly of the effects of water directly 
when taken into the system. 

In the first place, we should, so far as is possible, have soft water, for this is not 
only much more healthful, but makes a great saving to those who use it. It has 
been shown that the difference in the use of soap in hard and soft water, where the 
first contains 14 grains of earthy and saline substances and the latter but one, is at 
the least $2,75 to every family of five persons annually. This would make a sav- 
ing between the two kinds in New York of over $275,000 annually. This may seem 
strange to those who have never considered the matter ; but it is nevertheless true. 
And this is merely in the use for washing. What the difference would be, taking 
into account manufactories, breweries, steamboilers, etc., it is difficult to say. 

Spring water, and many well waters, though cool and palatable, are not so 
healthy as a pure, filtered brook or river water free from lime. They generally con- 
tain a large amount of earthy ingredients, which induce stone and gravel in tho 
bladder, and other complaints of a fearful nature. Although spring and well waters 
differ much in respect to this, it is calculated that on the average they contain so 
much carbonate of lime that persons taking the usual quantity every day for forty 
years will have drank down as much of this earthy substance as would make a 
solid pillar of the size of the human body. From this arises stone and gravel in 
the bladder, and kidney diseases, as is well known to all physicians, and is proved 
by the fact that since the introduction of the Croton water into New Fork, the 
deaths from stone have decreased from 35 or 60 per year to only three in the last 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 233 

five years! To such an extent are many springs and wells charged with limy com- 
pounds, that their water should never be allowed for use in drinking, until the car- 
bonate is precipitated by the introduction of some foreign substance, as tea or some 
other shrubs of a bitter nature. Were it not for the fact that the kidneys and other 
secreting organs throw off large quantities of this earthy matter, the water from 
most springs would soon choke up the system ; and even as it is, there is enough 
remains to produce serious and fatal effects. 

That these waters do thus often contain earthy and injurious matter, any lady 
will know who examines her tea-kettle. It will frequently be found covered on the 
inside with hard depositions from the water. Nor is the water freed from these 
impurities by boiling simply, since that which collects upon the kettle is only the 
earthy part of the water that has boiled away or evaporated. Nor does filtering 
answer to discharge this lime ; because it is held in solution by the water, ar i not 
in separate particles. The only way in which it can be rendered pure and right for 
a drink is by distillation. 

Some river and brook waters are liable to the same objections ; hence, of late 
years, in obtaining supplies of water for cities, care has been taken to ascertain the 
quality of the article. The inhabitants of London use the water of the Thames, to 
the extent of 40,000,000 gallons daily; and this quantity, according to Prof. Clark, 
contains 25 tons of chalk I In addition to this, we are informed by the Edinburgh 
Review that " the refuse and dirt from two millions of individuals — the enormous 
accumulation of waste and dead animal and vegetable matter — the blood and offal 
vf slaughter-houses — the outpourings from gas-works, dye-works, breweries, distil- 
leries, glue-works, bone-works, tanneries, chemical and other works — and a thou- 
sand nameless pollutions (agents for the propagation of disease), all find their way 
into the Thames. The mixture is next washed backwards and forwards by the 
tides, and having been thoroughly stirred up and finely comminuted by the unceas- 
ing splash of 298 steamboats, is then pumped up for the use of the wealthiest city 
in the world." 

Fortunately, in respect to water, New Tork, Boston, Philadelphia^ and other 
cities in our country, are supplied with an article in abundance that is as pure as 
can well be obtained. New York has its Croton, Boston its Cochituate, Philadel- 
phia its Schuylkill — each brought many miles, and at an enormous expense, but 
one justifiable and wise. Analysis of the water of the river Thames shows it to 
contain 19*400 grains of solid matter held in solution to the gallon, and 0*258 of 
mechanical impurities, being a total of 19*638 ; while the Croton has but 3*70 of 
solid in solution, and 0*46 mechanical, or a total of 4*16. Analysis of the Schuyl- 
kill shows that it contains a little less of solid impurities in solution than the Croton. 
Of the Cochituate I have not an analysis at hand, but it does not differ but a trifle 
from the Croton. From these we may see how much better is the water afforded 
m the three large cities mentioned in this country than that had by the Londoners, 
and how much preferable to the generality of spring and well waters, as regards 
the health of the inhabitants. There can be found but very little undistilled water 
containing less of impurity than the waters of the Schuylkill, Cochituate, and 
Croton. 

Of the deadly effects that often arise from drinking water filled with mechanical 
impurities to any extent, we are all aware. As an illustration of this matter. I 
would state here (gathered from illustrations of the Croton Aoueduct), that on a 



234 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

trial at Nottingham, England, in 1836, it was proved that dysentery of an aggra- 
vated form was caused in cattle by the use of water contaminated with putrescent 
vegetable matter, produced by the refuse of a starch manufactory. The fish and 
frogs in the pond through which the brook ran were destroyed, and all the animals 
which drank of the water became seriously ill, and n .any of them died with symp- 
toms of dysentery. It was, moreover, shown that dho aoimals sometimes refused 
to drink the water — that the mortality was in proportion to the quantity of starch 
made at different times — and that subsequently, when the putrescent matter was 
not allowed to pass into the brook, but was conveyed to a river at some distance, 
the fish and frogs began to return, and the mortality ceased among the cattle. 
There are many instances on record where individuals and bodies of soldiers have 
sickened and died of putrid fever and dysentery, from drinking the water of stag- 
nant pools and ditches, or rivers which have received the contents of sewers from 
houses. From these, out of many other facts which might be adduced, we may see 
the necessity, if we would enjoy health, of not only having a plenty of water to 
insure cleanliness, but of possessing an article not injurious to the system. 

Prom analysis it has been shown that the milk of cows who drink water from 
muddy pools and stagnant ponds is not so good as when having pure water — in- 
deed that it is rendered unhealthy by such water ; and in like manner, nursing mo- 
thers who make use of bad water will render the food of the child more or less 
impure, and often induce in it dysentery or other disease. This will be apparent to 
all when it is remembered how quickly the milk of the cow is affected by eating 
garlics or onions, and that if one aliment or drink thus affects it, another must, also, 
of necessity. 

Of the necessity of a sufficiency of pure water, many ancient as well as our 
modern cities seem to have been aware. In aqueducts, ancient Rome surpassed all 
the modem world, as in all works of greatness and utility in those times known to 
men. Pure streams were sought at great distances, and conveyed in artifi- 
cial channels, supported by arches, many of which were more than a hundred 
feet high, over steep mountains, deep valleys, and dangerous morasses. Not less 
than twenty of these stupendous structures were raised during the days of the 
Koman power, which brought such a supply of water that rivers seemed to flow 
through the streets and sewers. At the present day, when only three of these 
aqueducts remain, after the lapse of centuries, the neglect of rulers, and the ravages 
of barbarians, no city in Europe has a better supply of wholesome water than Rome. 
In the days of the Emperors, Rome boasted sixteen public baths, built of marble, 
and furnished with every convenience that could be desired ; and from the aque- 
ducts a prodigious number of fountains were supplied, many of them gorgeous in 
architectural beauty. And it is well known that in the locations of tribes of ancient 
times, as well as among the native Indians of our own country, the first object in 
view was a stream of water that would give a healthy drink, with good fishing and 
Hunting. 



LEAD POISONS. 

Under this I shall give the reader an idea of the diseases and deaths caused to 
workmen in various trades by the poisons from 1< ads used in their businesses. 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 



235 



It should be a duty of all laborers in any employment, whether mechanical or 
manufacturing, to make themselves fully acquainted with the effects of the occu- 
pation and the articles used, upon their health. Ascertain the nature and effects of 
the substances handled, the gases inhaled, the dust and smoke taken into the 
stomach and lungs ; and by thus possessing a timely knowledge, you may be able 
to protect, at least partially, your bowels, stomach, brain, liver, kidneys, and hmgs, 
from the evil results. 

In glancing over the annexed table, the reader should call to mind the persons 
once his acquaintances, who were healthy, cheerful, and happy, with loved friends 
and companions about them, but who, from the want of knowledge of the baneful 
effects of their occupations, were carried to untimely graves, the victims of colic, 
consumption, and other diseases, leaving behind them sorrow in the hearts of 
wives, parents, brothers, sisters, and other friends. 

The following table from the British and Foreign Medical Review, will put this 
great subject at one glance before the reader : — 

" The preparations of lead which have been known to give rise to the lead colic, 
are — 1. Metallic Lead. 2. Lead in combination with oxygen ; the sub-oxide, mi- 
neral orange, litharge and minium or red lead. 3. Combinations of leads with 
various acids ; borate of lead, sub-carbonate, cereuse or white lead, phosphate, 
chromate and nitrate of lead, the acetate or sugar of lead, and Goulard's extract. 
4. Sulphuret, chloride, cyanide, and silicate of lead. 5. The alloys of lead with 
tin (solder), antimony, copper, silver, and gold. 

" The following is a list of the occupations of 1213 persons affected with lead 
colic, and is stated to be drawn up from actual observation of the cases during a 
period of eight or nine years (from 1831 to 1839), all, with the exception of nine, 
having been received at the Hospital of La Charite. To this list we have added, 
for the convenience of comparison, those of the persons suffering from other forms 
of lead disease, subsequently given by the author in different portions of his work. 



Manufacturers of White Lead 

„ Red „ 

„ Massicot (Mineral Orange) 

House Painters 
Coach Painters 
Ornamental Painters 
Porcelain Painters 
Gilders .... 
Painters or Yarnishers on Metal 
Colored Paper Makers 
Color Grinders 

German and Glazed Card Makers 
Sword Belt Makers 
Perfumers 

Earth* aware Potters 
Dutch Ware Potters 



Colic. 


Other Diseases. 




Total 


406 


220 


31 


9 


25 


691 


63 


104 


6 


3 


5 


181 


12 


? 


— 


— 


— 


19 


305 


168 


29 


6 


20 


528 


4t 


33 


4 


— 


— 


84 


33 
3 
1 


25 


5 


— 


— 


63 
3 

1 


2 

2 

68 


43 


6 


— 


3 


2 
2 

120 


19 


7 


1 


1 


3 


31 


2 


— 


— 


— 


— 


2 


2 


— 


— 


— 


- — 


2 


54 


33 


5 


— 


2 


94 


1 


— 


— 


— 


— 


1 



Carried forward — 



1026 640 Si 19 58 1830 



236 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 



Brought forward, 
.Refiners 

Plumbers . . 

Tinmen (etemears) . 

Putty Makers . . . . . . 

Block Tin "Workers 

Jewelers, Goldsmiths, Trinket Makers 

Copper Founders .... 

Bronze Founders .... 

Type Fcinders .... 

Printers ..... 

Small Shot Manufacturers 

Lapidaries 

Cutters and Polishers of Crystals 

Plate Glass Workers 

Manufacturers of Acetate, Nitrate, and Chro 
mate of Lead 



Colic. 

1026 

25 

14 

8 



i 



4 
2 
1 

52 
12 
11 
35 
3 
2 

10 



640 

14 

10 

3 



Other Diseases. 
87 19 
3 — 
3 1 






38 
8 
6 

21 



58 

2 

3 



1 — — 






4 — — 



Total 

1830 

44 

31 

11 

4 

5 

4 

3 

1 

96 

24 

20 

TO 

4 

2 

19 



1213 ?52 109 23 11 2168 



" It will be noticed that the four columns between ' colic ' and ' total ' seem to 
refer to four diseases besides colic. The second refers to diseases of the joints ; tho 
third to paralysis; the fourth to delirium and other disease of the brain; and the 
fifth to complicated cases not so distinctly marked as to be accurately classified. 
This explains the seeming addition of another disease." 



The principal ways which lead poisons enter the system are in the form of dust, 
gases, vapor with small particles of lead, breathed through the nose, mouth, and 
eaten with food, through want of cleanliness. The blood becomes poisoned ; the 
lungs, brain, liver, stomach, bowels, and kidneys lose the mucous coating of 
their orifices, which become dry, cankered, and sore ; and severe and agonizing 
pains, colic, emaciation — violent pains in the limbs, joints, and abdomen — loss Ox 
motion and sensation of the limbs, paralysis — various affections of the brain, insan- 
ity, delirium, stupor or lethargy, and loss of one or more of the senses, follow. 

Dr. Samuel L. Dana, of Boston, has written a work, with extensive chemical 
investigations as to lead poisons from lead service pipe, both in Boston and Lowell, 
showing the danger of persons becoming poisoned by using lead water pipes. Dr. 
Chilton, of New York, has fully proved the poisonous influences of lead pipes 
through which the Croton water was passed for family use ; but he says that a 
species of block tin manufactured in New York is perfectly free from all mineral 
poisons for water purposes. 

The New Jersey Zinc Company, of 51 Liberty-street, N. Y., took the first prize at 
the World's Fair, in England, for a zinc paint, which is far superior to any English 
article. The zinc paint is destfned to be wholly used for paint, it being more dur- 
able, neater, and without poison to the painters. 

Lead poisons cause great pain under or about the navel. They appear to affect 
the bronchi of printers, and cause sore or cankered throat, obstinate constipation, 
with great inability to pass the contents of the bowels. Often bloody urine, with 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 237 

great difficulty to pass the water, is observed. The only preventive to colic pains 
and lead consumption is to leave the business which produces the cause of the 
disease, then apply to a skillful physician to free the blood from all poison. 

No preparations of lead should be applied to sores, cuts, bruises, or blisters where 
the skin has been removed ; for persons are thus frequently poisoned. All house- 
hold furniture or cooking utensils, having lead, tin, or painted glazing, should be 
kept from any acid fruits, vinegar, or oily substances, likely to remove lead paints, 
or form oxides of lead. All cider and vinegar faucets should be made of wood, aa 
metallic faucets are poisonous. 

My extensive practice has led me to personally treat great numbers of individual* 
from the above trades, having nearly fallen victims to consumption and death by 
mineral poisons. 



SEA YOYAGES AND SEA FOOD. 

The aid of a sea voyage in the relief of the consumptive, or a removal to some 
different climate, though once generally considered great, has, after considerable 
experience and observation, become to be regarded with but very little favor by the 
best of our physicians. The statistics of Massachusetts show, in this respect, a fact 
which would not have been generally believed, namely : that the ratio of deaths by 
consumption is about the same in the western and hilly parts of that State as on the 
seaboard. Accurate observations have shown, also, that the chances for consump- 
tion in the Southern States of our Union are as great as in the North, though 
thousands from here have made visits to those parts to escape from the destroyer. 

By reports from the armies of Great Britain and the United States, it is shown 
that in England the ratio of attacks from this disease is annually about 7 out of 
1000 inhabitants; in the West Indies, Leeward and Windward Islands, 12 ; in 
Jamaica, 13 ; in Bermuda, 9 ; in Malta (Mediterranean), 6 ; Gibraltar, 10 ; on the 
United States Coast, from Delaware to Savannah, 13; Southwestern stations, 11; 
Lower Mississippi and East Florida, 9 ; Posts on the Lakes, 9 ; Canada, 6. Localities 
but little distance apart seem sometimes to differ ; but it is extremely difficult to 
point out to a consumptive patient where he shall go with any hope of eluding con- 
sumption by a change of climate. And with regard to the voyage or the trip itself; 
so many die when at sea, or when on a journey to some other place, that it is rendered 
doubtful that if in the main inland or ocean trips are beneficial. That in many 
instances they are productive of good is undoubtedly true ; and that in others it 
would have been better for the patient to remain at home, is no doubt true. Some 
think themselves compelled to remain at sea, and feel sick, or imagine themselves 
sick when on shore for a short time ; others cannot bear the sea air. So that no 
rule can be laid down in this matter for the governing of consumptive invalids, nor 
either in regard to their food. 

With my patients I generally prefer to let them follow their own inclination, with 
reference to a voyage at sea, a trip into the hilly countries, or a residence by the 
sea-shore, at certain seasons of the year ; always giving them appropriate medicines, 
and taking advantage, so far as possible, of the situation. Many consumptives who 
have been at sea say they should have been buried there but for my advice ana 
medicines, and many others have said the same who have traveled by land ir. 



238 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

various countries. A wise man takes his overcoat and umbrella for fear of a storm 
so should the consumptive invalid take his healing remedies with him in case oi 
need. 

Contiguity to swampy lands and marshes is bad, not only for consumptives, but 
to almost every class of patients. The evaporations from these places are more to 
be dreaded than the effects of climate. Where a section of country is low and 
marshy, we may look for consumptions and other complaints. Men, as well as 
animals, will be more healthy on the uplands of any climate, where the soil is dry, 
and the air and water pure, and trees and grains productive, tLan in the lower lo- 
calities. Therefore, low places should be avoided, by others as well as consump- 
tives. In this matter, we might learn wisdom of the American Indians, who never 
follow the muskrat into swamps to make their camp, when they can avoid it, but 
choose a high, warm, dry soil, by swift, pure waters, with dry, gravelly banks, and 
fine woods. 



NEYER NEGLECT A COLD, 

But use gentle and persevering means to rid yourself of it as soon as possible. 
Avoid all sudden exposures of the person to cold air and to cold dampness. Summer 
colds seem to be more productive of consumption, owing probably to the more open 
state of the pores, and the profuse perspiration when a sudden draft of cold air checks 
it. Passing from a warm, dry room into a damp one while in a state of perspiration, 
either in summer or winter, is dangerous, unless you be securely clothed. Females 
going out of heated manufactories after their meals, when fatigued with the labors 
of the day, soon become victims to leucorrhceal weaknesses, and to suppressions of 
menstruation, which are productive of congestion of the lungs and liver, and of 
consumption and colds ; and diseases of the lungs and liver check the natural wastes 
of the body, whereby impurities are collected to form tubercles and ulcers, ending in 
death of the person by consumption. It is strange that girls, and even women, 
who it might be thought had arrived at the years of discretion, should, when about 
to have a regular menstruation, resort to the rash and fatal step of immersing their 
feet in cold water, to prevent the regular flow, in order that they may be able to 
attend some ball or party ; thus designedly checking the operations of nature, and 
insuring to themselves a deranged menstruation, leading to inflammation and con- 
sumption. Mothers shtfuld never allow a daughter to perpetrate this enormous evil 
against herself and against the health of her future offspring : for not only does a 
woman by this practice expose herself to disease, but, bringing on derangement of 
the genital organs, the child afterwards conceived is thereby rendered unhealthy in 
its first state, and brings that unhealthiness with it into the world. 

Cold after cold, at any season of the year, will effect an increase of irritation, 
until at last the cough and the expectoration will not leave at all ; the cough will 
increase, the menses cease, inflammation will supervene, and, unless the proper 
remedial agents be applied, consumption will soon seal the fate of the sufferer. Sage, 
pennyroyal, or catnip tea, drank warm, with soaking the feet, and getting up a good 
perspiration, and then taking one of the Anti-Bilious Pills, and lying warm in bed 
till the morning, is almost sure to produce a return of the menses when they have 
been suppressed by taking cold. But should these fail, do not relax efforts, either 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 239 

by your own knowledge or by consulting a physician, until the menses are set 
right ; for sickness soon follows a suppression, and causes a quick decline and death. 

Cough does not always indicate a cold. It is sometimes caused by catarrh, tuber- 
culous throat or lungs, and ulcers and grub in the lungs or liver. 

The causes of cold are so numerous that no rule can be laid down to avoid it 
other than to dress comfortably, and with attention to the state of the weather, 
the condition of the body and of the places where you are to go. Extremes of cold 
should always be avoided when the body is warm. In this respect, every person 
should learn to be his own physician. 

Calomel, blue pills, acids, and tartar emetics, have been given so copiously to 
mankind, that susceptibility to colds and disorganized blood have become so great, 
that consumption and general derangement of the system threaten to afflict the 
entire race ; and until they are abandoned for vegetable remedies, there can be but 
little hope for a long continuance of health. 



BLEEDING- LUNGS EASILY CURED 

Bleeding at the lungs is generally produced by strains, or by a rush of blood to 
those organs. Congested or bleeding lungs are much more frequent among female3 
than among males, owing to tight lacing, wearing bodiced dresses, corsets, whale- 
bones, etc., which lessen action of the heart, and prevent a free circulation of the 
blood. A bleeding at the lungs sometimes gives a temporary relief to a patient, 
and is as good as a bleeding at the nose. 

Many physicians pretend that the lungs can never get well after bleeding ; but 
such a statement serves only to expose their ignorance ; for, as I have before men- 
tioned, there is not a day passes but the lungs of some one are torn by the intro- 
duction of some foreign substance, and caused to bleed ; and yet, the persons 
recover from the effect oftentimes, and live to a good old age. General Jackson had 
a rifle ball shot through a part of one of his lungs, which soon healed. He was 
President of the United States after that occurrence, and lived for many years. 
General Shields, at "Washington, so renowned in the Mexican war, now an active 
Senator from Illinois, had, during his brave efforts, Mexican lead, from the mouth 
of the Mexican rifle, pass through one of his lungs, which soon healed ; but he 
being bullet proof, now fights the national battles in the Senate chamber, where we 
hope, by the blessing of God, he may live for many years, to be alike unextinguisha- 
ble by the deadly arrows of despotism. I never think a case of consumption less 
curable because the lungs are bleeding. I have had many cases where the patient 
had bled from a table-spoonful to a pint at a single time, and have cured such per- 
sons ; and have lately examined a lady who could lift scarcely any weight at all 
without blood running from the lungs, but who is now, under my treatment, fast 
recovering. 

Bleeding a patient is practised by some physicians in attempts to cure consump- 
tion; but it is productive of evil. Beware of the " prostrating" system of practice, 
for it kills ten where it cures one. If you are consumptive, also keep blisters and 
plasters off the chest. The respiration is hindered by them, and they exhaust the 
nervous system, and produce weakness by the drain upon the body. A cloth wet 
with cold water and applied to the part, is much better than blisters and piasters 



240 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

Avoid all reducing, as far as possible, from any cause ; health is what you want, not 
emaciation and sickness. A fool can make sick ; but it must take a wise man to re- 
store the victim to health. 

Bleeding at the lungs should receive the earliest attention; it will not answer to 
let it run long. Many persons have bled to death in a very few minutes from a rup- 
ture of the blood-vessels in the lungs. 

The grub, when in the lungs, often causes bleeding, with an uneasy, crawling pain 
in the lungs and chest. Grub in the head, liver, or spleen, causes bleeding from 
those parts, either by the mouth in coughing or vomiting, or by the nose. Grub in 
the ovaries, kidney, or uterus, produce flooding or bleeding from those organs, dis- 
charged through the front passage, arid create a gnawing pain in the back, side, or 
womb. By killing and dislodging this animal, the pain and bleeding is stopped, and 
consumption cured, the same as the killing and dislodgment of worms cures the 
worm sickness. [See Grub Consumption.] 

It is my intention, at some future time, to reveal the secret of reaching and de- 
stroying the grub, as also to make public the medicines that will surely kill him ; 
but for the present I shall not do so. Meantime, any troubled with disease from 
the presence of grub in their system, can find speedy relief by applying to me only, 
and taking my medicines, which will restore them to health. 



CATARRHAL CONSUMPTION. 

The head is the seat of a great many diseases, which reduce the invalid to p. 
skeleton, and send him to the consumptive's grave. Yet the head is rarely exa- 
mined after death to ascertain the nature of the disease, even when no cause ol 
death is found by dissecting the other parts. 

Catarrhal discharges are often very copious as well as offensive, contaminating 
with an acrid and poisonous matter, which extends over and inflames the membrane 
lining the nose, mouth, palate, throat, larynx, trachia, and air-cells and tubes of the 
lungs, and the inner parts of the eyes and ears — coating all these parts with a thick 
mucus, which, in the case of the lungs, prevents the action of the air upon the blood ; 
by which means the blood is left unpurified, to produce consumption and humors of 
various kinds. 

Catarrh causes cough, with expectoration of white and yellow matter ; pain, tight- 
ness, and stricture of the lungs, with ulceration and canker of the passages it covers. 
It causes dullness of hearing, discharge from the ears, and sometimes partial loss of 
sight. It produces roaring and buzzing noises of various kinds in the ears, floating 
objects before the sight, pain in the eyeballs and nerves to the eyes, with numerous 
aches of the eyes, ears, and head. Catarrh is also a frequent cause of pulmonic con- 
sumption. 

This disease is caused by humors in the blood, by frequent colds, and breathing 
dust and impure air. It has produced thousands of cases of insanity, idiocy, inflam- 
mation, deafness, blindness, and consumption, and has sent many victims to the 
tomb. 

Catarrh is perfectly curable under the proper treatment. A use of my Catarrh 
Snufl; Lung Corrector, Blood Renovator, Anti-Bilious Pills, and German Ointment^ 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 241 

will eradicate it. These medicines, when taken in connection, cleanse the head, re- 
gulate the lungs, purify the blood, open the bowels, and remove obstructions from 
the various orifices, each performing its own particular office, — and all placing tho 
system in a healthy state, under which catarrh can no longer exist. 



RELIGION AIDS IN THE CURE OF CONSUMPTION. 

To the stricken sufferer, languishing upon a bed of pain, how cheering is the oft- 
returning thought that he is a child of God, an accepted son of Him who created the 
heavens and the earth, and filled them with the works of His wondrous power. 
How cheering the thought that through Christ, who tasted death for all mankind, 
he shall be enabled to pass fearlessly through the " dark valley of the shadow oi 
death," and stand at last upon the banks of the heavenly Jordan, where flow in 
abundant streams the milk and honey of divine love — where he shall find new life 
m Jesus, and be welcomed by the angels of God with the enchanting music of Pa- 
radisian melody. 

The true Christian, though suffering upon a bed of pain, can rejoice in heart at 
thought of the happiness that awaits him beyond the tomb ; and trusting in God. can 
be cheerful in the midst of tribulation. But with the sinner, who has not the bright 
hope of heaven before him, there must ever be an instinctive dread of death, which 
will harass him in the midst of his bodily suffering. 

Pure and undefiled religion in the heart makes life sweet, and lightens the pains 
of death, in view of happiness above. Job, during all his afflictions, could praise God 
and adore the hand of Him who afflicted him. Death is no terror to the real child- 
ren of God, although they may wish to live for those they so dearly love. Religion 
calms the troubled mind. Christ is the healing physician for all the ills of the soul. 
Look to Him, for He often afflicts, but if He will. He never fails of a cure. 

I have little fear about curing the worst cases of consumption when the invalid is 
a true child of God, and implores the aid of Christ. The greatest and best men of 
every age, whether in sickness or in battle, often prayed to the God of Hosts for de- 
liverance. Job prayed for deliverance from disease ; Daniel prayed God to shut the 
mouth of the lions, when cast into their den ; and the Lord heard and answered their 
prayers of faith by putting the evil away from them. Shadrach, Meshach, and 
Abednego, when cast into the fiery furnace, prayed unto the God of their fathers for 
deliverance ; and they came forth from the flames without even so much as the smell 
of the raging fires upon their garments. Moses, though often tempted by the child- 
ren of Israel, prayed unto the Lord his God, and he was led in safety by the arm of 
the Almighty for forty years in the wilderness. And at the bitter waters of Marah 
Moses prayed unto the Lord, and his prayer was answered, and the waters made 
sweet. And our own illustrious Washington, in the darkest days of the Revolution, 
and in the hardest battles for the freedom of our country, often went aside to pray to 
God for deliverance from oppression. And his prayer was not turned away unan- 
swered. 

In all your afflictions and your sickness, neglect not to pray and to feel Teliance in 
the strong arm of Jehovah, to lift you from the bed of pain ; for by this will your 
mind be calmed, and you be more liable to recover. In this manner I have seen 
many, very many, aided to a recovery of health, who, had they trusted not in God 

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and given themselves up to despondency and fear, would have gone down to tho 
tomb. 

It is indeed a privilege to be a child of God, an heir of heaven and of eternal 
glory. B<ib it is a privilege we may all enjoy, for Christ has said, whosoever will 
come may partake of the waters of life freely, and he that drinkech thereof shall 
never thirst. God is able and willing to provide; and he asks all to put on the wed- 
ding garment of righteousness, and come unto the supper of the Lamb. And what 
a cheering thought is this to the consumptive ; often it lifts him from the bed of dis- 
ease and pain ; and if it fail in that, through the wisdom of Him who doeth all 
things well, there is the blessed satisfaction of reposing at last in the arms of Christ* 
where there is sweet peace and unending rest, and where sickness and pain shall 
never come. 



LOSS OF MECHANICAL EQUIUBKIUM. 

This is the deforming, in whatever way, in the size, shape, or location of any or- 
gan of the body, a derangement of the natural mechanism of the system, which, 
more or less, powerfully tends to disease and death. Each bone and muscle, and 
every vital organ, must have its own proper place, without a contraction, hindrance 
or obstruction in any way, if we would have a state of perfect health. Their is no 
part of the body but may be disorded by the loss of the mechanical equilibrium 
therein. 

To see the effect of a loss in the equilibrium of the neck and chest, for instance, 
let us look at those persons who are in the habit of carrying large weight upon tne 
head. They are enabled to do this by preserving an erect position of the head and 
neck particularly, and of the person generally ; but if this erect carriage were lost, 
the persons would be instantly crushed down under the weight of their loads. 

A well-formed figure is a beauty to any person ; and in all positions, whether ly. 
ing down, sitting, walking or laboring, care should be taken not to derange the 
mechanical equilibrium and thus produce distortion, to be followed by decay and 
premature death. 

The first great cause of feebleness, bodily suffering, and premature death, is the 
disturbance of mechanical equilibrium. By mechanical equilibrium, we here mean 
that just poise or balance of the human system by which all its parts are perfectly 
and properly preserved and supported, as nature designed, so that the whole remain 
firm in their proper place. 

This equilibrium of the human body is the first great guarantee of Nature's God 
for the preservation of life and health. Man, in distinction from the beasts, was 
created "upright" We see him walking "upright" in harmony with the original 
design :>f his Creator. Any deviation from this design must manifestly be injurious 
to him No wise design can be infringed with entire impunity. But this glorious 
law of uprightness has been and is constantly being infringed. Hence feebleness, 
disease, and death, everywhere prevail. 

The human body may aptly be compared to a machine perfectly adapted to accom- 
plish certain ends, and never to fail, except through violence or accident, until those 
ends are accomplished. 

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chine pre-eminently adapted to accomplish important ends, and not to fail, except 
through violation of the great law of mechanical equihbrium by which it is sustain- 
ed, until it has accomplisl ed those ends. 

Then, and never till than, did nature design that " the dust should return to tho 
earth as it was, and the spirit to God who gave it." 

The mechanical equilibrium of the human body may be disturbed or destroyed by 
submitting to a stooping or bending attitude in the pursuit of any occupation. 

Habit, and not necessity, makes people stoop and bend in their occupations. By 
these habits, thousands annually ruin their health and destroy their lives, in follow- 
ing their occupations. 

In all healthy and well-organized constitutions, the habit of stooping is formed ; 
it is not natural. It begins on the floor at home ; from thence it extends to the in- 
fant school ; and, as soon as may be, from thence to the common schools, where it 
prevails universally. [See article on Erect Carriage.] 

Mechanical equihbrium may be destroyed and poor health induced by wearing 
the clothing too tight around the waist. 

This is always attended with danger, and especially when the size of the waist 
is thereby diminished, as is the case in millions of instances. 

This is one of the most fruitful causes known in our world for the wide-spread 
havoc which disease, in its varied and multiplied forms, is making among the fairest 
and brightest part of creation. Close dressing, or "tight lacing," as it is sometimes 
called, is not exclusively practiced by the ladies. Many of the male sex, particu- 
larly young gentlemen moving in the more fashionable circles of life, carry this prac- 
tice to nearly as great an extent as the ladies themselves, though it is generally less 
known, they being somewhat more private about letting the secret of their wasp- 
waists get abroad. 

Prom this cause millions of both sexes are constantly suffering inexpressible in- 
juries. 

By contracting the chest unnaturally, the heart and lungs are prevented from 
easily discharging their office, and these, in their turn, by sympathy, affect the 
organs of the lower bowels, and thus the foundations of life and health are all dis- 
turbed and thrown out of their equilibrium, and hence a large share of the physical 
evils and suffering which we everywhere behold. 

It has often been asked what mean those sallow complexions, and languid eyes, 
and pallid lips, and hollow cheeks, and hurried breathings, and trembling nerves, 
and sepulchral voices, that abound in every community ? Derangement of mechan- 
ical equilibrium, by tight lacing, is the answer. 

What mean the untold multitude of spinal weaknesses, and pains in the side, and 
kidney affections, and felling of the bowels, and hacking coughs, that meet us 
wherever we go. 

Derangement of mechanical equihbrium and support, by tight lacing, in connec- 
tion with weak and impure blood, must be the answer. It is impossible here to 
enumerate but a few of the many evils that follow in the train of too tight lacing of 
the waist. The evils are extremely deplorable. Hundreds of thousands from this 
cause annually descend into untimely graves. And still new victims are constantly 
multiplying to take their place. 

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the grave, and sound in our ears the note of alarm, which the living are slow to 
give. 

The mechanical equilibrium of the human body may be disturbed and deranged 
by accidents, so called. 

It would be utterly impossible for us here to particularize the numerous ways in 
which the just equilibrium of the human body is constantly being disturbed and 
destroyed by accidents, and thus producing all the evils which we have enumerated. 
Neither their number nor extent can ever be told; yet we know they are frightful 
causes of shattered health and untimely graves. No people, nation, or kingdom un- 
der heaven is exempt ; no age has ever been free. 

They vary from the slightest disturbance of mechanical equilibrium and support 
to the most perfect annihilation, and are productive of the evils to mankind in pro- 
portion to the nature and extent of the disturbance. 

Intentional violence is another fruitful and terrific cause of disturbance and de- 
struction of mechanical equilibrium, inducing the loss of health and life. 

How vast and shocking is the field here presented to the eye of the philanthro- 
pist ! How dreadful to the contemplation even of a stoic or a barbarian ! 

It embraces within its limits all the murders that have ever been committed: all 
the mutilations, carnage and death of every private encounter, and of every battle- 
field of maddened and desperate men, throughout all time. Let the carnage upon 
the bloody battle-fields of the world bear witness to this. Let the mutilated and 
shattered frames, and broken constitutions of thousands from those fields of strife, 
bear witness. 

Therefore, let those who value health, and who would enjoy the world in comfort 
to a ripe old age, take good care that they do not, in any way, destroy the mechanical 
equihbrium of the body; for, as shown here, and in the article on "Erect Car- 
riage," the loss of this is the loss of health and the cause of premature decay and 
death. 

But if the equilibrium of the body is already lost, and you are suffering from 
any weakness of the spine, chest, loins, shoulders, &c, recollect that these de- 
fects must be remedied as speedily as possible. To this end, you should se- 
cure one of my celebrated Shoulder Braces, which prevents the shoulder blades 
from spreading apart, and keeps them in their regular position ; opens and expands 
the chest, and gives large lungs, with free respiration; braces the loins, and 
strengthens the small of the back ; and, when used in connection with medicines 
for removing pains in those regions, and purifying and strengthening the blood, 
will give you an erect and handsome figure, vigorous with elasticity and strength, 
[See articles on Shoulder Brace, and Erect Carriage, and notices of Medicines.] 



LIVE YOU MUST, AND DIE YOU CANNOT, 

Until old age takes down your body of clay, provided you obey the moral and 
physical laws appointed for your governance, and moderately and temperately 
gratify the desires of your nature in the legitimate way. Excess in anything con- 
nected with the system, will induce disease and bring on death prematurely ; but 
gratification in moderation and temperance, will prolong life and give health and 
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equilibrium of the body, and you will remain long in the land given you to inherit ; 
but if you choke up the system with earthy matter, and suffer the blood to get 
thick and humory, death will soon take down your tabernacle of clay. 

Let all the powers of the body be naturally and moderately indulged in their 
instincts. Be men and women of wisdom, given to observation and instruction, 
rather than children of ignorance, given to disobedience. Obey the laws of health, 
and you may long and pray for death, but it will be far from you. Be cheerful, be 
happy and contented, yet patient and persevering; never given to idleness or 
licentiousness ; study purity of body and mind, and length of days will crown you 
with success and plenty. 



CONSUMPTION OF THE LITER. 

This is caused by imprudence in eating and drinking, by compressure in lacing, 
by imperfect menstruation, caustic bile, gall stones in the liver, humors of tho 
blood, worms, and grub in the liver. 

A person troubled with consumption of the liver often has a great change of the 
countenance, alternately pale, yellow, blue and spotted; has sometimes enlarge- 
ment ofj or pain in, the right side, cough, expectoration, attended often with 
vomiting, raising the food, costiveness, and hot flushes ; also, frequently a weak, 
pale or blue blood, with small veins and weak and slow pulse, with more or less 
pain and soreness in the region of the liver. 

Grubs in the liver often produce a copious discharge from the bowels of a bilious, 
watery substance, frequently accompanied with a quantity of the vermin. They 
also give a constant uneasy crawling or gnawing pain, indicative of the live 
animalculae which inhabit the liver. Sometimes an issue or running sore is formed 
on the side, by which the grubs matterate or are discharged in great quantities. I 
have known from a pint to a gallon of grubs, with secretions, burst into and be dis- 
charged from the bowels in a short time. 

The grub often cause running issues or fistulas in an extremity of the system, 
remote from the organ they inhabit. Grub in the spine or muscles of the back or 
hips, often cause running issues about or near those parts, which are frequently 
mistaken for white swellings or scrofulous sores, yet may be easily detected by a 
competent physician. [See Grub Consumption.] 

Consumption of the liver is often mistaken for pulmonary consumption by most 
physicians. And no man is properly capacitated to treat invalids suffering from this 
disease until he first learns to accurately distinguish between the two. He must 
do this before he can cure either. The first grand secrets in curing consumption 
are to ascertain the nature of the disease, the location and the cause. But this 
cannot be accurately done without the aid of the Lung Barometer. Thousands of 
invalids who had consumption, induced by the presence of grub in the system, 
have said to their physicians, " Give me something that will stop this sickening, 
gnawing pain." But the physician, not knowing the cause, could not remove the 
vexatious feeling. 

I never fully understood the sufferings of invalids troubled with consumption by 
grubs till I discovered and dislodged them from the system of a patient. Then I 
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viper in the human system years before I did, I might have saved thousands 
who have gone down to the tomb. But now I am ready to say, Come one, 
come all, and find delivery from the foul destroyer. 



KIDNEY CONSUMPTION. 

The office of the kidneys is to secrete from the blood the wateiy portion thereof 
or the urine. Consumption of the kidneys may be caused by humors of the blood, 
falls or strains, masturbation, venereal taint, scrofula, excessive sexual intercourse, 
gravel, mercurial poisons, imperfect menstruation, wearing heavy skirts, tight-lacing, 
colds, and grub, or kidney snake. 

Grub in the kidneys causes dropsy, bloated legs and feet, enlarged abdomen, 
gleet and seminal discharges, in both sexes ; a white mucus gleet in ladies, offen- 
sive urine, and a grumbling pain in the region of the kidneys. The kidney snake 
causes similar symptoms, but the pain is more intense — the snake being more 
powerful and deadly than the grub. The kidney snake varies in length from four 
inches to three feet, and in diameter from one-eighth to one inch. This reptile is 
often found in animals. I have frequently taken them from domestic animals by 
dissecting, that I might study their nature and habits. 

The presence of the kidney snake often produces a weak back, as if the back 
were broken ; so that there is no use of the body below the small of the back. The 
effect of this is to give a bed-ridden invalid, who finally ends his days in con- 
sumption. 

Grub, or kidney snake, also cause a sore or a curved spine, pain in the back Oi 
the head, idiocy, insanity, convulsions, spasms, fits, and paralysis. To cure these 
diseases, when caused by the presence of these reptiles, they must first be de- 
stroyed and dislodged from the system. 

No description of symptoms can be given to determine whether or not the grub 
or kidney snake exist in the system, from the fact that the symptoms closely re- 
semble those in inflammation and chronic diseases. Experience and practice are 
the only safe guides to detect the presence of these animals and their location ; aa 
they are as difficult of detection from other diseases as common worms or tape 
worms. 

I have cured many cases of kidney consumption, both when induced by the grub 
and by other causes; and in the few instances of kidney snake in the system of my 
patients, have succeeded in expelling them also. So that I feel no hesitation in 
saying that any troubled in any manner as above indicated, and who will apply to 
me for relief; shall be restored to health, unless their disease is of such long stand- 
ing as to be past all relief by medicines. 

In all ordinary cases of affections of the kidneys, the "Water Regulator, the 
Anti-Bilious Pills, and Blood Renovator, used in connection with the German Oint- 
ment, applied over the seat of the disease, will give relief and effect a cure without 
further treatment. In addition to these, it may be useful to occasionally apply 
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ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN. 



The office of the spleen seems to be to act as a reservoir for the retention of tho 
blood when there is an abundance in the system, and to discharge it when the 
blood in the veins gets low. The spleen is often enlarged by tumors and diseased 
by cancers, and is a favorite location for the grub, he delighting to live where he 
can drink the purest blood and drain the vital sweets of life. The grub is found in 
great^ numbers in the spleen, clustering in bunches like grapes. When located 
there, there is great pain and a gnawing sensation in the left side, a little below 
and to the left of the heart. Grub in the spleen cause emaciation, pain and ex- 
haustion, shortness of breath, and consumption, as in other organs. 

The grub is dislodged from the spleen in the same manner and by the same me- 
dicines and treatment as from other organs ; and he being removed, and the system 
properly renovated, health ensues to the patient. 



SEXUAL LOYE A HAPPINESS TO AND STIMULATOR OF MANKIND. 

f A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband ; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness 
in his bones."— Prov. xii. 4. 

"Without the existing differences of man and woman, how dull, tasteless, 
gloomy, unloveable, unrefined and worthless would life be to both sexes! God 
said, " It is not good for man to be alone," Gen. ii. 18 ; and if alone, it is easy to see 
how little pleasure there would be in life to either sex — how poorly would life be 
worth the living. The youth looks forward with joyful anticipation to that day in the 
future when, by acts of kindness and attention, he shall win to himself the object of 
his greatest affection, and take her, with her sweetness and sympathy, to his bosom, to 
be the partner of his joys and sorrows, a soother in the hour of affliction, a com- 
forter for his days upon the earth. 

Of all the creations of God, woman is to man the dearest and the best. To win 
and enjoy the society of tho female who has captivated his heart is the highest and 
the holiest ambition of the man ; and that day in which she places her hand in his to 
be thenceforth his devoted and loving wife, is the happiest of his earthly existence. 

How noble are the acts of youthful love I How forgetful of self is he who exerts 
his every nerve to give pleasure to the idol of his affections ! How sweet the hour 
when the first kiss of confiding love from ruby lips is placed by the beautiful girl 
upon the cheek of him who is to be her stay in life — her comfort and hope of 
earthly happiness ; about whose heart the tendrils of her sweetest affections shall 
twine as the clinging ivy grasps the sturdy oak 

To the devoted lover, the day of marriage is the happiest of his earthly existence ; 
for then is opened to him the gates of connubial bliss, and that joy which is the 
greatest of earth — the joy of a life of wedded love — has its hallowed commence- 
ment. To attain to this there is no hardship he will not encounter, no care he will 
not bear, no toil he will not endure, no tempest he will not brave, no thorny 
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verse, no mountain he will not climb ; for over, and through, and by these, he is to 
reap the reward of sweet smiles, and gentle, loving words, and kind attentions, and 
endearing sympathies from the one adored object of his heart. And when enjoyed 
in its purity and holiness, this connubial love — this joy of wedded life — is at once 
the greatest happiness of man, and the greatest possible of all stimulants to lauda- 
ble ambition and exertion. But there be many who enjoy it not — many more to 
whom it does not come in the fullness of fruition. And why ? "What is it that 
often tears asunder the loving hearts of man and woman ? — that invades the peace 
©f happy families ? — that stings with the venom of the serpent the hearts of the 
fondest ? — that snatches from life that cup of connubial joy, in which, as it were, is 
a foretaste of the delights of heaven ? Prostitution and its concomitant evils ! And 
if it remain unchecked for a few more years, spreading its foul diseases and blight- 
ing influences over the land, what will become of the sweet happiness of wedded 
life ? — what of the health of our people ? The marriage bed will become desolate 
in dishonor, and the once pure blood of the whole human family be filled with the 
seeds of consumption and premature decay ! Disease and Death, and Pollution and 
Harlotry, will reign upon the earth 1 Health and Virtue will desert the land, and 
the race become miserable victims of sin ! 

Shall an evil of this kind continue unrebuked ? Shall sin sap the foundations oi 
life and virtue ? Shall lust triumph over wedded love, and the desire of the devil 
prevail ? All men know of the existence of this evil ; they may be apprised of ita 
magnitude ; they may behold its blighting effects upon health and upon religion. 
Be they divines, or physicians, or laymen, their eyes cannot be closed against the 
hideousness of the sin that stalks in our midst at noonday, and revels untrammeled 
at midnight. And yet, they do not wrestle against it, as did Jacob of old with the 
angel of God. The medical shepherds have gone to sleep in drunkenness on the 
gains of sickness ; they have feasted on the ignorance of those whom they should 
have warned from evil, and taken the last dollar from the unwary victim of disease. 
What will be the fate of those men, in the day of judgment, who, being in trust 
upon earth, did not perform their duty to their fellow-beings by warning the youth 
of the land against the great evil of prostitution, and so instructing them that they 
should escape its snares ? And what will be the punishment of those parents who 
rear their children in ignorance, and warn them not of this evil, because of foolish 
delicacy or of indifference ? 

Against the spread of this monster vice, and to the furtherance of health and 
happiness of man and woman, the grand prescription is rational indulgence of the 
richest gift of God to man, in early marriage, where is purity of both sexes and 
happiness unallpyed. To this should parents and teachers give countenance, that 
the evils of libertinism and prostitution may be suppressed, and health and happi- 
ness be the reward of all. 



WEDDED LOVE PREVENTS CONSUMPTION. 

The greatest and best object of life being attained, and happiness enjoyed in con- 
nubial love, the mind is placed at ease ; it partakes of a species of contentment that 
operates to bestow health upon the system. It is not difficult to see how happiness 
in the wedded state so operates as to produce health, or at least in great degree to 



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prevent siokness. Who does not know that often sickness is induced by tho 
mind t — that the mental so works upon the physical as to breed disease where nonp 
before existed, and often to carry its victim to the grave ? Every physician of ex- 
perience will tell you that in case of sickness the mind of the patient must be kept 
quiet, and, as far as possible, from anxiety and trouble upon every point, inasmuch 
as trouble of mind not only retards recovery, but often prevents it. And surely if 
mental anxiety retards recovery in sickness, mental repose and contentment vrU 
keep disease, in a measure, from invading the system. 

Disappointment in love is a fruitful cause of disease, physical and mental; and 
particularly is it a friend of consumption. It is also an aid to prostitution. Look 
back upon the acquaintances of your younger days, and how many of you will 
recollect of this one who was carried to the grave of *he consumptive through dis- 
appointment in love, or to the retreat for the insane from the same cause, or to the 
life of the courtesan. There have been thousands who have fallen victims to these 
and other evils, because of a disappointment in love, who, had they wedded the 
choice of their hearts in early life, would have become happy and shining ornaments 
in society ; and there be thousands more who have been saved from untimely ends 
by participation in the joys of connubial life. 

Diseases having their origin in a disappointment in love matters, or in deception 
with regard to marriage, I have found to be the most difficult of cure of any class 
that the physician encounters. Indeed, consumption arising from this cause almost 
always baffles human skill, when there is no hope that the invalid will ever be re- 
ceived into the bosom of that object whose indifference or duplicity has caused the 
decline of health. If the party giving offense chances to die, the invalid from dis- 
appointed love is more likely to recover health, than if the person lived and married 
another. And in case the disappointed or deceived one chances to find another 
object of love, equally captivating and kind, on which the affections of the heart 
can be confidingly fixed, the probability of recovery is rendered almost certain. 
The healing remedy is in giving to the afflicted heart the first, or another object, 
around which the tendrils of love can twine. But where this cannot be done, and 
no marriage with which the soul can be satisfied can be brought about, a disease 
having its origin in disappointment in love, no matter what form it may take — 
insanity, consumption, or other complaint — is most difficult of cure. I have a dread 
of undertaking cases of consumption arising from this cause, more than any other. 
Were the antidote required in the shape of a medicine, I could feel confident of suc- 
cess ; but where it is in the shape of a stubborn man or sinful woman, who will not 
yield, and give a return of love, I can claim no skill in the cure of disease. Could I 
influence the estranged party to prescribe himself or herself as an antidote (as I have 
many times done), there would be but very few cases that would baffle the power 
of the treatment, mora especially if full faith and confidence between the parties 
could be restored. 

No individual, of either sex, should make promises regarding marriage, or mani- 
fest symptoms that will give token of an existing love for another party, when 
marriage is not fully and heartily intended. To tamper with the affections ol 
another is a most grievous sin : a source from whence often flows sorrow, sickness, 
and untimely death. Coquetry in either sex is despicable and unpardonable. Surely, 
no man or woman would like to look back upon an insane, a dissipated, or ghastly 
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if there had been no cause for offense on the other side. Let those who would not 
look upon such an object of their own making, beware of trifling with the affections. 

In general, those who marry the first love, and take a partner in early life, in 
whose heart is friendship and esteem, enjoy the greatest happiness in wedded life. 
Late marriages are very apt to be faulty ; too often there has been previous decep- 
tion, previous love, disappointment, perhaps sexual gratification, frequently self- 
pollution, and less of undivided love. At least, there is much greater probability of 
one or several of these, than in cases of early marriage, as will be obvious to all ; since 
the passage of time gives more and more opportunities, and presents more and more 
temptations. The woman of twenty-five to thirty years of age, who has been "in 
company" ten to fifteen years ; who has passed through a dozen seasons of balls 
and parties ; who has danced with one, and rode with another, and been on excur- 
sions with a third, and to a watering-place with a fourth, has sung and read with 
a fifth, been waited on to concerts by a sixth, has practiced on the piano with a 
seventh, " set up" with the eighth, had her hand squeezed by the ninth, and her 
foot gently trod on by the tenth, and her lips kissed by the eleventh, and her waist 
encircled by the arm of the twelfth ; and who has been through and done a hundred 
other things, must be something more or less than woman, with a woman's soul 
and a woman's passions, if the thirteenth man find her heart whole, and her virtue 
untarnished. It is almost beyond the nature of things that goods so long and so 
often handled — that have been so many years in the market to be gazed at, and 
perhaps admired, and sought after by we know not how many, should not become 
tarnished in greater or less degree ! And what is true of one sex in this respect is 
true also of the other. Therefore, in the very nature of things, it is easy to see 
how much more probable it is that happiness will follow a marriage consummated 
in youth than one brought about in later life. 

With those authors who encourage protracted celibacy, as being better for the 
health of the married, and better for their offspring, and as more likely to give de- 
voted love and true happiness in after life, I beg to disagree. Neither reason, na- 
ture, inspiration, or experience sanction their views ; on the contrary, they are con- 
tradicted by all these, as I have fully shown in other parts of this work. 

To give the reader a faint idea of the effects of disappointment in love — which 
early marriage would have in most cases prevented — I will add a few statistics 
from reports of insane asylums. 

The Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane reports 32 cases of insanity from disap- 
pointed love out of 1806; "Worcester Retreat, 94 out of 2326 ; and the Utica Asy- 
lum, 60 out of 2376. In addition to these, it should be recollected that there is 
a large number the cause of whose insanity is not knovv n ; and, could we get at the 
truth, it would be found that a much larger number of the insane than these figures 
indicate are the victims of misplaced affection. Let those who have been in the 
habit of trifling with the love of those whom they meet in their society, look at 
these facts and be restrained* lest they also cause irreparable evil. 

Of the number of consumptives annually sent to the tomb by this cause, it is 
impossible to give any correct idea ; since all persons dying of consumption are re- 
ported as victims to that disease, without the cause of the disease itself being 
named. But the number Yery greatly exceeds those made insane in the same way, 
and, were it possible to see them paraded, the sum total would be such as, I am 
sure, would restrain every man and every woman from foolish and premeditated 



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trifling in matters of love and marriage. These remarks I make for the purpose of 
showing to you a great cause of sickness and insanity, in the hope that a knowl- 
edge of the causes will lead many to guard against them, and thus save much of 
misery to their fellows. That you may all profit from the reading hereof, is the 
sincere wish of the author. 



DOMESTIC QUARRELS. 
" Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."— Pbo- 

TEEBS XV. 17. 

Domestic quarrels are a prolific source of misery, of disease and death. Where 
there is quarrelling in the married state, we may expect evil to flow forth, if not 
to the parties themselves, to their offspring. 

Of the causes of domestic quarrels I will mention a few of the more prominent : 
intemperance, loss of property, infidelity, difference of religious views, abuse by 
words or acts, bad government of the children, spendthrift habits, disappointments 
by interference of the other party, use of snuff or tobacco, marrying to please 
friends or to get money instead of for true love ; dissimilarity of tastes, and likes and 
dislikes of pleasure ; jealousy, with or without cause ; venereal disease in either 
party ; deformity, or inability to cohabit, kept secret till after marriage ; and a host 
of others, any of which not only breed discord and turn what should be a paradise 
of peace into quarrelling, but often produce insanity and consumption, and operate 
in greater or less degree banefully upon offspring. The most of these might be 
avoided by candor, obedience to the laws of health and morality, forbearance, pru- 
dence, and consulting the heart in marriage. 

The number of cases of insanity arising from domestic afflictions are reported at 
the Pennsylvania Hospital as 53 out of a total of 1806 ; at Worcester, 311 of a to- 
tal of 2326 ; at Utica, 92 of a total of 2743. Besides these a large number of pa- 
tients are reported of whose ailing the cause is " unknown," and a good propor- 
tion of these, undoubtedly, are the victims of domestic difficulties. 

The number of deaths by consumption induced by domestic quarrels, it is as im- 
possible to give as to give those induced by disappointments in love, and for the 
same reason. It is greatly to be regretted, for the benefit of coming generations, 
that more particular statistics upon the causes of disease, as well as the causes of 
the death, immediately, are not kept in every place. Such statistics would be of 
immense value to the physician, and to mankind generally. They would greatly 
enlighten the minds of the people, and would open means of instruction by which 
health and length of days would be greatly promoted. 

A vast amount of domestic unhappiness is caused by persons marrying without 
reference to the desire of the heart — for wealth, or station, or to please friends. In 
order to the enjoyment of that perfect happiness which God designed should ac- 
company the marriage state, there must be between the parties confiding and un- 
bounded love, sympathy of soul, union of interest, similarity of taste, mutual desire 
to do all for and be all in all to each other, with disposition to yield, and forbearance, 
and forgiveness of trivial faults, the birth of moments of irritation. Where such 
feelings as these exist, there will be affinity of souls and reciprocation in deeds of love 
that will insure such happiness as is to be enjoyed only in the married state. As t wo 



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drops of water when brought in contact will mingle into one in perfect harmony 
so will two souls, when fitted for each other as I have described, be mingled togeth 
er in the blessed existence of a wedded life. But where love is not found — where 
there is not union of interest, affinity of spirit and reciprocation in the offices 
of affection, the souls united at the altar will not mingle together ; they will be like 
unto oil and water, which mix not, but forever remain at enmity. And though the 
world may judge them happy as man and wife, the world will be deceived ; for 
happiness is not their lot. Persons deceived by, or dissatisfied with, their com 
panionS; may put up with their lot ; they may bear their chains in silence, rather 
than that the world should have knowledge of their misery. Where there is no 
real love, and when blind passion has given way to sober reflection, or where there 
has been nothing wedded but gold, there will be repulsion if not disgust, and the 
final effects are unhappiness, consumption, or death, or departure from chastity to 
revel in the waters of unhallowed lust. But when true loving souls are united, 
there is harmony and bliss, that in a great degree aid to health and long life. Life 
in the one case is rendered most miserable ; in the other, it is the nearest approxi- 
mation to perfect happiness that can be attained upon the earth. 



RESTORATION OF SEXUAL LOYE, 

"Where it has been lost, is a comforter and cause of domestic happiness. Where 
true love reigns, sorrow has no permanent abiding place, and hatred can never 
come ; each soul is a delight unto the other ; each person is a fountain of happiness 
to the partner of life. Where there is true love between the sexes, neither will 
tire of the other, nor grow weary in providing each for the other's comfort and hap- 
piness. 

By sexual love is the whole world stimulated for good and baptized into virtuous 
deeds, directly or indirectly. Through the influence of this, the one sex is willing 
to labor day and night to gather that which shall give happiness to its companion 
of the opposite sex. Sexual love has greater power than is contained in all other 
forces of the universe combined. Destroy lawful sexual love by propagating prostitu- 
tion, and the virtue, the happiness, and all the choicest of earthly blessings would be 
obliterated from among men. Pure and uncorrupted connubial love is the prime 
mover for joy and happiness upon earth to man and woman ; and it must not be suf- 
fered to be destroyed by prostitution, or deteriorated by unlawful impressions with 
other persons, for thereby unhappiness, disease and death would come to make 
miserable the whole human race. 

Sexual bliss is the fountain of happiness for man in domestic life ; it is the ruling 
power of all animal creation. And if in this mankind obeyed the obvious dictates 
of God, and married young and kept themselves pure in the matrimonial state, con- 
sumption and many other diseases would soon be banished from among us, and the 
whole race would become healthier, happier and wiser. Shame upon the judges 
and the rulers of the land, that they do not put forth their power for the suppres- 
sion of harlotry, and thereby save thousands from disease. Shame upon the mem- 
bers of the medical profession, that they do not instruct the people of the evils ot 
Magdalenism, instead of enriching themselves from the pockets of the ignorant. 
Shame upon the divines, who should be bold teachers of the people, that they do 



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not cry aloud against the continuance of this evil in our midst. Why should they 
be dumb to the interests of man and of heaven ? Why not come forth, clothed in 
the armor of God, and speak the truth unto the people, even though it cut right 
and left, like the two-edged sword of the angel of God ? Shame upon those who 
pronounce harlotry " a necessary evil," (when there is one of the opposite sex for 
all,) and thus discourage early marriage, virtue and purity of the sexes ; from which 
discouragement come disease and degeneration. Woe is unto these, for by them 
have offences come. 

Upon the women of the country I would call — upon the mothers and daughters 
of the land — to come out and uphold the purity of their sex and labor for the re- 
generation of the fallen ; to strive to banish the sin of harlotry, and so use their n> 
fluence that the amorous desires of nature, the passion which is holy and pure, 
shall be quenched in the sacred waters of connubial love. If they will do this, 
they will receive the thanks of millions yet unborn, and find laid up for them in 
heaven a crown of glory, for saving thousands from sorrow, sickness, pain and early 
death. 



LOYE HAS ITS MAGNET. 

The magnetism of true love is wonderful: the electric fires of this passion have 
led many and many a person over sea and land to unite in the sacred enjoyments 
of connubial bliss with the attracting magnet. Truly has it been said that " love is 
strong as death." — Songs viii. 6. 

True love is an offspring of God : for God himself is love. And when the soul 
of man or woman has found its counterpart — its own attracting magnet — and is 
joined to its fellow in the bonds of matrimony, the very angels of heaven will 
smile a smile of gladness and joy. But if the soul find not its magnet, the true 
breath, and essence, and spirit of the marriage relation cannot be enjoyed. How 
often do we see the magnetism of love operate to carry a man thousands of miles 
away, that he may unite his soul to the soul of her who seems to have been appoint- 
ed for his bride. How often do we see the maiden refuse many offers of marriage, 
reeling within herself that she has not yet found the counterpart of her heart — that 
her attracting magnet has not yet drawn her soul away into the soul of another. 
The man and woman feel within them an instinctive longing after the magnet of 
their souls, and are not satisfied until they feel the magnetism of another soul and 
are drawn irresistibly to the bosom where the longing of love is quenched in mat- 
rimonial bliss. As the soul of the godly man searches out the soul of another like 
unto itself, or as the soul of the ungodly searcheth for another ungodly soul, so does 
the love of man or woman go forth to find and meet its attracting magnet. Ar.d 
when, finally, the heart has found its magnet, and two earnestly loving spirits are 
united together, there peace and happiness will abound ; there health will be much 
more likely to be found than where two dissimilar and unloving hearts are joined 
together; there will be better tempered, more lovely, more intelligent, more health- 
ful offspring. But where marriage has taken place without this affinity of soul, dis* 
cords, and coldness, and contentions come, breeding unhappiness and longings for 
what is not possessed, which in their turn generate often declines and consumption, 
Jiat lead swiftly to the tomb. 



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SECTARIANISM A CAUSE OF CONSUMPTION. 

It is often the case that we find in a family a great diversity of opinions upon 
what may well be termed the non-essentials of religion ; and see the husband be- 
longing to one church, the wife to another, the son to a third, the daughter to a 
fourth. Each of these will be set in his or her way, and will generally consider that 
only by the particular road he or she has chosen, can heaven ever be attained — be* 
lieving that the others are astray from religion and from God. The results of this 
diversity of opinion upon religion, or rather this sectarianism, are often lamentable in 
a high degree. They give rise to disputations, to bickerings, to discords ; and of- 
ten by them love is turned into hatred. 

Such a state of things is not only to be deplored as doing much to the injury of 
religion, and the cause of christianizing the world, but also as a source of sickness in 
innumerable instances. While the members of different churches are at heart at war 
with each other — while the wife cannot partake of the sacrament at the same table 
with the husband, nor the son at the same with the daughter, or the children with 
the parents ; all are to go down into the same grave, and each one hopes to arrive 
at last in the same heaven. But instead of doing that which shall earn heaven, by 
having charity one towards another, they let animosities rankle in the heart. 

True religion knows no hatred, or jealousy, or envy, or uncharitableness ; it is 
filled with affection towards mother, father, husband, wife, son or daughter, brother 
or sister. It scruples not to bend the knee in worship of Jehovah at the same altar 
with those who differ in non-essentials ; it prays alike with its own church member 
and the member of another church ; it is filled with love to all and for all, and wor- 
ships God not after forms, but out of the truth of its heart, and from pure love of 
God and Christ ; it sees one God for all, one Saviour for the redemption of all. Sec- 
tarianism is not of God, but of man; nor will God, in the hour of judgment, judge 
men as the members of a church, but by the righteousness or wickedness of their 
hearts. 

Sectarianism is a fruitful cause of consumption and early death ; therefore I would 
warn my readers against indulgence in the feeling that it too often breeds. Tho 
seeds of disease once planted in the system from this cause, the person is much 
less likely to recover health than if some bodily difficulty gave rise to the complaint. 
The healthiness of the mind should be preserved by purity of religion, and harmony 
of worship, as well as the body protected from disease. For the benefit of the race, 
it would be well for us to nave a union church, where all the children of God could 
be gathered together under the shadow of the cross, by the love of Christ, — a church 
where all could be united ; where they could pray with souls in unison, and partake 
of the Supper of the Lamb together ; where baptism should be in accordance with 
the dictates of their own conscience ; where husband, wife, son, and daughter, could 
unite in supplication unto the Lord of Hosts, as well in the church as at the family 
altar ; where there would be one God. one Saviour, one religion, one love, with unity 
and harmony. Pure religion is a love of God for all, heaven for all, earthly commu- 
nion and happiness for all. Sectarianism is love for a part, God for part, hatred for 
part, church for part, communion for part, heaven for part, and hell for part. 

The seeds of consumption should not be sown in the botly by sectarianism. But 
in the way these matters are often managed, this result too frequently happens. 



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Strifes arise, discord and hatred come, and these are followed by consumption, by 
insanity, by sickness, and disease. Again, then, let me warn you against this in- 
dulgence of ungodly sectarianism, which is from the aspirations of men, and not of 
God. 

The reports of the Utica Lunatic Asylum, show 250 cases of insanity from reli- 
gious anxiety and excitement, out of a total of 2743 ; Worcester 248, out of 2326 ; 
Pennsylvania 67, out of 1806. Of the number of cases of consumption from the 
same cause, we have no means of knowing ; but certain it is that there is a great 
number every year, (far exceeding the lunatics,) the victims of sectarian discord and 
trouble. If our readers would examine the lunatic reports throughout the country, 
they would see at a glance the evils of sectarianism as a fruitful cause of insanity, (aa 
it is of other complaints,) and strive not to let it breed discord among them. 



THICK BOOTS AND SHOES 

Are excellent as guards against consumptive diseases. The habit indulged in in 
fashionable society, and especially among the female sex, of wearing thin shoes, 
through which the water penetrates as easily as through a piece of brown paper, is 
very destructive to health. Thousands by this means are every year hurried to the 
grave. 

In fashionable society it is considered exceedingly ungenteel to wear a shoe or 
boot sufficiently thick to exclude the water met with at every turn in wet weather. 
A patent leather, or a cloth gaiter, or very thin calf-skin, must be worn in all wea- 
thers ; and through these the water penetrates the instant the foot touches it, and 
the cold from damp ground ; and then, often, the person remains through the whole 
day with his feet in this damp or wet situation. The effect is generally a severe 
cold, followed by a cough, and suppressed menstruation, and consumption, ending in 
"untimely death. Many and many is the man and the woman that can trace decline 
directly and unmistakably to this source. 

In respect to this evil, the ladies suffer more than the gentlemen. It is notorious 
that the pale and delicate woman, who looks as if a breath of wind would blow her 
away, or a severe frost nip her down as easily as a leaf, will wear shoes in the cold- 
est of weather that are no more protection to the feet than paper ! And if you sug- 
gest that they should use something else, they will seem horrified at the idea of it ! 
They wear a thick boot ! — they would as soon think of wearing a basket upon the 
head ! Now, why a woman, who has been tenderly reared in all the enervating re- 
finements of modern civilization, should be able to enjoy health with less protection 
to her extremities than is required by a robust man, passes my ability to understand. 
It is not to be wondered at that many of them become consumptive from this cause; 
and they will continue to become consumptive, and will bring unhealthy offspring 
into the world, until they abandon such pernicious habits. 

"Wear good thick shoes that will keep out the wet, and keep the feet from sudden 
chills on going into the cool air. I do not mean by thick shoes that you should put 
on a pair of clumsy and uncomely shoes, but use your own sense ; see what sort of a 
Bhoe will protect your foot, and then wear it, despite of fashion. And when you go 
out doors in cold, wet weather, use rubbers ; and although with these you may not 
receive so many compliments of owning a pretty foot as you walk the street, you 



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will have the better satisfaction of possessing a rosy cheek, a sparkling eye, a livoly 
countenance, and of enjoying good health as a reward. 



AIR-TIGHT STOYES. 

Among the inventions of modern times to destroy health, we may reckon the air- 
tight stove, which is being brought into use in many places. This article is decid- 
edly injurious to the consumptive person, as well as often aiding to induce the dis- 
ease. I would advise the discontinuance of their use. Though you may save by 
them a few dollars in fuel, you will lose many more by having yourself or some one 
in the family made sick by them. 

Air-tight stoves operate in all rooms where there is not a fresh circulation of the 
air, to destroy the oxygen or vital principle of the air. And thus the air is made 
impure and unfit to breathe, and becomes the medium of disease and death. Also, 
there not being any draught whereby the gases generated by the combustion of fuel 
are carried off through the pipe, they find their way into the room, filling it with a 
poisonous atmosphere that no man can breathe and remain in good health. And as 
this bad atmosphere is continued hour after hour, and day after day, and often through 
the night, in rooms where persons sleep, it will be obvious to any one that ill health 
must be produced thereby. If these stoves are to be used, they must be allowed a 
free draught through them, the same as others, or no person consumptively inclined 
and living by them, can expect to get better. I have but little hope of the power 
of medicine to cure any one living in the room with an air-tight stove. [See Arti- 
cle on Air.] 

As I have shown in other parts of this work, no man can continue in good health 
who is constantly breathing an impure atmosphere. It is often the case that persons 
sit day after day in a room where an air-tight stove is consuming nearly all the oxy- 
gen of the air that is admitted, and filling it with gas. And if they do this, it is not 
at all strange that they become sick. Illness after such treatment of the lungs, is 
but the effect of an obvious cause ; and those who see the cause, and do not endea- 
vor to guard against it, cannot in reason expect to escape consumption. If you 
would not precipitate yourself into the tomb, you must discard those articles, and 
abandon those practices, which lead thereto. 



THE DEATH OF A RELATIVE OR FRIEND 

Often breeds a consumption, under which the victim is carried to the grave. That 
sorrow " which will not be comforted" is extremely injurious to health, and often 
fatal to life. Whatever the cause of a great sorrow, if the sorrow be not put away 
in a certain degree, it will eat upon the body, and carry its victim to the tomb. An 
unrestrained indulgence in anguish over that which has passed, or which is in- 
evitable, is both irreligious and unphilosophical, is forewarned against by God, and 
should be banished from every person. If it has been the choice of Providence to 
remove from us a beloved husband or wife — a dear child, or a fond parent, it is our 
duty to receive such dispensation with feelings of resignation, and not bow down in 
utter subjection unto sorrow. Or if any other afflictions have come upon us, it is in 
opposition to true piety or to sound philosophy, to give up wholly in sorrow. To 



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hare sorrow for the death of a near friend is both right and natural ; but to let it 
prey upon the spirit, and wear out the body, as is often done, is neither right or na- 
tural ; not right, because it doubts the power of God to raise to new life ; not natu- 
ral, because it becomes a feeling of morbidness and irreligion, rather than a godly 
sorrow of submission. 

The victims of undue sorrow are many. The loss of friends, the loss of property, 
defeat in the attainment of some desired point, the sickness or sad fate of children, 
disappointment in love — these and many other things generate in sympathetic na- 
tures a sorrow so lasting and poignant as to wear out the person. Young females 
who have been disappointed in love, are particularly the subjects of this. Having 
lavished upon the idol of the heart all the richness and sweetness of their love and 
affection, and then being deserted, they fall into what sometimes proves an incura- 
ble sorrow, and often pine away and die. This is at once wrong, foolish, and sin- 
fill ; wrong, because it produces evil effects upon the body unnecessarily, and which 
work no good to any one ; foolish, because indulgence therein can neither mend nor 
restore that which is broken or lost ; sinful, because it brings anguish and sorrow to 
others also, and is in opposition to that godly piety and resignation which should 
dwell in every heart. 

Besides the victims to consumption from grief, numerous persons are thereby 
made insane. The Report of the Pensylvania Insane Retreat gives 268 cases of 
insanity from sorrow, induced by loss of friends, loss of property, disappointed affec- 
tion, disappointed expectation, and domestic difficulties, out of 1806 cases in total ; 
at the Worcester Retreat 645, of a total of 2463, are referred to the same cause - t 
and at the Utica Retreat 855, of a total of 2743, are similarly reported. 

As an antidote against disease, cheerfulness is excellent ; but undue sorrow is 
the reverse ; therefore it is the part of wisdom to " take trouble by the smooth 
handle " — to lay not up sorrow in the heart, but to feel, even though affliction settle 
around you, cheerful and resigned. Troubles taken thus become less difficult to be 
borne ; their weight is sensibly diminished ; and under their presence neither soul or 
body feels so acutely the burden as if they were met by either a complaining or a 
sorrowing spirit. To preserve health, and to live to a good old age in enjoyment 
of the world, learn to take " trouble by the smooth handle," and, however much 
you are afflicted, to look upward and ahead with a hope unending, and that canno* 
^e overcome. 



CONSUMPTION, A CHILD OF FASHION. 

" Then why thus fade the loveliest flowers ? 

Oh, why do the young and the beautiful die, 
Ere they drink of the rapture of summer's sweet hours, 
Ere the brow hath a cloud or the bosom a sigh ?" 

Consumption is, in a great degree, a child of Fashion, though it is found ir» 
almost all parts of the world. As I have shown in different places in this work, 
the fashions of dress, of eating, of drinking, of turning night into day, of delaying 
marriage, of marrying without love, and numerous others, are the causes of many 
cases of consumption, as well as of other diseases. To show how much we are 
made victims of consumption by our fashions and habits, we may look at the North 

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American Indians, among whom this disease is of very rare occurrence. Although 
they are subject to the vicissitudes of all sorts of weather, they seldom become 
weakly and run into decline. They have no health-destroying fashions. They are 
not brought up in the enervating and destructive habits that prevail among civilized 
people ; and therefore when meeting accidental causes to disease that would produce 
a fatal effect upon the enervated citizen of the fashionable town, their systems are 
able to withstand these effects, and they escape the colds and the consumptions so 
prevalent and so fatal among us. 

And the deleterious influences of our fashions may be shown in other respects, by 
comparison of our fashionable women with the Indian women, and those of other 
uncivilized nations — as in parturition. Every physician, and every mother, knows 
of the pains and the labors in child-birth among us. But how is it in this matter 
with the Indian woman ? Says Stephenson, in his " Twenty Years' Residence in 
South America," "Among the Araucanian Indians, a mother, immediately on her 
delivery, takes her child, and going down to the nearest stream of water, washes 
herself and it, and retires to the usual labors of her station." And Lawrence, in 
M Lectures on the Natural History of Man," observes — " The very easy labors of 
native Americans, and other women in the savage state, have been often noticed 
by travelers. This point is not explicable by any prerogative of physical formation, 
for the pelvis is rather smaller in these dark-colored races than in the European and 
other white people. Simple diet, constant and laborious exertion, give to these 
children of nature a hardiness of constitution, and exempt them from most of the 
ills which afflict the indolent and luxurious females of civilized societies. Analo- 
gous differences, from the like causes, may be seen in the animal kingdom. Cows 
kept in towns, and other animals deprived of their healthful exercise, and accus- 
tomed to unnatural foods and habits, often have difficult labors, and suffer much in 
parturition." 

These facts are sufficient to show that in a great degree the ills of civilized life 
are fairly chargeable upon the habits and fashions of the people. If we would 
discard the pernicious practices which I have labored to point out, and would obey 
the laws of life and health, there would be for us all a much larger amount ot 
physical strength than we now enjoy ; we should improve as a race, consumption 
would become a rare disease, and we should be mentally and physically superior to 
what we now are or ever will be while pernicious fashions rule. 

It is found in the history of the American Indians, once inhabiting the whole Oi 
this continent, where consumption now prevails, and occupying the very localities 
our consumptive population now inhabit, that a case of pulmonary consumption 
was never known among them while living in their savage state ! But when they 
are brought into white settlements, and civilized, and adopt the habits prevalent 
among us, they become as liable to consumption as the whites ! 

Now, what are the physical characteristics of the Indian in his wild wOvAia ? Ho 
is remarkable for being straight in his figure ; his chest is full and symmetrical, in- 
dicating full play of the lungs ; his shoulders and shoulder-blades are laid flat 
against the chest, and the whole weight of his arms, shoulders, and shoulder-blades, 
is thrown back of the chest — this always operating to expand it instead of contract- 
ing it ; he is much out of doors, and breathes freely of a pure, fresh air ; he never 
stoops in his walk ; he pursues no avocations that have a tendency to contract the 
chest ; and he indulges in athletic exercises. And this fact holds gcod among the 



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animals ; for they do not have consumption in their wild state, but when brought 
under unnatural habits, frequently suffer therefrom. This shows how much con- 
sumption is a child of fashion. 

ASTHMA, A CURABLE DISEASE. 

This painful disease is an affection of the lungs or bronchial vessels, and generally 
of a spasmodic nature, occurring in paroxysms, which take place usually at night. 
Under its influence there is a short and difficult respiration, wheezing, stricture ol 
the chest, and a cough ; all of which are worse when lying down than when sitting. 
It is more general among persons of a full and plethoric habit, than with others ; 
more common among men than among women. 

Asthma having once manifested itself in a person, it usually returns periodically, 
especially if excited by certain causes, such as a sudden change from cold to warm 
weather — from a heavier to a lighter atmosphere ; severe exercise, which imparts a 
quicker circulation to the blood ; an increase in the size of the stomach from over- 
rating or from a collection of air in the stomach ; exposure to cold, obstructing 
perspiration, and causing an accumulation of blood in the lungs; irritations ol 
smoke, dust, and other noxious particles in the air; disagreeable odors; and violent 
excitements of the mind. 

There are two species of this disease — the humid, and the dry, or spasmodic. 
When there is a free discharge of mucus, it is termed humid ; when there is little 
or no expectoration, it is designated the spasmodic asthma. 

The fits of asthma are brought on by almost anything which increases the action 
of the heart, and stimulates and fills the vessels of the mucous membranes. In- 
tense heat, lightness of air, severe exercise, full meals, stimulating drinks, exposure 
to cold, efiiuvias, and strong mental emotions, produce the asthma in many persons. 
Congestions of blood, or of serous humors in the lungs, sudden changes of temper- 
ature, rheumatic, gouty, scrofulous and scorbutic taints, dyspepsia, irritation of the 
organs of respiration, suppression of accustomed evacuations, frequent catarrhal 
attacks, water in the chest, aneurisms, general debility, polypi, concretions of grum- 
ous blood in the large vessels — all these are causes from which this disease may 
arise in different individuals. In many cases it results from a malformation of the 
chest, either a defect at birth, or brought about by bad habits of dress ; and in 
many more it is the result of an hereditary predisposition. 

The patient i3 generally forewarned of the approach of an asthmatic paroxysm 
by heartburn, indigestion, languor, flatulency, itching of the skin, sleepiness, and 
pain over the eyes. The attacks are commonly at night, and often wake the per- 
son from sleep. Frequently the tightness is so great, as to threaten immediate 
extinction of life by a complete stoppage of respiration. For a considerable time 
the breathing will be but gasps, slowly, and with a wheezing noise — speaking diffi- 
cult and painful, and a propensity for coughing. Commonly the paroxysms will 
subside by morning ; breathing and speaking will be easier ; generally there will 
be a copious expectoration, on which the patient will feel easier. These fits com- 
monly return every night for three or four nights in succession ; they will then 
gradually yield, and the paroxysm will terminate, till some cause or causes induce 
a return. 

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260 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUfe'E. 

disturbance of the heart ; the surface of the body will be pale, the muscles seem 
shrunk, and there will be a copious flow of limpid urine. 

When the predisposition to asthma is strong, it may be brought on at any time 
by one of the causes mentioned ; but if it be weak, it will recur periodically. 
Generally there will always be experienced more or less difficulty of breathing, 
particularly on going up stairs or ascending a hill, or if running. Wheezing is very 
common, with a morbid accumulation of mucus in the bronchial tubes. 

It is often the case that persons suffering from this disease acutely cannot lie 
down in bed ; and many sleep in a chair year after year — the constant prey of dif- 
ficult respiration and fear of sudden death. 

In fits of the asthma, as the lungs cannot be sufficiently dilated with air, the pas- 
sage of blood through the pulmonary vessels is not free ; hence the face will appear 
fall and bloated, and the eyes unnaturally turgid. During the fit, the patient has a 
desire for cool fresh air, which often revives him. A close room, with a fire in it, 
is very bad for the asthmatic; as are generally warm things given internally. 

In asthma, sometimes the patient will have a fit, and then remain free for months; 
in other cases, it will come at regular intervals of ten days or a fortnight, or once 
a month. The reason why the fits so often occur first in the night, is supposed to 
be owing to the heat of the bed, and the horizontal position of the body. 

Relapses in this disease are attended with an increase of the symptoms, and the 
vigor of the constitution is impaired, till finally a chronic weakness is induced. 
The difficulty of breathing is much greater in these relapses, and the sensation of 
tightness over the breast often becomes so distressing that the patient will feel as if 
he were bound with cords. His anxiety is inexpressible, and he labors in respira- 
tion as if every moment would be his last. Severe vomiting often occurs; the hands 
and feet of the patient grow cold, and he is subject to palpitations and faintings. 
Cool, fresh air becomes absolutely necessary. While thus laboring for breath, tho 
patient is obliged to rise from his bed ; he cannot bear the weight of the bed clothes 
upon him. The shoulders are elevated to give the muscles of the chest their 
greatest power of action in raising the ribs in inspiration. When the violence of 
the fit abates and the respiration becomes easier, the patient begins to expectorate 
phlegm, often mixed with blood. This affords relief ; for the evacuation is made 
from the parts affected — from the vessels which have been obstructed. This ex- 
pectoration is one of the most certain signs of the abatement of the complaint ; par- 
ticularly if a moisture and softness of the skin, and a sediment in the urine, make 
tneir appearance. 

The blood spit up generally comes from a rupture or dilatation of blood vessels in 
the lungs. Sometimes the quantity is considerable ; but all free discharges of blood 
from the lungs, though they afford relief, are unfavorable signs, es they denote 
greater violence of the disease. The nose, too, will sometimes gush out blood during 
the fit from the obstruction given to the return of the blood through the pulmonary 
vessels into the left auricle of the heart. 

The fits of asthma generally increase in violence and duration, as year after year 
goes by ; the expectoration from the mucous glands, which gives temporary relief, 
becomes itself very troublesome. The glands become relaxed, and the discharge 
of mucus greater than natural. By this the air vessels are frequently obstructed 
with phlegm ; the respiration is rendered difficult, and the patient breathes with 
great difficulty, even in the absence of the asthmatic fit. Thus the humid o? 



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humoral asthma is united with, the spasmodic or convulsive, and both exist together 
in the same patient. 

The humid asthma is a disorder of the mucous glands of the lungs ; the discharge 
being too copious, the respiration is obstructed. This kind of asthma is more con- 
. stant, but not so violent as the spasmodic. Both these are generally less trouble- 
some in warm than in cold weather ; but in some cases this is not so ; and in a few, 
the irritability of the constitution and the rarefaction of the blood are so much in- 
creased by warm weather that the fits are more frequent and severe than in cold. 

After the convulsive asthma there is often soreness in the breast, partly from the 
muscular exertion, partly from the cough. Sometimes there are shooting pains in 
the sides. The frequent returns of asthmatic tits cause sometimes obstructions in 
the lungs, producing tubercles. These are most liable to be generated where the 
chest is contracted, and the lungs do not have free play. They occasion a continu- 
ance of cough, ending in inflammations, attended with internal pains, difficulty in 
breathing, and hectic fever. 

The humoral asthma often supervenes on the convulsive; and the convulsive 
sometimes attacks those previously afflicted with the humoral. Persons subject to 
catarrhs and coughs, expectorating large quantities of phlegm, are sometimes sud- 
denly seized with the spasmodic asthma. It may last but an hour ; perhaps a day 
or two; and then leave them suddenly. The old cough or humoral asthma will 
continue ; and finally another fit of the spasmodic will come on, generally more 
violent than at first; it goes away again, but is repeated, till it finally becomes 
habitual ; and the patient finds himself laboring under a complication of two dis- 
eases ; the one aggravating the other, and both growing worse. 

The stomach and bowels are liable to be affected in the convulsive asthma ; they 
are often seized with colic pains, and burning heats, are distended with wind, and 
agitated with tremulous motions, which give a sensation as if something were moving 
and fluttering within. The appetite is impaired, and sleep prevented or disturbed, and 
unrefreshing. The menses are sometimes obstructed ; sometimes brought on before 
the usual period ; and when the patient is plethoric, that discharge is accompanied 
with relief. The arms, shoulders and other upper parts of the body are often affect- 
ed with an uneasiness. In the last state of the disease, it is common that the pa- 
tient has hectic fever, coldness of the extremities, swelled legs, diarrhoea, faintings, 
palpitations, vomitings, and various dropsical symptoms, arising from weakness, re- 
laxation, and obstruction of the circulation of blood in the lungs. 

The convulsive asthma is* sometimes combined with pleurisy, peripneumony, 
Iropsy of the breast, catarrhal and consumptive disorders. 

Asthma may manifest itself at any age, but generally it does not appear till after 
the prime of life is past. 

The situation of asthmatic patients is a matter of great importance. In general 
they cannot breathe easy in elevated situations ; too great a proportion of oxygen 
in the air irritates their weak lungs. An easterly wind is considered injurious, but 
why, we cannot say, unless that it be drier and more irritating. In some instances, 
asthmatics find relief by resorting to warmer climates, but ttis is not always tho 
case. I have known instances of asthmatic persons going from New England to the 
Southern parts of the United States, and being free from the complaint for four or 
dve years while there, but feeling it immediately return on coming back. Ip 



262 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

other cases, it has returned to individuals after they had become acclimated at the 
South. 

The patient suffering from asthma should have regular exercise. "Walking is the 
best that can be employed. Sailing has been found advantageous. If carriage or 
horseback exercise is taken, the feet should be kept warm. Moisture should be 
avoided, and if the clothes get wet they should be immediately changed. The night 
air should be shunned, and flannels worn next the skin. 

Generally, this disease, like consumption, is considered incurable ; nevertheless, 
many persons suffering from it have been restored to health. "When taken in season 
it may be overcome. In most cases, the Blood Renovator, Anti-Bilious Pills, Lung 
Corrector, and German Ointment, administered according to directions, will afford 
relief; and if taken before the disease becomes too far advanced, they will effect a 
cure. But in obstinate and difficult cases, a thorough course of medicine, expressly 
prepared, will be required. The intervals between the fits are the periods when me- 
dicines may be most successfully employed to eradicate the disease ; for though we 
lessen debility, and in some degree prevent organic derangement by mitigating the 
severity and shortening the duration of the fit, yet it seldom happens that a 
paroxysm proves fatal. An asthmatic patient should not content himself with be- 
ing relieved from a fit of the disease ; he should persevere to obtain a radical cure. 
It is generally the case that asthmatic patients discontinue the use of medicines so 
soon as they are relieved from the paroxysm. They labor under the impression that 
the disease once upon them, there is no getting rid of it, just as many consumptives 
do ; and foolishly and sinfully resigning themselves to what they would call their 
fate, float down the stream of life into the realms of death without making a single 
proper effort for recovery. "While life remains there is hope of health ; and he who 
does not remember this and strive for a cure, commits a sin against himself and 
against his God. To effect a cure, the patient must persevere in the use of the 
proper remedies ; unless this is done, no one can reasonably hope to get well of 
any disease whatever. 



KNIT SHIRTS HASTEN CONSUMPTION. 

With reference to the articles of clothing worn next the skin, it is proper that a 
few remarks should be submitted, showing their effect in some cases. The health 
of a person often depends no little upon the clothing worn ; and in some cases of 
disease this is a matter of the most vital importance. 

Upon the subject of clothing, the ancients furnish but little information. Their 
clothes were uniformly woolens, and probably washed but seldom, though the 
body was bathed frequently. But this was not at all a good custom. The clothes, 
as well as the body, should be often washed. 

The interior clothing of the present day is of linen, or cotton, or flannel. The 
first of these, when worn next the skin, should be frequently changed, in order to 
keep up perspiration. The only real objection to linen is, that it absorbs the 
moisture slowly, and, except in warm weather, is too great a conductor of heat 
from the body. 

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THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 26*1 

linen ; and for shirts or bed gowns it is on this account preferable. For children 
on many accounts, it is the only proper article of shirting. 

Flannel is a still better article for absorption of the perspiration ; and if oniy this 
is to be considered, it is preferable to any other cloth. 

The application of different kinds of clothing to different diseases, is a subject 
which should receive the investigation of every physician. On a person of thin, 
emaciated habits, the use of flannels next the skin has been thought by eminent 
men to be injurious ; because by creating a perspiration they have a tendency to 
exhaust the system to a greater extent than it can bear. In cases, however, where 
it is worn, the person should admit air to the skin at least once a day ; and those 
who have been accustomed to this internal dress should dispense with its use with 
great caution. Calico should in the summer be substituted for flannel, and the pe- 
riod of its wear protracted annually ; while in spring the flannel should be earlier 
left off. In general, however, flannels create but little debility if free air be allowed. 
When the object is to produce and continue a free discharge of sweat, flannel is 
essentially necessary. Flannel shirts should be frequently changed and washed 
They should never be worn above two or three days without being rinsed in cold 
water, and hung in the open air. 

Emaciated persons, with weak blood, and slow circulation, should not wear silk 
under-shirts, as they conduct away too much of the animal heat, leaving the ex- 
tremities to grow cold. In warmer climates, or in the hot weather, or on persona 
of fuller habits, they may be used, as they are cooler and more agreeable. Next to 
silk for coolness in summer is linen, then cotton. In general, woolens cannot be re- 
commended in warm weather, unless the person is subject to frequent changes of 
atmosphere, or is made to sweat profusely by his employment. A mixture of 
cotton and wool is preferable for under-shirts in warm weather. 

The whole person should be exposed once or twice daily to the air, and should 
be rubbed briskly with the hand, or a flesh brush, or with a linen or woolen rag or 
towel. As in the case of animals, so with man ; the body will be apt to be " hide- 
bound" unless this be done. Rubbing softens the skin, opens the pores, loosens 
the flesh, allows a freer escape of the perspiration, and creates a brisker circulation 
of the blood. 

My objection to the article of knit shirts for an under-dress is, that it fulls up 
quickly, contracts tightly upon the skin, excludes all air, and retards the escape of 
the waste of the body through perspiration, and deadens the force of the circula- 
tion of the blood, creating nervous irritability, disturbed sleep, and bad dreams. 
Although the contraction of a knit shirt about the body may not be so much as 
scarcely to be felt, it nevertheless compresses upon the skin to a greater or less de- 
gree, and thereby impedes a proper action. Of this fact I am assured by my own 
observations ; and I have met hundreds of instances where the use of this article 
was working injuriously upon the system, and aided the increase of consumptive 
symptoms, by contracting the chest and organs of respiration. Therefore, I would 
advise the discontinuance of its use as an article of under-clothing. Knit drawers 
contract in the same way, and impede the circulation, making the limbs sleepy 
clumsy and inactive. All drawers should sit loose, so as not to bind upon the skin, 
and to admit the air. 

As a general thing, people in this country do not wear a sufficiency of clothing 
in the cold seasons ; and in the summer they wear too much. Many persons use the 



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same kind of clothes the year round, which should never be practised. There is 
not sufficient attention paid to the changes of climate. Comfort should always bo 
considered, except in those cases where perspiration has been freely induced by 
exercise or from other cause; and in such cases, the sense of any individual 
should teach that temporary comfort is not to be the rule for governance. Persons 
going on journeys, or even on short excursions, should always be provided with 
extra garments, and with umbrellas, and in wet seasons with rubbers, to be pre- 
pared for changes in the weather and for storms that may arise. This precaution 
would save many a fit of sickness, and prevent numerous cases of consumption. 



BRONCHITIS 



This disease is an inflammation 
of the mucous membrane of the 
bronchial tubes, through which 
the air is conveyed to the lungs. 
It may be either chronic or acute. 
Its most general cause is the ap- 
plication of cold to the body, sud- 
denly checking the perspiration 
Sometimes it is brought on by 
over-exertion in speaking, sing- 
ing, or playing on wind instru- 
ments; by grub, and by other 
causes mentioned heretofore in 
this work. It is very frequent in 
cold and variable climates. 

Acute bronchitis generally com- 
mences like a common cold or 
catarrh, with cough, oppression 
and tightness of the chest, lassi- 
tude, chilliness and some fever. 
It is generally attended with 
hoarseness; respiration is more 
difficult when lying down than 
when erect. As the disease in- 
creases, the severity of the symp- 
toms becomes greater, and in 
breathing there is a wheezing, 
cackling sound from the throat, 
as if the air were forced through 
a small aperture clogged with a 
thick fluid. At first the cough is 
dry ; but after a time a secretion 
of transparent mucus is thrown 
up copiously, and the violence of 
If the inflammation terminates without suppuration, the matter 




"No. 42. — Case of Bronchitis. 

This cut presents a view of the bronchial tube laid 
Dpen, to expose its tuberculous and ulcerated appear- 
ance in a case of bronchitis. The expanded wings at 
the bottom are the two divisions of the tube, running 
one to each lung, and branching in every direction. 

The section of a bronchial tube at the side represents 
it in its natural state. 



the cough abates. 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 26D 

coughed up beoDmes mixed with yellowish, white or greenish masses, whicl increase 
more and more till they form the entire of the expectoration. There is generally a 
severe pain in the forehead, made worse by coughing; the tongue is white and 
covered with transparent mucus ; and the skin is dry. 

Chronic bronchitis is often the result of the acute, but it more commonly arises 
from a neglected catarrh. Sometimes it is the consequence of measles, hepatic dis 
eases, and of protracted disorders primarily located in the digestive organs. Some- 
times it comes directly from exposure to the vicissitudes of heat and cold, and from 
inhaling irritating vapors or particles of matter from the air. It occasionally occurs 
in consequence of whooping cough, especially if cold be taken. 

Chronic bronchitis is accompanied with troublesome cough, attended with copious 
expectoration. There is an uneasy and oppressed respiration, sometimes a wheezing 
weight and uneasiness at the pit of the stomach, loss of appetite, furred tongue, irregu 
lar action of the bowels, quick and irritated pulse, red and scanty urine. The cough- 
ing will be generally in fits. Sudden changes of air increase the violence of cough- 
ing ; and the same effect will be produced by the inhalation of vapors, dust, and 
sometimes by the act of swallowing. 

Bronchitis, both acute and chronic, is often a secondary affection. There are but 
few diseases of the lungs in which it does not play a more or less important part. 
It constantly occurs in tuberculous diseases, in cancer in the lungs, influenza, and in 
pnoamonia and pleurisy. It is also of common occurrence in heart disease. 

The persons most liable to bronchitis are those who inhale metallic dust, such as 
needle and edge-tool and gun-barrel grinders ; next those who inhale animal or 
vegetable dust, as sawyers, millers, starch-makers, and flax-dressers ; thirdly, those 
exposed to sudden changes of temperature, as glass-blowers, bakers, brewers, brass 
and iron-founders, and the like. After these we have persons of sedentary habits, 
as tailors, clerks, shoemakers and jewelers. 

Bronchitis, in its acute form, is seldom fatal ; but when it has become chronic, 
and is induced in connection with acute diseases, it is more liable to cause death. 
The number of deaths recorded in New York, in 1851, from bronchitis, was 254. 

The influences which sometimes induce an attack of bronchitis are curious. 
Many persons cannot visit a certain locality without feeling an attack of this com- 
plaint. In some cases, a change of locality will affect a cure where medicines have 
produced but little good. The city resident is often benefited by a visit to the 
country, and the country resident by going to the city ! 

Bronchitis, and other diseases of the throat, cause pulmonary consumption. In* 
flammation of the wind-pipe, and ulceration of the vocal and respiratory organs, 
leading to the lungs, cause consumption, by preventing anything like vigorous 
breathing, which is necessary for the proper purification of the blood and to keep 
the lungs in a healthy condition. This disease is more prevalent than any other 
affection of the pulmonary organs, and is often mistaken for consumption. Gene- 
rally, it is neglected in its earlier stages, and therefore often results fatally. 

In all cases of bronchitis, the Lung Corrector, Blood Renovator, Anti-Bilious 
Pills, Catarrh Snuff, and German Ointment, should be used perseveringly, and until 
a cure is effected. These will effect a cure in almost every case ; but, as is baroly 
possible, if bronchitis does not yield to them, a specific treatment wilJ be given on 
application to me by letter, or in person. 



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WOMB AND OYARIAN DISEASES 





Falling of the Bowels and Womb. — These difficulties have become so common 01 
*ate years in this country, that it is estimated by a physician that one-fourth part 
of the married women in cities are subject to the last ; how many to the other we 
know not. Of the causes producing these complaints, we have spoken in articles 
on Abdominal Supporters, Shoulder Braces, Customs of Dress, Corsets and Stays, 
and others. " Por these diseases," says the distinguished Dr. Meigs, of Philadelphia, 
" hundreds of poor creatures are bled and cupped, mercurialized, blistered, and 
antimonated, under a false accusation of liver complaint, or inflammation of the 
kidneys, who have really committed the small and venial fault of letting the uterus 
fall down a meagre half inch perhaps." Prom this statement of Prof. Meigs, we 
may be able to judgt? something of the skill of many of the regular medical 
fraternity. 

The subjoined cut represents* 
sectionally, the internal organs of 
the female in the abdominal re- 
gion. 1, is the bladder; 2, the 
womb ; 3, the vagina ; 4, the rec- 
tum, or large bowel; the bone 
back of the rectum is the prolon- 
gation of the vertebral column or 
spine, known as the sacrum and 
coccyx; above the bladder and 
womb are shown the smaller in- 
testines. 

Prom this representation the 
reader will be able to see how 
the top of the womb may f&li 
forward upon the bladder, taking 
the position shown at figure 2 at 
the top of the cut, or back upon 
the rectum, taking the position 
shown at figure 1 at the top ; in 
the first instance producing a 
desire to evacuate the water very 
often, and inflammation of the 
bladder ; in the latter causing constipation. Also, it can be seen how the top of the 
womb may fall to either side ; and also how, as is often the case, it can fall directly 
down into the vagina ; also, how the bowels may foil down upon the womb 

After conception has taken place, the womb enlarges in size, and consequently 
presses against the bladder in front and the rectum behind. But at about four and 
a-half months of conception, the womb rises entirely out of the vagina, and above 
the bladder, and there remains until the period of parturition. 

A careful study of the above cut will give the reader a correct idea of the various 
phazes of the " falling of the womb." 

A great cause of falling of the womb is leucorrhea, combined with other causes 




O^^gS 



No. 43. — Abdomen of the Female — Internal 
Yiew. 



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267 



Leucorrhea is induced by the fashions of town life, and by indolence ; by exhaus- 
tion; bad and watery foods, with too little meat and bread : often use »f those de* 
troyers of health, fashionable rocking chairs ; and by over-excitements. Combiner, 
with leucorrhea is bad habits of dress and ill-chosen foods, to effect falling of the 
womb. Dress, as I have shown, weakens all the muscles of the system, and pro- 
duces a state of general debility, so that they are not able to hold the womb in its 
proper place. If the waist be bound about by a lot of heavy skirts, bearing down 
the bowels constantly ; if a peeked bodice be also thrust down upon the bowels, 
and if the chest, in which are those vital organs that must have perfect action in 
order that the muscles may receive the strength necessary to a proper discharge of 
their office, be crippled with a tight dress or a pair of corsets, there cannot be 
healthy action in any part ; and if the muscles lose their strength from these causes, 
as is the case in thousands of instances, they cannot possibly hold the womb in its 
proper place, particularly while these causes are kept constantly iu existence and at 
work against the muscles. 

No organ or part of the female frame is so liable to get displaced as the womb, 
and the affection of no other organ will sooner prostrate and break down the person, 
unless speedily remedied. If the muscles that support the womb retain their 
strength, and the bowels do not fall upon it from above, it will remain in its proper 
place. The most universal immediate cause of the falling of the womb is the pres- 
sure of the bowels upon it, from above, induced by the causes I have mentioned ; 
though it is possible that it may be displaced by falls sideways on the hips, or flat 
on the back, or on the stomach. Sometimes the womb becomes congested and en- 
larged, from miscarriage or other cause, and in that case it may fall down by its 
own weight. The top of the womb may be thrown backwards, upon the back pas- 
sage ; or forwards, upon the bladder. Sometimes it falls to one or the other side of 
the upper part of the pelvis, or false pelvis, but the most common change is where 
it falls directly into the front passage, sometimes protruding externally. 

The annexed engraving represents a 
womb fell in at the top, and protruding into 
the vagina; making a very distressing case, 
the like of which I have frequently been 
called upon to prescribe for, seldom failing 
to give speedy relief, and in most cases 
effecting a perfect cure. 

When the top of the womb falls back- 
wards, and strikes upon the back passage, 
the female will experience an acute pain in 
the small of the back — with inability to sit, 
stand, walk, or lie down, without enduring 
the greatest agony. Generally, in this con- 
dition, the only position that will afford the 
slightest relief, is that of sitting on the 
knees in bed. Hysteric fits not unfrequent- 
ly are produced by the pain from the derangement of the womb in this direction. 

"When the top of the womb falls forwards, it impinges on the back part and top 
of the bladder, causing an inability to retain the urine. There are great pains in 
the bladder and in the stomach. The best position for relief is lying on the back. 




No. 44. — Womb fell in at the top. 



268 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

When the womb falls directly down into the front passage, it gives a weakness, 
and heat, and pain in the small of the back ; inability to walk much, especially to 
go up stairs ; the patient is very easily fatigued, with the smallest amount of exer- 
cise ; nervousness is induced ; there are tremblings all over the body, if unusual 
exercise is performed ; listlessness and languor prevail, and the person is inclined 
to spend much of her time in bed. Sometimes there is excruciating pain at the 
very end of the backbone, with numerous other disagreeable and distressing feel- 
ings ; of which a " bearing down" — a feeling as if everything were coming out of 
the body — is the most common. 

The falling of the womb often produces difficulties in the bladder, diseases of the 
spine, and fluor albus, — the last very debilitating in its effects, and tending to con- 
sumption. Barrenness is also induced by the same cause. 

The falling of the bowels often induces a miscarriage, from which many a woman 
dates her decline into consumption, besides the danger arising at the time from 
floodings and inflammation of the womb. Also, fioodings, without a miscarriage, 
are often referable to the same cause. 

"When we consider the various dangerous and painful difficulties ensuing from the 
falling of the bowels and womb ; when we note their effects upon the health and 
life of woman, and through her upon the succeeding generation ; who does not 
feel astonishment that if the causes of these effects are known, those causes are 
not universally abandoned ? To lay the causes before that portion of the commu- 
nity — male and female — which I can reach through the medium of this work, I 
have deemed a duty incumbent upon me. And I would call upon those who read, 
and upon those who have suffered, and are still suffering, to aid the cause of health, 
by abandoning the bad habits of dress, and other evils which I have labored to 
point out. By thus doing — by giving up those practices and habits which induce 
the diseases, we may not only be able to recover health, but may often escape 
disease. 

In all cases of falling of the bowels and womb, it will be imperatively necessary 
to lay aside the pernicious habits which induce most instances of these complaints, 
if the patient would be restored to health. While they are continued, there can be 
but a remote hope that any means whatever will avail to effect a cure. If a person 
wished his system purified from the effects of mercury, and should still continue to 
take mercury every day, we should hardly expect that his wish could be gratified. 
And so, if a female desires to be relieved of the afflictions caused by falling of the 
womb, and still perseveres in the use and exercise of those customs and actions 
that induce the complaint, we can hardly hope that she will be restored to health. 
But if she will give these up — if she will hear to the advice of the most eminent 
medical men in this and in other countries upon this point — and will take the 
proper remedial agents to strengthen the muscles and the system generally, and 
renovate and invigorate the blood, she is by no means past recovery. Thousands 
have been restored to perfect health by thus doing; thousands more may be, if 
they will. 

Polypus of the Womb. — Occasionally there will appear growing by a narrow neck 
to the inside of the worn), a tumor, commonly called polypus. Sometimes these 
grow to a size almost incredible ; and in many cases the symptoms to which they 
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No. 45. — Womb and Appendages. 



plaint, and the patient is dosed with medicines utterly inadequate and often injurious. 
Cases of Dolypi are often mistaken for uterine enlargement. 

The annexed engraving repre- 
sents the womb or uterus, with its 
appendages. The vagina, or passage 
leading to the womb, is laid open, 
exposing a polypus therein. Some- 
times these polypi appear in the 
womb itself, where they are often 
mistaken for a foetus, as if preg- 
nancy existed. At the sides of the 
womb are seen the ovaria. In this 
engraving, one of the ovaria has 
grubs growing in it ; in the other 
maybe seen the ovum or eggs of 
the female, which, being impreg- 
nated with the semen of the male, 
are developed into the human being. 
A polypus in the vagina or womb, 
and grubs in the ovaria, seldom ap- 
pear at the same time : but this en- 
graving will convey an idea as they 
exist separate. "When any of the 
organs of generation are affected as 
here described, child-birth is difficult, and 
dangerous to the life of the woman ; and 
whoever they exist, pregnancy should, if 
possible, be prevented. 

The polypus generally arises from the 
presence of humors in the blood, and while 
those humors remain, it will continue to in- 
crease in size. It may be overcome in many 
instances by the use of internal medicines, 
but often a surgical operation will be found 
necessary. In all cases, however, medicines 
should be used to purify the blood, so as to 
prevent a re-appearance of the tumor. 

Ulcerations of the Womb. — The neck of 
the womb is liable to be afflicted with ulcers 
of various kinds — originating sometimes 
through the vices of prostitution and kindred 
evils — sometimes by misfortunes of a dif- 
ferent character. When these are of a 
scrofulous order, they present very alarming 
symptoms. It is only necessary, however, 
that the physician should understand the 
nature oi the disease, in order that, if he 
have skill in the preparation of medicines, 




No. 48. 



-Cancerous and Ulceratet 
Womb. 



270 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

he may cure it, with ease. All cases of ulceration of the womb may be said to be 
perfectly curable. 

When the womb is in the condition represented in cut No. 46, cohabitation should 
not be allowed by the woman, nor indulged in by the man, without the use of the 
French Male Safe. 

Cancer of the Womb. — This is a complaint of very frequent occurrence. In my 
remarks upon cancers generally, I have spoken of their often appearing upon the 
organs of generation — particularly upon the breast. It is the purpose in this place 
to speak more particularly of those appearing upon the womb. 

The supposed origin of cancers in the womb are various. In some cases they 
have been claimed to be hereditary ; and there are certain facts going to support this 
theory, in many cases. But, as a general thing, it will be found that this theory 
does not explain their origin. Where there is a humor transmitted in the blood 
from one generation to another, of a character that develops itself in cancer in the 
first instance, it is easy to see that it will also be manifested in the same way in the 
next and succeeding generations. In this light it may be called hereditary. But in 
the majority of cases, cancer of the womb is believed to arise from a slow inflam- 
mation of that organ. And, as inflammations in this organ are kept alive by 
impurities of the blood determined to that point, we are brought back, in the con- 
templation of this affection, to the original theory of my practice, — that from the 
blood do all these affections find their chief support ; and that, if the blood be puri- 
fied, the patient may be relieved. 

Cancer of the womb often appears after the natural cessation of the menses, and 
in cases where there is difficult and scanty menstruation. The period at which it 
more generally occurs is between the fortieth and fiftieth years — or on cessation of 
the menses ; which shows, that the impurities of the blood not being any longer 
thrown off through the medium of menstruation, they remain in the system to 
break out in cancers and other kinds of sores. Two distinguished French writers 
have given the following as the results of their observations on the time of appear- 
ance of cancers, which agree with observations made in our own country. Of 409 
cases of cancer of the womb, 

12 occurred under 20 years of age. 

83 " 20 to 30 years of age. 

102 " 30 to 40 " 

201 " 40 to 50 " 

1 " 50 to 60 " 

4 " 60 to 10 " 

Married women are much more subject to this affection than single. The viases 
are found to be about three of single ladies to twenty of the married. Cancer may 
attack any part of the womb, but generally it appears upon the lower part or neck. 

It is not unfrequently the case that a lady bears children while the cancer is 
waiting for the birth of the child to manifest itself. It would seom that the irrita- 
tion and extension of the parts in child-birth precipitated the appearance of the 
cancer. I have noticed many instances of this kind. 

Inflammations of the Womb. — These are of often occurrence, and may be either 
acute or chronic. The acute inflammation may be induced by a blow on the abdo- 
men, a fall, mechanical irritation of any kind, irritating injections, use of violent me 
Heine? injudiciously given to force the menses, or to procure abortion, leucorrhoea, 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 271 

oold bathing of the lower extremities when warm, iced drinks during the period of 
menstruation, violent exercise of any kind, heating and stimulating foods and 
drinks, wounds, or mental disturbances, such as to stop the flow of the menses, vio- 
lent labors in childbirth, retention of the after-birth, and attempts at abortion by 
mechanical means, and by dresses pressing down upon the bowels, and thus irritat- 
ing the membranes where parts are brought in contact. This disease is often called 
child-bed fever. Every female troubled with it should seek immediate relief. 

Chronic inflammation often follows the acute. It is also induced by the fashions 
prevalent in large towns, heretofore alluded to — idleness, effeminacy, sedentary life, 
excess in fashionable amusements, studies that give too great activity to the ima- 
gination in a particular direction, reading of pernicious books, artificial puberty, con- 
centration of the mind on subjects that keep the genital organs in a constant state 
of excitement, &c, &c. 

Under the effect of inflammation of the womb, the patient becomes nervous, fret- 
ful, and capricious, even though before her temperament was equable and happy. 
This chronic inflammation is the cause of many cases of bowel derangement, that 
often prove obstinate ; also it induces nervous affections, characterized by loss of 
appetite, sleeplessness, sudden starting, and great irregularity of feelings. I have 
known this nervous sensibility manifested in cases of inflammation of the womb, 
very often. 

Where chronic inflammation exists, there will be pain in the lower part of the ab- 
domen, increased by standing or exertion ; the menses may be regular for a time, 
and then disappear entirely. After a while there will be an uncommon flow, con- 
tinuing for some days, and leading to emaciation and exhaustion, and giving a dull 
look to the countenance. Sympathetic enlargement of the breast will often be no- 
ticed, — there will be loss of appetite and vomiting. 

In all cases of inflammation of the womb, acute or chronic, and in enlargements, 
a cure is without difficulty effected by the skilful physician, if he be allowed to ob- 
tain full knowledge of the case, and the patient will follow his advice. Otherwise, 
as I have remarked under the head of Falling of the "Womb, there will be but little 
use in giving medicines. It is absolutely necessary that the physician should un- 
derstand his case thoroughly, and the patient should follow his advice. I have 
treated many cases of inflammation, and other diseases of the womb, and have often 
wondered at the uncharitableness manifested by friends and physicians, (who do not 
understand the complaints,) in attributing the changes of the mind to which they 
give rise to " hypo," or hysterics, or foolish notions. Certainly a woman suffering 
from any of these complaints, has sufficient to endure without being accused of being 
"hypoy" and notional. 

The Ovaria. — These bodies are situated one on each side of the womb, and are 
connected with it by two tubes, through which the ovum passes into the womb. In 
a healthy state they are placed very low down in the groin, and even into the pelvis. 
When either of the ovaria becomes diseased and enlarged, it rises above the groin, 
and causes a prominence of the abdomen on that side where it is situate. An in- 
flammation of an ovarium will often close up the tubes leading to the womb, so that 
the matter from the affection will remain therein, and produce an enlargement, 
bringing on fever, which will require the immediate attention of a physician. 

Tumors of the Ovaria. — These are of frequent occurrence, generally arising from 
an inflammation, and are of slow growth. Both the married and the single are ha 



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ble to them. They are of a fleshy character, and usually solid. The uterus is occa- 
sionally affected with a like tumor at the same time. They have been known to 
attain the enormous size of one hundred pounds in weight, and to cause sudden death 
where good health had theretofore been enjoyed, by pressing upon the lungs and 
stopping respiration. Generally they give no pain, from which circumstance they 
may be readily distinguished from cancer, and from their hardness may be known 
from dropsy. 

The subjoined cut represents a 
case of ovarian tumor ; the tumoi 
is seen below the head of the child, 
and has been driven into the va- 
gina by the head of the child de- 
scending, in parturition. In a case 
of this kind, a living child could 
not be born, and the life of the 
woman is likewise endangered. 
Hence, we may see the necessity, 
when a tumor is suspected, of pre- 
venting conception by using the 
French Male Safe, or the Preven- 
tion Powder. 

The removal of tumors from the 
ovarium by surgical operations, has 
been attempted, and in a few in- 
stances with success. But the far 
greater number of cases that have 
died under the operation, and the 
fact that the patient under the ef- 
fect of proper medical treatment, 
may attain the allotted period or 
life in comfortable circumstances, even if the tumor be not displaced, would forbid a 
resort to surgical operations. And in most cases a perseverance in medical treat- 
ment to purify the blood, by which the food of the tumor is taken away from it, will 
check its growth entirely, and cause it to wither away. I have rarely failed in at- 
tempts to cure this affection, especially if applied to in season. 

Cancer of the Ovaria. — A cancer on an ovarium is usually of very slow growth ; 
often it is many years in coming to maturity. It attains to a greater size than the 
uterine cancer, and frequently affects the uterus through the connection of the ova- 
rian tube. It occurs with the single and married, but is much more frequent with 
the latter. 

This disease rarely attacks but one of the ovaria, so that menstruation is not af- 
fected at the commencement. The tumor is hard and irregular in shape. Its causes, 
symptoms, and effects, are similar to those of cancer of the womb. Surgical opera- 
tions for its removal are dangerous, as in cases of tumors ; and as they may be ex- 
terminated, when taken in season, by internal remedies, operations should never be 
performed to remove them. In most cases of cancer of the womb, or ovaria, tho 
Cancer Eradicated, Blood Renovator Anti-Bilious Pills, and German Ointment, will 
effect a cure, if their use is persevered in, and they are taken in season. But a euro 




No. 41. — Ovarian Tumor. 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 278 

cannot be looked for with certainty, unless a full course of medicine be used, pre- 
pared expressly. 

Dropsy of the Ovaria is of very common occurrence. It may occur in either the 
married or the single state, but is most frequent in the former ; it usually appears 
from the twentieth to the fortieth year. The disease consists in the formation of 
one or more little sacs within the ovarium, filled with fluid, which gradually en- 
large from the size of a pin-head, until they fill the whole abdomen, giving all the 
appearances of common dropsy. They have been known to grow to the size of 
containing ten gallons ! In cases of large collections of water, both ovaria will 
generally be found affected. Dropsy is frequently accompanied with a cancerous 
state of the sac, but this is not always the case. 

The symptoms of this disease are very obscure at its commencement, and it is often 
thought to be pregnancy, from producing enlargement of the breasts and abdomen, 
and from causing sickness and caprices similar to those generated by pregnancy. 
This illusion is dissipated by the enlargement continuing beyond the season for par- 
turition. 

In cases where but one of the ovaria is affected with dropsy, it is possible for the 
woman to bear child without serious difficulty ; but conception in cases of this dis- 
ease are not advisable. Indeed, in all the complaints I have treated of in connection 
with this, if cohabitation is continued, (of which there is no difficulty very often,) the 
French Male Prevention Safe, or Powder, should be invariably used. 

"When only one of the ovaria is affected with dropsy, menstruation may be con- 
tinued ; but if both are diseased, either by dropsy or cancer, it must cease. In some 
cases the sacs in this complaint have been known to burst, and the water being 
thrown into the abdomen and absorbed, the patient has recovered. Also it has been 
tapped and drawn off with fortunate results. Operations for the removal of the 
sac should never be performed. Tapping ought to be resorted to in extreme cases, 
where the size of the sac threatens to produce suffocation. The ovaria are often 
inhabited and affected by grub. [See Grub Consumption, and cut of Grub in the 
Ovaria, No. 45.] 

I would observe here, that cancer may attack other portions of the pelvic viscera, 
— as the passage leading to the uterus, the rectum, and the outlet of the bladder. 
The treatment proper in these cases is the same as in cancer of the womb and 
ovaria. 

FISTULA. 

"It is owing to our ignorance that there is any necessity for instruments to cure disease."— 
Abernethy. 

Fistula is a kind of ulcer resembling a pipe, and is generally the consequence of 
abscesses. The seat of a fistula is in the cellular membrane. It is known to be pre- 
sent when there is an aperture on the surface of the body from which any matter 
either flows, or may be pressed out. "When left to itselfj it runs upon the bone, and 
produces a caries of the bone. When so situated as to open into the neck of tho 
bladder, or when attended with a caries in the adjacent bone, particularly the os sa- 
crum or coccyx, (lower parts of the spine, or vertebral column,) it is a very danger- 
ous complaint. 

Fistula in Ano, — No part of the body is more subject to abscesses than that im 

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274 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

mediately surrounding the lower part of the rectum ; it is much exposed to pres- 
sure and to external injuries, whioh impede the free motion of the blood ; the circu* 
lation being languid, obstructions soon occur, and purulent matter is formed. As the 
skin is thick about the rectum, the pus will insinuate itself into the soft neighboring 
parts, and form sinuses, which degenerate into fistula?. 

This kind of fistula is called complete when there is an opening into the gut, and 
another externally ; incomplete when there is no external aperture. The symptoms 
of the incomplete kind are analogous to those of the piles, and not readily distin- 
guished from them ; the complete kinds are more readily distinguished. Fistula in 
ano may also be caused by costiveness, relaxation of the bowels, derangement of the 
liver, high living, and piles. It generally commences with swelling near the rectum, 
attended with great pain, fullness and inflammation ; it advances slowly to suppu- 
ration, and matter is formed. In the commencement of the disease, the adjacent 
parts are generally sound, but when it is of long duration, they frequently become 
diseased. The most common form of the fistula in ano, after inflammation has taken 
place, is an opening or orifice extending from the verge of the anus, and running ob- 
liquely, and penetrating it or the rectum. Sometimes there are two or more of 
these openings, near to each other, or far apart. They appear in different directions 
about the anus. 

Tho common way of treating a fistula is by a surgical operation; but this should 
never be resorted to. Although it is practiced by the so called Solons in surgery and 
medicine, no person should ever submit to the operation ; because it is exceedingly 
painful ; it is dangerous and often fatal ; it seldom or ever effects a cure, even where 
several operations have been performed ; and it may be cured without the use of the 
"knife — effectually and radically. I have been applied to by many persons who had 
submitted to operations — in some cases as many as five times ; but I have never met 
a case where a radical cure had been effected in this barbarous way ; but the cases 
in which operations have caused death in a short time are innumerable. And often 
operations, if they do not result in inflammation and death, produce the most deplora- 
ble results in consequence of severing the arteries. The sphincter ani is often cut in 
these operations, and the patient is thereby rendered unable to retain the fseces, 
which pass off involuntarily ! That surgical operations have sometimes afforded a 
temporary relief, is true ; but they do not effect a radical cure. The practice is pain- 
ful and unnecessary ; and if the physician has more regard for his patient than love 
for old forms and the use of the knife to display his skill, he may learn how to treat 
the disease effectually by medical instead of surgical means — without confining the 
patient to the house or keeping him from his business. A few candid and careful 
physicians (who have abandoned the knife and taken to medical treatment) have been 
succesaral in the permanent cure of fistula in ano, and others might if they were 
not too egotistical and stubborn to learn. I have had the most perfect success in 
many cases of this disease. 

By reason of its inveterate nature, fistula in ano is not a disease that can be cured 
m a day or with a single dose of medicine, particularly if it is of long standing. A 
permanent cure must occupy considerable time. In some cases it may be effected in 
a few weeks; in others, several months of persevering attention to advice and the 
application and use of medicines will be required. But if the patient will persevere, 
he may infallibly be cured of this most loathsome and distressing complaint. 

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THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 275 

extensive, and become fatal. In some cases the inner portion of the rectum be- 
comes completely denuded as far up as can be seen. In others it destroys the parts 
from the anus to the testicle, as well as for a great distance around ; and in women 
it extends into the vagina and destroys the adjacent integuments. 

When the disease becomes seated, there is apt to be an absorption of the matter 
which it generates into the system, causing disturbance and general constitutional 
debility. Frequently this virus matter is translated through the blood to the lungs, 
and induces consumption ; and this is the most general way in which the disease re- 
sults fatally. 

Fistula in Perinoeo consists in an opening in the skin, corresponding with one m 
the urethra. Through this the urine is sometimes passed. A fistula from the 
urethra runs in various directions before it reaches the external opening of the skin ; 
•30 that when the latter is near the anus it may be mistaken for a fistula in that part, 
jiless the urine be observed. 

The fistula does not heal of itselfj but continues to discharge for years, unless it 
be attended to. These abscesses are sometimes produced during child-birth, by the 
pressure of the child's head causing communications between the passage leading to 
the uterus and that of the bladder, or the rectum. The treatment of the fistula in 
perinaeo is the same as that of fistula in ano ; and the remarks on the latter with re- 
ference to the use of the knife, may be applied here with equal force. 

Fistula Lachrymalis is a disorder of the canals leading from the eye to the nose, 
which obstructs the natural passage of the tears, so that they trickle down the 
cheeks. In its first stage an inflammation on the part is alone observed ; hi the 
next, matter is discharged, which flows with the tears ; and in the last and worst 
degree, the matter of the abscess corrodes the subjacent bone. The symptoms are 
frequent dropping of tears, and of purulent matter, especially in the morning, with- 
out any manifest external inflammation. 

In this disease also the knife is brought into often use, and unnecessarily. By it 
ten times more hurt has been done than good ; and though partial relief may bo 
afforded in an occasional case and no permanent injury done, it is much wiser, and 
far less painful, to obtain a cure by medical treatment. 

In all cases of fistula the Blood Renovator and the German Ointment will be 
found efficacious ; and in its earlier stages these alone often stop the progress of the 
disease and effect a cure ; but in other cases nothing short of a thorough and regu- 
lar treatment will overcome the complaint. In these instances, I prefer to have tho 
patient where I can attend him daily. 



HEART DISEASES. 

Enlargement and Palpitation of the Heart. — Enlargement of the heart may present 
itself in various forms, and may be general or partial. Sometimes it is confined 
to one side, at others not. Sometimes the muscular structure alone is increased in 
size ; in other cases the cavities of the heart become enlarged, while the muscular 
structure remains unaltered ; but in the majority of cases, the two are combined. 
Enlargement of the heart is met with at all periods of life. The almost constant 
cause of enlargement is believed to be a rheumatism of the heart. Generally this 
disease is manifested bj palpitation, and by pain in the precordial region ; there is 



276 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

shortness of breath, particularly from exertion ; pain, and a sensation of tightness 
of the chest, and pain over the region of the heart ; difficulty of lying in a recum 
bent position; the feet begin to swell, the strength faiis, the pulse sometimes stops, 
the countenance has a pale and haggard appearance, and there are very distressing 
paroxysms of pain, in which the patient is liable to be suddenly taken away. By 
placing the hand over the heart in this complaint, usually it will be found to be 
beating heavily. 

Whatever weakens the heart may bring on these symptoms ; the disease may 
<*lso be induced by great excitement of the mind, venereal excesses, and intemper- 
ance in eating and drinking. 

Rheumatism in the Heart is quite frequent. This disease (rheumatism) it is known 
may locate in almost any part of the system ; it is a species of traveling disorder, 
shifting from one place to another. "When driven from one organ, it will frequently 
appear immediately in another ; and the heart is liable to its attacks. When trans- 
lated to this organ the patient is seized with acute pain and great anxiety over that 
region, palpitations and partial faintings. 

Inflammation of the Heart. — This is an inflammation of the membranous bag or 
sac which surrounds the heart, to secrete and contain the vapor of the pericardi- 
um, by which the heart is lubricated. The symptoms are similar to those in en- 
largement of the heart. 

Softening of the Heart sometimes occurs, as a consequence of inflammation. In 
these cases the impulse becomes feeble, and the heart flutters and beats irregularly. 

Fatty degeneration of the Heart— In this complaint, the contents within the sheath 
of the muscular fibre are changed to fatty matter. Under this effect, the power of 
the heart is weakened, and the consequences of obstructed circulation ensue. The 
conditions under which this form of disease mostly appears are associated with a 
general tendency to corpulency. Popularly, corpulency is supposed to be an index 
of good health, but this is an error. It is by no means an evidence— often the re- 
verse. Usually persons of corpulent habits are deficient in both mental and physi- 
cal energy ; and they are much less capable of endurance under fatiguing action 
than men of the "bony," muscular order. 

Tubercles and Cancers, as I have before stated, are often found in the muscular 
substance of the heart, or in the false membranes of the pericardium. Also grub, 
serous cysts, and apoplectic effusions. [See articles on Cancers and Grub.] 

Dropsy of the Heart, or of the pericardium, though not a disease of often occur 
rence, sometimes occurs, generally accompanied with enlargement of the heart 
The symptoms of this disease are the same as those of enlargement. 

Polypi in the Heart — These are found in many instances, on dissection. Un 
doubtedly they arise from an impure state of the blood. They are usually elonga 
ted, with one extremity twisted among the tendonous chords of the heart — some 
times adhering to the lining membrane by cellular tissue. The extremity that * 
loose, lies in one of the cavities of the heart, or extends into an orifice. 

Ulcers of the Heart often appear, arising from the presence of tubercles, acting 
the same as in the lungs. Though there is a popular notion that consumption 
never appears except in tne lungs, post mortem examinations have shown that tu- 
bercles are frequently formed in the heart, and in other organs, finally running into 
^cers, and causing death by consumption. As has before been remarked in this 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 27? 

work, consumption may be manifested in other organs — as the lner, the bow- 
els, etc. 

In all cases of heart disease mentioned abore, the patient should abstain from 
every exciting cause — as anger, or any kind of violent emotion, or of hard exercise. 
Never overload the stomach, or take exercise immediately after eating. Avoid late 
suppers, and crowded houses. Besides these, he should endeavor to counteract 
obesity. There have of late years appeared from the press empyrical works upon 
consumption, setting forth the absurdity that enlargement of the heart is a favora- 
ble symptom in pulmonary diseases, and in fact that it aids in the cure of con- 
sumption. Than this, nothing can be more irrational or absurd — less reasonable or 
true. The reverse of this theory is correct, as will appear obvious to any one who 
will consider the absolute necessity of a healthy state of the heart in order to a pro- 
per circulation of the blood — upon which, in great measure, the health of the 
lungs must depend. Besides this, an enlarged heart will press upon the lung, keep- 
ing out the air from portions of it, and impeding the circulation therein ; and if this 
is done, it will be obvious that the lung itself will be much more liable to become 
diseased than if correct action be allowed in every part of it. An imperfect circu- 
lation will produce a stagnation of blood in the lungs, under the effect of- which 
those organs must become diseased. The theory that a diseased heart will cure pul- 
monary complaints is too irrational for any sensible man to entertain for a moment. 

In addition to the diseases of the heart above mentioned, this organ sometimes 
becomes hardened or ossified, in the same manner as ossification of the bones takes 
place in growth. 

In diseases of the heart, use should be made of the Heart Regulator, Blood Ren- 
ovator, Anti-Bilious Pills, Water Regulator and German Ointment. These usually 
restore that organ to a state of health ; but there may be cases of long standing in 
which specific treatment will be found necessary. In all such, medicines will be 
expressly prepared on application to me in person, or by letter stating the disease. 



FITS— CAN BE CURED. 

The term fit or convulsion is applied to all kinds of spasmodic affections, such as 
epilepsy, hysteria, &c. Generally fits assume no specific character. They occur in 
children or adults, proceeding from some acrid matter in the intestines or stomach, 
such as various kinds of poisons ; from teething, worms, flatulence ; from sudden 
emotions of the mind, as anger or fear; from recessions of some kinds of rash, or 
the retreating of some kinds of eruptive disease, as small-pox or scarletina, diabetis, 
and kidney affections, and from consumption in the bowels. 

Previous to a fit, there is often great debility, and an unnatural appearance of the 
eyes and countenance. At other times the convulsion comes on suddenly ; the pa- 
tient is seized with a spasmodic affection of the whole body ; he trembles violently 
and suddenly falls down, and remains insensible for a time, with involuntary 
twitchings, clenched teeth, a discharge of saliva from the mouth, and contracted 
pupils of the eyes. 

Sometimes fits recur in a patient year after year. In these cases, the cause 
should be definitely ascertained, before there will be much use to give medicines to 
effect a radical cure. There is often a fatal mistake made in cases of fits ; the pa 



278 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

tient is medicated for a long season to relieve him from their recurrence, when per- 
haps he is continually in the indulgence of some habit, or his system is under tho 
effect of a cause not in the least suspected, which induces the fits. In this case, it 
is not to be thought that he can ever get over them. Often fits in children are in- 
duced by the presence of worms ; but worms not being suspected, the patient is 
treated altogether different from what he should be, and the least unfavorable re- 
sult is that both the worms and the fits continue ; in some cases the life is lost by 
not understanding the cause of the convulsions, and so administering medicines 
which should not have been given. 

I may remark here, that every physician should, in a great number of cases, un- 
derstand the cause or causes as well as what is the disease itself. In a variety of 
complaints this is absolutely necessary in order to meet with success; for there bo 
those cases in which there is no kind of use to treat the effect and leave the cause 
alone. Thus if there be worms, and these produce convulsions, it is necessary to 
treat the worms or cause in order that the convulsions or effects may be overcome. 
In some cases, as perhaps in worms, the cause only need be medicated for ; mothers, 
as where wetting the feet has induced a cold, the effect only is to be treated, the 
cause being removed ; and in others, as where humors in the blood have produced 
cancers or other eruptive sores, both cause and effect must receive the attention of 
the physician. 

In cases of fits which recur one after another, perhaps for a long season, a cure 
can almost always be effected, if the cause be properly understood, and the patient 
will persevere in the use of medicine. In many instances, a very brief period only 
will elapse before the worst kind of convulsions will entirely disappear, simply by 
removing the cause. In these cases, the system will often be found to be material- 
ly disordered and weakened by the great number of convulsions that it has under- 
gone ; but if the convulsions are overcome, we can generally build up the system 
by proper blood medicines, and correct diet and exercise. In those cases where a 
single fit occurring in adult life has nearly overcome the vital powers of the system, 
just leaving the patient alive, a cure is not so readily to be looked for ; but even 
these are susceptible of successful treatment. It would, however, have been much 
better for the person if he had paid proper attention to his health previously, and 
eschewed those practices leading directly to an almost total paralysis, (if not a sud- 
den death,) in a fit. 

In many cases of fits, the cause of which could not be ascertained by other phy- 
sicians, I have found, by examination with the Lung Barometer, that they arose 
from a peculiar disease of the heart. The patient being relieved from his heart dis- 
ease, the fits did not recur, and he was restored to health. I have met with but 
very few cases of recurring fits in my practice where the heart was not more or less 
diseased. 

In cases of fits generally, where specific treatment cannot be had, use should be 
made of the Heart Regulator, Blood Renovator, Anti-Bilious Pills, Water Regulator 
and German Ointment. These almost invariably effect a cure. But in many cases, 
a course of medicine is necessary. This can be had by applying in person, or by 
letter, carefully describing the condition, age, appearance, and symptoms shown 
in the patient. 



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DYSPEPSIA. 

" What's. rank or title, station, state or wealth, 
To that far greater worldly blessing — health ? 
What's house, or land, or dress, or wine, or meat, 
If one can't rest for pain, nor sleep, nor eat, 
Nor go about in comfort ? Here's the question : 
What's all the world without a good digestion ?" 

Dyspepsia is a derangement of the digestive functions, the immediate cause of 
which appears to be a diminished quantity, or unhealthy quality of the gastric 
secretion of the stomach. It is brought on by intemperance in eating and drinking, 
want of proper exercise, intense anxiety of mind, depressing passions, superfluous 
evacuations, intense mental application immediately after eating, excessive venery, 
use of mercury, obstructions in the liver and spleen, and improperly masticated 
food. These, and various other causes so weaken the coats of the stomach that 
the latter becomes incapable of performing its office. 

Prom the close sympathy existing between the stomach and every other part of 
the system, people suffering from dyspepsia or indigestion, are often troubled with 
distressing affections in parts remote from the stomach. The symptoms manifested 
are these — nervous debility, sick head-ache, costiveness, scanty and painful evacu- 
ations, piles, jaundice, depression of the mind, oppression after eating, female ob- 
structions, flatulency, distension of the stomach and bowels, heartburn, furred 
tongue, sickness at the stomach, dizziness, loss of appetite, pain in the side, and 
torpor of the liver and bowels. 

Persons troubled with dyspepsia should leave every exciting cause which may 
have given rise to the disease ; strict attention should be paid to the diet, late 
hours and indolence should be dispensed with; exercise taken regularly in the 
open air ; intense study not pursued ; excessive cohabitation guarded against, and 
proper medicines perse veringly taken. It is too often the case with dyspeptics that 
they consult a dozen physicians in as many days ; and if they do this and are dosed 
by all, they may not expect to recover. 

Of the necessity of regular exercise to the due performance of the functions of 
the stomach, every one is fully sensible ; walking, sawing wood, shoveling, &c, are 
good. They can never be compensated for by the passive exercises of the indolent 
and luxurious, who are often the victims of dyspepsia. The sofa and parlor exer- 
cises of ladies in the fashionable world will not keep off this complaint ; nor will 
an occasional stately walk up and down the thronged streets of a crowded city, to 
make a display of the outward trappings and of the elegant artificial bust. The 
fashionable ladie3 of our cities, who lounge luxuriously in the parlor from morning 
till night, and feel incapable of the smallest exertion, and who are, therefore, 
troubled with indigestion, would find an excellent medicine in the loose dresses and 
the old spinning-wheel of their grandmothers ; or, in lack of that, by giving atten 
tion to their household matters. They should not be afraid of work. By this I do 
not mean that they should become slaves to toiL There is a long difference between 
fifteen hours of hard labor in the kitchen by " Bridget" and the fifteen hours of 
sheor idleness of the mistress in the parlor. The lady ^ould find that a few steps 



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on her part, which would give the servant a trifle less of toil, would be oif 
great service to the health of both. To those dyspeptic ladies who may read this, 
(and the number will be large, for such cases are in abundance,) I would submit 
this hint as worthy of their attention, and good to be followed. 

Next to fashionable ladies, there come in the class of dyspeptics, students. 
Many young men in our colleges, if they do not plunge into all species of pernicious 
practice that they can find, settle down to confirmed idleness in all matters but 
study. This is essentially wrong. I know not which we may class as the worst — 
the practices of the "rattle-head," or the folly of him who pays attention to 
nothing but his books. The over-studious young man, unless he has a con- 
stitution like iron, soon injures himself by close application and neglect of 
proper bodily exercise. In this way, hundreds of the most talented young 
men of the country bring themselves to the tomb. If they would attain to 
the summit of their ambitions, they will find that the body as well as the brain will 
require attention. Volumes of law, of theology, and of medicine, will not keep the 
functions of the body in proper order : and though the student swallow ever so 
many, he will find them neither food, drink, or exercise. 

Dyspepsia is a prevalent disease in this country. This fact is owing mostly to 
the habits of the people, and has been in great measure attributed to the injurious 
practice so common of "bolting" the food. Says Combe, "Nowhere does man 
hurry off to business so immediately as in the United States, and nowhere does he 
bolt his food so much, as if running a race against time. The consequence is, that 
nowhere do intemperate eating and dyspepsia prevail to such an enormous extent 
Rapid eating almost invariably leads to overloading the stomach ; and when to this 
is added a total disregard of the quietude necessary for digestion, what can be ex- 
pected to follow but inveterate dyspepsia?" In this case the stomach has to per- 
form the office of the teeth, and it becomes deranged in consequence. 

No man or woman may expect to be free from dyspepsia who does not labor some 
in one way or another. The human system is not calculated to sit down in luxurious 
indolence and idleness. Under such a state the stomach will not perform its func- 
tions properly, neither will the muscles have their healthful elasticity and power. 
In short, the whole system will become debilitated and enervated, and the mind 
will lose its strength. In cases of dyspepsia or consumption, invalids will be much 
more likely to recover health who give attention to some species of manual labor 
or of exercise ; for these are the medicines of Nature, carrying off the waste of 
the system and giving to it new vigor and power. The idea that persons troubled 
with dyspepsia or consumption must He down and take medicine, is absurd, for in 
this condition neither nature or the medicine can operate to the favorable extent 
that they would if proper exercise were taken. 



CHOLERA, CHOLERA MORBUS, CHOLERA INFANTUM, DYSENTERY 

AND DIARRHOEA. 

The Asiatic Cholera, which has swept over the Eastern continent two or three 
times with great devastation, and also prevailed in various parts of this country, 
seemingly traveling from one city to another, as if its causes were borne upon the 
wrings of the wind, is a disease the origin of which is still unknown, although much 



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Investigation has been expended npon it. It generally appears like an aggravated 
or malignant type of the common cholera morbus, with looseness of the bowels. 
Sometimes the patient is carried off by it in a very few hours ; in other cases its 
effects are comparatively light. Its symptoms are very similar to those of the 
cholera morbus. It prevails mostly in cities, and almost exclusively in the latter 
months of the summer season, carrying off thousands in a few weeks, and then 
nearly disappearing, perhaps for years. Occasionally it will appear in some of the 
smaller cities, often nearly depopulating the place. 

The cholera, like many other diseases, is governed in great degree by the clean- 
liness or the filth of a locality. Its power is derived chiefly from the cirrimstances 
which attend it. Usually it will pass house after house where cleanliness and the 
other laws of health are attended to, and alight with virulence in the abodes of 
filth and impurity, among subjects fitted for its approach by intemperate and irre- 
gular habits. 

In the year 1849 the cholera prevailed extensively in this country. The deaths 
in New York that season by the disease were 50*71. Many towns in Western 
United States were nearly left destitute of inhabitants under its sway. 

Upon the first indication of cholera, or any unusual evacuation of the bowels, 
use should be made of the Anti-Bilious Pills, to cleanse the stomach and intestines, 
after which take the Dysentery Specific to check the discharges. For this purpose 
these articles should be kept always on hand. If the case runs into a cholera, a 
physician should be called. 

Cholera Morbus is a disease of the stomach and alimentary canal, characterized by 
vomiting and purging, severe griping pain, cramps in the stomach, abdomen, and 
extremities. It is very prevalent in hot weather. 

The immediate existing cause of the cholera morbus is believed to be the action 
and stimulus of an acid secreted in the liver, or formed in the stomach and alimen- 
tary canal, and which produces an irritation of the mucous membrane of those parts. 
There are many predisposing causes — indigestible and irritating articles of food and 
drink, unripe fruit, all articles that contain much acid, and liquids that quickly fer- 
ment. But these are not likely to produce the disease unless the system is predis- 
posed to it by a debilitated state of the digestive organs, or by general relaxation 
and exhaustion from the influence of great heat. 

Cholera Morbus is a common and dangerous disease, often fatal in twenty-four 
hours or less. It generally comes on suddenly, commencing with nausea and pain 
in the stomach, griping and distress in the abdomen, followed by vomiting and 
purging. The evacuations are thin and watery, then bilious. As the disease ad- 
vances, vomiting, purging, and pain, are severe and incessant ; there is a spasmodic 
affection of the abdominal muscles and extremities, and the patient is drawn up ox 
every attack ; the thirst is great ; the pulse becomes small and feeble ; the extremities 
cold ; the countenance pallid ; a cold sweat comes on, and great prostration follows. 

In cases of cholera morbus, use should be made of the Dysentery Specific. If 
this does not check the disease, take a dose of the Anti-Bilious Pills, and then em- 
ploy again the Specific. This will be certain to overcome the complaint 

CJwlera Infantum is a cholera of infants, resembling that disease in adults, and 
differing in some respects. It is very prevalent among children during the summer 
season ; is highly fatal, and prevails mostly in cities, where it produces frightfu. 
mortality. The annual average of deaths from this complaint in New York city is 



282 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

nearly one thousand ! In the country, where the air is salubrious and pure, the 
disease is much less prevalent. 

The cholera infantum is induced by a great degree of heat, by the impuie air of 
cities, by teething, by eating unripe fruit, diseased meats, and by the use of that 
abominable article caUed milk, peddled in large places ; and may be induced by a 
check of perspiration, causing the blood to retreat from the surface to the internal 
parts, and deranging the liver and mucous membrane of the intestines. 

The complaint generally comes on gradually, with more or less diarrhoea, accom- 
panied with fever, soon followed by nausea and vomiting. The evacuation is nearly 
a colorless watery fluid. If the disease is not checked, the child begins to waste; 
the extremities grow cold, the skin shriveled and dry, with great heat in the head 
and bowels ; the face full, eyes dull and sunk, pulse weak and irregular. If no 
remedy is administered, the child sinks into insensibihty, with great prostration, and 
soon dies. The continuance of the complaint is various, depending upon air, nurs 
ing, diet, medical treatment, etc. It is often fatal in a few hours, or it may last for 
months. When the disease continues long, the membrane of the stomach and 
bowels becomes ulcerated. 

The complaint sometimes assumes a chronic form, in which case the child is re- 
duced to a living skeleton ; the tongue and cheeks break out with canker ; the face 
and other parts bloat. 

In cholera infantum, if the stomach is overloaded, give a little salt and water, to 
induce vomiting, and to cleanse the stomach ; if the child is taken with cramps and 
cold chills, wrap it up in a woolen sheet, wet with water as warm as can be borne, 
to induce a sweat, until the cramps cease. At the same time bathe the German 
Ointment on the stomach and bowels. Take off the wet sheet before it is cold, and 
then wrap the child in a dry woolen sheet. If the child is taken with fits or spasms, 
give a small dose of the Heart Regulator, in a little water, and repeat it, if necessary— 
which will revive life and action. When the child is restored to quiet, if there are 
evacuations of the bowels, give a dose of Anti-Bilious Pills, or of castor oil, to move 
the bowels, and follow with the Dysentery Specific, until discharges are regular and 
natural. While the child is vomiting, it should be held with the face downwards. 
Never lay it on its back, lest the vomiting produce strangulation, and cause death. 
This treatment is for immediate use; it has saved the life of the author's little child 
in two instances. But, in all cases of this disease, where the symptoms are at all 
alarming, it is advisable to call in the services of a physician. 

Dysentery. — This complaint is an affection or inflammation of the alimentary 
canal. It is attended with nausea, brain fever, and fetid or bloody evacuations, and 
is often contagious. 

The dysentery is a most virulent and fatal complaint, and, often, is as intractable 
as the Asiatic cholera. It prevails in both city and country, sometimes in the form 
of isolated cases, at others attacking great numbers in a place, while adjacent towns 
will be free from it. In some instances, the inhabitants of the most healthy country 
towns are attacked by it in great numbers, and many of them die off. If it is not 
speedily overcome, it often assumes the form known as Bloody Dysentery, and be- 
comes highly dangerous. It prevails throughout the year, but with greatest viru- 
lence in the months of July, August and September. The deaths from this disease 
\n New York city annually fall but a very little below one thousand ! 

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Morbid humors retained in the circulation, mixed with the blood, and thrown upon 
Jie intestines, causing irritation and inflammation, often result in dysentery. Unwhole- 
some diet, wet clothes, night air, damp beds, sudden changes of weather, etc., aro 
predisposing causes. In jails, hospitals, ships and camps, it is often caused by con- 
tagion, becoming epidemic. 

Dysentery is generally preceded by a bad appetite, flatulence, costiveness, sickness 
at the stomach, vomiting, and chills, succeeded by heat in the skin. When evacua- 
tions commence, the inflammation begins to occupy the lower part of the intestinal 
tube. Evacuations are preceded by severe griping, and a rumbling noise. Some- 
times pure blood is voided. The acute dysentery sometimes runs into the chronic 
form, arising from ineffectual struggles in the system to excite a healthy action ; or 
from errors in diet, check of perspiration, &c. 

In all cases of dysentery, give the Dysentery Specific, until the siools become 
natural, and the inflammation is subdued. If there is no blood evac lated, a dose 
of the Anti-Bilious Pills, to cleanse the stomach, may be taken; then use the 
Specific. 

Diarrhoea. — This is characterized by frequent evacuations of the bowels, with a 
pressing down, or desire to discharge their contents. This disease is aUo very pre- 
valent, and universal, existing chiefly in the summer months, and mo r e general in 
the city than country. It is also often fatal. About five hundred die annually in 
New Tork of diarrhoea. 

Anything which increases the action of the intestines may induce this disease, 
such as improper food, or irritating substances ; and it is sometimes occasioned by 
bile of an acrid or vitiated quality ; by a suppression of perspiration, by worms, and 
by crude and unripe fruits. In some persons there are a great variety of agents 
that will bring on a diarrhoea. 

In this complaint, the discharges are generally preceded by a murmuring noise in 
the intestines, flatulence, and uneasiness in the lower part of the bowels. The ap- 
pearance of the evacuations is various ; generally thin and watery, especially after 
the first discharge. As the disease advances, sickness, nausea^ and vomiting some- 
times prevail ; the countenance turns pale ; the skin is dry and rigid ; there is more 
or less emaciation, and great weakness. Dropsy of the lower extremities is some- 
times induced. 

Simple diarrhoea often becomes chronic in its character, and will continue for a 
long time very obstinate, with continual preternatural discharges from the bowels. 

For diarrhoea, use the Dysentery Specific, with an occasional dose of the Anti- 
Bilious Pills, until the disease is checked. The Pills are used to purge the system 
of the impurities that induced the disease ; and until these are removed, it is not 
always advisable to check the evacuations. If we do so, the disease will soon return. 
But if the system be first cleared out, and then evacuations checked, we have 
effected a cure. 

Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Dysentery and Diarrhoea, may be prevented by taking a 
dose of the Anti-Bilious Pills once a fortnight, and Dysentery Specific two or three 
times a week, especially in the season when these complaints prevail, and particu- 
larly if the person be inclined to looseness of the bowels. This course will keep 
the system purged of all those impurities which render it liable to attacks of this 
character, and will save much expense and misery, and preserve many lives. The 



284 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

great waste of life by bowel complaints is altogether needless (since it might be 
prevented), and is an unnecessary tax upon human existence. 



OFFICES OF THE SKIN. 

The skin is the organ of feeling ; it is that part of the body through which, as an 
organ of sense, we hold a large share of our communications with surrounding ob- 
jects. Through it we are warned of contact with other bodies. It may be regarded 
as the peculiar seat of feeling ; and it is by knowledge communicated to the brain 
through this and other mediums, that we are warned of danger and often shielded 
from harm. 

In order that the faculty of feeling shall remain unimpaired, cleanliness should be 
enforced, and garments of an irritating character not be used. The neglect of either 
of these rules will have a more or less powerful tendency to thicken the skin, and 
render insensible, in some degree, the delicacy of feeling. Those persons pursuing 
a rough occupation, or who are exposed to the violence of the weather, lose the. 
acute sensibility of feeling possessed under other circumstances. 

Feeling is useful in conveying a knowledge of temperature. It indicates the degree 
proper for health ; and for this purpose is much better than any mechanical instru- 
ment. 

The feeling with reference to temperature should always be regarded as a rule 
for health in the relation to the clothing ; particularly should this be regarded by all 
persons of delicate constitution. 

Besides this office of feeling, the skin has another important one — that of carrying off 
by perspiration, through its pores, a large portion of the natural waste of the human 
system. The pores of the skin are numberless ; and through these, when the body 
is in health, there is constantly escaping a waste of the body in perspiration, and 
m other forms unseen. When the pores of the skin become closed, the body is sure 
to be infested with disease ; for the wastes of the system being debarred escape, 
they remain to render the blood impure, from which spring numerous complaints. 
The necessity, therefore, of keeping the skin in a healthy condition, by cleanliness (a*» 
I have remarked previously), and by other means, is at once made obvious. It if 
on this account, as one reason, that all compressions of the clothes should be 
avoided ; that the body should occasionally be thoroughly aired, and that no means 
whatever should be taken to prevent a free passage through it of waste and per- 
spiration. Indeed, we may consider this as one of the essential laws of health, for 
whosoever allows the pores of his skin to be closed up will soon repent it in sick- 
ness an 1 suffering. 

Throughout its whole extent, the skin consists of three layers, one over the other 
The outermost, or cuticle, is an exceedingly thin substance, which may be observe^ 
to peel off when the hand is accidentally frayed, or when it is raised by a blister ; 
the next is a layer which contains the coloring matter, giving, as the case may be, 
a shade from the slightest tan to the sooty black of the negro ; and the third or low- 
est is the true skin, a thick layer, which, when taken off animals, is tanned into lea- 
ther. As a whole, the skin is much more thin and delicate at one part than ano< 
ther that upon the soles of the feet and palms of the hands being, by constant use, 
the thickest and most durable. An unthinking person would suppose that thn iw* 



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face of the body, from its general smoothness, was so close in texture that neither 
air nor liquid could pass readily through it. Such would be a mistake. The whole 
membrane maj be likened to a sieve. Throughout its entire extent, externally and 
internally, there are a multitude of small holes or outlets, so closely set together, that 
we could not anywhere puncture the skin with the point of a needle without 
touching one of them. These holes, called pores, communicate with the ducts be- 
neath, and these ducts terminate in glands or receptacles in the muscle. 

Through this medium portions of the fluids no longer required in the system are 
conveyed to the surface of the body, when they escape into the atmosphere usually 
in the form of vapor, but sometimes as perspiration. In the extreme heat of sum- 
mer, or when engaged in hard work, this liquid exhalation is very apparent. Not 
being observable in ordinary circumstances, it is styled the insensible perspiration. 
In this office of an exhaler, the skin acts as an auxiliary to the lungs, which throw 
off more copiously the waste liquid of the system in the form of vapor and deterio- 
rated air. 

The largest quantity of insensible perspiration from the iungs and skin together 
amounts to thirty-two grains per minute, three ounces and a quarter per hour, or 
five pounds per day. Of this the cutaneous constitutes three-fourths, or sixty ounces 
in twenty-four hours. The smallest quantity amounts to eleven grains per minute, 
01 one pound eleven and a half ounces in twenty-four hours, of which the skin fur- 
nishes about twenty ounces. The medium or average amount is eighteen grains a 
minute, of which eleven are from the skin, making the cutaneous perspiration in 
twenty-four hours about thirty-three ounces. As seventeen ounces of water at an 
ordinary temperature are equal to about a pint, it appears that a man in good health 
and in general circumstances exhales through the skin nearly two pints of liquid 
daily. That such a large quantity should escape unnoticed, seems indeed strange ; 
but when the extent of surface which the skin presents, calculated at 2500 square 
inches, is considered, these results do not seem extravagant. But even admitting 
that there may be some unperceived fallacy in experiments, and that the quantity is 
not so great as is here stated, still, after making every allowance, enough remains to 
demonstrate that exhalation is a very important function of the skin. And although 
the precise amount may be disputed, it is quite certain that the cutaneous exhala- 
tion is more abundant than the united exertions of both bowels and kidneys ; and 
that, according as the weather becomes warmer or colder, the skin and kidneys al- 
ternate in the proportions of work which they severally perform, most passing off by 
the skin in warm weather, and by the kidneys in cold. The quantity exhaled in- 
creases after meals, during sleep, in dry warm weather, and by friction, or whatever 
stimulates the skin ; and diminishes when digestion is impaired, and in a moist at- 
mosphere. 

Besides their exhaling functions, the pores and other minute organs in the skin 
absorb air and moisture from the atmosphere, though less actively than the lungs, 
and are therefore inlets as well as outlets to the system. When the pores are in a 
state of great openness, or relaxation from heat, the power of absorption is mate- 
rially increased. Hence, contagious diseases are more readily caught by touch when 
the body is warm and moist, than when dry and cold. A pure and bracing atmo- 
sphere is well known to be more conducive to health than one which is heavy and 
-rl axing. 

When in a perfectly healthy condition, the skin is soft, warm, and covered with a 



286 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

gentle moisture ; the circulation of the blood is also in a state of due activity giving 
it a fresh and ruddy color. The degree of redness, as, for instance, in the cheeks, 
is usually in proportion to the exposure to the outer atmosphere ; such exposure, 
when not too severe, causing active circulation of the blood not only throughout the 
body, but to the most minute vessels on the surface. Hence the pale and unhealthy 
hue of persons confined to the house and close sedentary employment, and the rud- 
dy color of those who spend much of their lives in the open air. When tLe expo- 
sure is too severe, or more than can be conveniently counterbalanced by the animal 
heat, a chill, as already stated, is the consequence, and the skin assumes a pale ap- 
pearance, the forerunner, it may be, of bodily indisposition : the insensible perspira- 
tion has been suppressed, and the lungs have got into a state of serious irritation, 
which the Lung Corrector readily relieves. The German Ointment, warmth, and 
other remedies, restore the healthy functions of the pores ; but when the cold is ne- 
glected, inflammation of the bronchise, or air-tubes communicating with the lungs. 
or some other pulmonary affections, ensue, the lamentable issue of which may be 
death, except the proper remedies are used in season to remove the disease. 

Says Dr. Beach — "Evacuations from the skin invariably lessen the force of the 
heart and arteries, by taking from the circulation every agent which is useless or in- 
jurious ; and, by relaxing the constriction of the surface, they remove congestions 
by a determination of blood to the extreme vessels ; and, in a word, lay the axe, as 
it were, at the root of the disease. 

" No sooner does perspiration break out in a fever patient, than there is a miti- 
gation of all the symptoms ; the dry, pale, and husky state of the skin is removed ; 
the balance in the circulation is restored, and very often a violent attack of fever is 
cut short as soon as free sweating takes place. The object then should be imme- 
diately to restore perspiration, and continue it throughout the course of the fever ; 
not violent sweating, but moderate perspiration, or a gentle moisture of the skin. It 
is by this moisture, or the dry and parched state of the skin, that we form a favora- 
ble or unfavorable opinion of the fever. If natural perspiration cannot be produced, 
we predict danger. On the contrary, if it can be promoted and kept up, we predict 
a favorable issue." 

In all cases where the pores of the skin have become closed, whether to a small 
or a great extent, so that the function of perspiration cannot be carried on, exter- 
nal use should be made of the German Ointment, in all parts where perspiration is 
impeded. This will open the pores, and allow the waste to escape. Also, use the 
Water Regulator, which will carry off all deposits made in the kidneys ; also the 
Anti-Bilious Pills, which relieve the stomach and bowels ; and if there be any affec- 
tion of the lungs or throat, or catarrhal difficulties, use the Lung Corrector and Ca- 
tarrh Snuff. In some cases it may not be necessary to use more than one of these ; 
but where there is a general suppression of the natural waste, they will all be re- 
quired, and, acting together, will restore the system to its equilibrium and to health. 



DROPSY. 

Dropsy is understood to be a collection of water from the blood in some part 01 
the system. It arises from the watery part of the blood not being carried off through 
the usual places of its evacuation, as in urinating, perspiration, &c, and left to ooz<? 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL "LIGHTHOUSE. 287 

through, the veins, and collect in some part of the system. This collection may be 
formed in the head, in the chest, in the abdomen, in the ovarium, in the womb, or 
may be diffused through the cellular membranes of the system. 

Dropsy of the head is almost peculiar to children, being rarely known to extend 
beyond the age of twelve or fourteen. Sometimes it will be found to affect nearly 
all of a family of children at a particular period of life. In some cases the amount 
of water collected in the head is enormous, and the head becomes swelled to a pro- 
digious size, Tapping has been attempted in this disease, but it generally proves 
fatal. When water has collected, the only proper method of treatment is to evacu- 
ate it through the medium of the perspiratory and urinating organs, by stimulating 
them to a healthy action 

Dropsy of the abdomen is a collection of water in the cavity of the abdomen, either 
in the cavity itself! or i n sacs connected with some of the viscera. For this com- 
plaint tapping is generally resorted to ; but, though it afford temporary relief, the 
water is certain to collect again, and thus the patient may submit to a dozen opera- 
tions, and no cure be effected. Instead of this, the proper remedies should be given 
to assist the watery portions of the blood to pass off in the natural way. This done, 
the dropsy would not return. 

In cases of females, it is often not easy to distinguish between a dropsy of the 
abdomen and a state of pregnancy, or a case of polypus in the womb ; and there 
have been cases (how common I will not say,) where unmarried females enciente 
have persisted till a very late day, in declaring they were subject to dropsy, when 
in truth such was not the case. "When deception is intended, and the patient will 
not submit to an examination, the physician is liable to imposition. This im- 
position should never be attempted, for it may lead to most disastrous and fatal re- 
sults. Often has the trocar been plunged into the pregnant uterus, with fatal result 
to the patient. In all cases of pregnancy, whether the lady be married or unmarried, 
she should have no hesitation in informing her physician of her true situation, if he 
is a man in whom confidence can be placed ; and if he is not, it is better not to seek 
bis advice. 

In dropsy of the abdomen, the water should first be evacuated, after which itir 
re-accumulation should be prevented by restoring the system to a healthy state. 

Dropsy of the Ohest is a collection of water in the membrane that surrounds the 
heart, or in the cavities of the thorax. Sometimes it is diffused into the cellulai 
tissue of the lungs ; occasionally the water is contained in membranous cysts or 
sacs. In some instances it exists without any other kind of dropsical affection, but 
more generally prevails as a part of universal dropsy. Bleeding and mercury often 
occasion this complaint, by the debility and effusion they produce; also it may arise 
from inflammation of the lungs, liver, or neighboring organs, or from the use of malt 
liquors and ardent spirits. 

[Of Dropsy of the Ovaria, see under head of "Womb and Ovarian Diseases.] 

Dropsy of the Womb sometimes occurs. It is distinguished from dropsy of the 
abdomen by being confined to the region of the uterus ; a tumor will appear over 
the region of the womb, resembling in shape the figure of that organ. This disease 
usually soon runs into a general dropsy. Its treatment must be the same as foi 
dropsy of the abdomen. 



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Cellular Dropsy, or Dropsy all over, is a col 
lection of water in the cellular membrane, 
which is extensively diffused throughout the 
body. It usually commences in the lower ex- 
tremities ; by degrees ascends, and finally oc- 
cupies the whole trunk of the body. When 
the effusion has become very general, the cellu- 
lar membrane of the lungs partakes of the 
affection. Sometimes the legs and ankles will 
become so distended that the water will ooze 
through the pores of the skin, or elevate it in 
the form of small blisters. 

It is probable that the first cause of every 
species of dropsy exists in the kidneys, in con- 
sequence of their ceasing to perform their office 
or failing to secrete the urine. When this oc- 
curs, it is re-absorbed and taken into the circu- 
lation, when the exhalents pour it out faster 
than the absorbents can take it up ; the conse- 
quence of which is a watery collection, called 
dropsy. It is known that a diminution of urine is the characteristic of dropsy, and 
that those medicines which stimulate the kidneys to healthy action and cause them 
to secrete or separate the urine from the blood, relieve or cure the disease. This is 
the explanation of its cause. 

Instead, therefore, of resorting to the inefficient means in general vogue, we 
should seek that which will effect a radical cure, by restoring to health the kidneys, 
and by opening free evacuations of the watery parts of the blood through all the 
natural modes of escape. To this end, we may make use of the Water Regulator, 
the German Ointment, the Anti-Bilious Pills, and the Blood Renovator. Persons 
wishing to treat themselves for dropsy, will find these the best remedies they can 
obtain. They seldom fail to effect a radical cure, unless the case be very obstinate ; 
in which event, a more particular course of medicine can be had, on application by 
letter or in person. 




No. 48. — Dropsical all over. 



JAUNDICE AND LIVER COMPLAINTS. 



Jaundice is a disease consisting in a suffusion of bile to the surface of the body, 
whereby the whole skin is discolored — generally yellow ; but there is a species of 
the disease called the black jaundice. The immediate cause is an obstruction of the 
bile in its passage into the duodenum. 

Jaundice first shows itself by a listlessness and want of appetite ; the patient be- 
comes dull, oppressed, and generally costive. Soon the skin grows yellow, and 
the urine becomes high colored, with a yellowish sediment. As the disease ad- 
vances, the color becomes deeper, and the internal membranes, the bones, and the 
brain itself become tinged. All the secretions are affected with the yellow color of 
the bile ; the spittle becomes yellow and bitter ; and even the blood is sometimes 
Ringed. Finally, the blood acquires a tendency to dissolution and putrefactioc 



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Bleeding from various parts of the body ensues ; and the patient frequently dies of 
an apoplexy ; though in some cases jaundice degenerates into dropsy. 

The liver is the seat of various disorders — inflammations, consumption, abscesses, 
scirrhus, &c, and is often troubled with the grub, and subject to enlargement. 

In cases of jaundice, or of the various complaints of the liver, use the Anti- 
Bilious Pills, Blood Renovator and Water Regulator, which are remarkably effica- 
cious in these diseases — removing the obstructions, regulating the bile and the 
water, cleansing the blood, and removing the yellowness from the skin. 



INHALATION FOR PULMONARY CONSUMPTION AND THROAT 

DISEASES. 

The treatment of pulmonary affections, and diseases of the throat and lungs 
generally, by the inhalation of some single article or some compound, has been fre- 
quent, if not general, for many years. The fact that the lungs and the throat are 
peculiarly open to this method of treatment, by reason of the air being immediately 
conveyed to them, without interruption, undoubtedly first suggested the method. 
But, unfortunately for the patient, the manner in which the inhalation has been 
generally practiced, has made this method productive of more injury than good. 

It is well known that persons exposed to chemical fumrjs or to dust of any kind, 
like that in cutlery establishments, (of which I have elsewhere treated,) experience 
a greater or lesser degree of irritation in the throat and lungs, inducing cough, and 
after long exposure, often running into consumption. The delicate membrane of the 
throat and lungs will not bear the irritation of dust, or of chemical fumes, or of 
Bmoke, without disturbance, and the production of disease. The effluvia from vege- 
table substances sometimes causes an attack of the asthma, and the aroma of flowers 
has been known to produce like effect. 

From these facts, it becomes obvious that, in case of lung or throat disease, 
remedies may be applied directly through the medium of the air, by inhalation. The 
remotest parts of the lungs, and the most deep-seated ulcers, may be immediately 
reached in this way. 

Proceeding upon this knowledge, many physicians made use of inhalation in tho 
treatment of consumption, by means of fumigation. But, as I have before stated, it 
produced more evil than good, by causing an irritation, which was more powerful 
for ill than were the properties of the article inhaled for healing. The small particles 
of which smoke is composed, finding their way into the air cells of the lungs, cause 
great irritation there, and thus, by smoking tobacco or stramonium, for asthma, al- 
though temporary relief may be afforded, the final effect is injurious. So also, 
with fumigation with tar ; and, in short, all other articles used in this way. 

How, then, is inhalation to be conducted without producing injury and counter- 
balancing the good effects ? I answer, in the form of vapor. In this, all cause of irrita- 
tion is removed, and all the benefits of inhalation may be derived, without the evils 
resulting from fumigation. Water being freely formed in the lungs, and those organs 
being always bedewed with vapor, it will be obvious, after consideration, that in- 
halation of remedies through the vapor of water is the most natural, proper and effi- 
cacious. Whatever remedies may be applied to the throat and lungs by breathing, 
should be administered in the form of vapor from water, the articles l^mg dissolves 
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290 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

or bailed therein, so as to obtain their strength ; and then, if the remedies thorn 
selves be appropriate, no unpleasant or injurious effects will follow. 

In cases of common catarrh, in its first stages, the vapor of pure water, in con- 
nection with the use of my Catarrh Snuff, will be found highly efficacious. In tho 
forming stage of a mild influenza, the vapor of water may be used with great advan- 
tage. Also, in acute bronchitis, where the inflammation has been mostly subdued 
by other remedies, inhalation of the vapor of pure water is of service. It is par- 
ticularly useful when the throat is dry and expectoration scanty. The vapor may 
be inhaled through a tube, for which glass or porcelain is to be desired. But in 
all these affections, as well as in all others where the inhalation of vapor is made 
use ofj it should not be relied upon to the exclusion of other remedies, such as I 
have mentioned in speaking of the various diseases of the throat and lungs. 

In chronic bronchitis, and in debilitated states of the air passages, the vapor of bal- 
sam of copaiba, fir, Yenice turpentine, Canada balsam, or tar, may be used. A small 
quantity of either of these may be put in a vessel of boiling water, and the vapor 
inhaled when the water has become sufficiently cooled. These articles, however, 
must be used with caution, and their effects carefully watched, and then a selection 
made to suit the state of the patient. A very good way to inhale them is to fill a 
room with the vapor from a large kettle. Benzoin is also made use of in chronic 
bronchitis ; but as it is likely to produce coughing, it must be administered with 
care, and not breathed through an inhaler, but more indirectly and diluted. Balsam 
of tolu is sometimes used, and may be taken into the throat through an inhaler. 

In a relaxed state of the membrane lining the lungs, astringent and tonic vapors 
.ara required. Use may be made of oak bark, pure green tea, or tannin. 

When it is desired to increase expectoration, pure distilled vinegar may be used 
— but no other, as common vinegar will generally contain sulphuric acid. 

To allay the paroxysms of spasmodic asthma, the vapor of tobacco or of stramo- 
nium may be inhaled. But these articles, and particularly tobacco, should be em- 
ployed with great caution. 

In sore throat, the vapor of pure water, vinegar, chamomile, and hops will give 
relief. But in none of the above named diseases must inhalation be relied upon to 
effect a cure. It is to be practiced in connection with taking proper medicines, and 
thus may be beneficial. 

In pulmonary consumption, where there is great prostration, and but little in« 
flammation in the affected part, the vapor of tar, balsam of tolu, storax, balsam oi 
Peru, benzoin, and myrrh may be used. But as these articles are calculated to 
stimulate, they are useful only in the state above mentioned. Where less stimula- 
tion is needed, the vapor from elecampagne, or squills, may be employed. In vio- 
lent coughs, sedative inhalations should be used, as conium, or stramonium, the lat- 
ter to be infused in ether, and fifteen drops to half a drachm inhaled every twelve 
hours. The vapor of alcohol has been used with the most beneficial effects. It 
may be breathed from an inhaler, or the chest of the patient swathed in cloths kept 
wet with some kind of alcoholic spirits, and the body kept sufficiently warm to 
cause evaporation. 

In the application of any of these remedies, the precise condition of the lungs 
should, if possible, be known ; for, if carelessly or injudiciously employed, and the 
proper remedy for the existing particular state of the lungs be not used, an article 
of different properties may be injurious. Hence, the expediency of an examina- 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 291 

ttori in order to ascertain the condition of those organs. And in all cases where 
an examination cannot be had, and the patient is desirous of employing inhalation, 
commencement should be made with remedies of the mildest and least irritating 
character. When the condition of the lungs can be known, and when, from know- 
ing their condition and the state of the patient, articles can be selected suitable for 
the case, the most beneficial effects will follow from the inhalation of vapor. 

The articles mentioned to be employed in inhalation can be obtained in almost 
any place, and may be procured by the patient. But as many of my patients have 
uesired me to prepare a compound for this purpose, to be used in connection with 
my other remedies for the complaints mentioned in the foregoing, I have combined 
from the best articles for inhalation an Inhaling Fluid, which is varied to suit the 
various diseases of the throat and lungs, and the various stages of those diseases, 
and is included in my course of medicines in all cases where it is needed. In hun- 
dreds of instances I have found it a valuable aid in the treatment of consumption. 
Indeed, there are some cases where it could not with safety be dispensed with ; 
although alone, not this, nor any other article for inhalation can be relied upon to 
effect a cure. [See notice of the Inhaling Fluid.] 



THE STREET DUST. 

The dust of the streets of a large city is a most horrible compound of a great 
number of ingredients. Of how many different articles it is composed, it would bo 
impossible to say ; but we may give some of them. 

City street dust contains common sand, powdered stone, manure and urine of va- 
rious animals and of men, dried plaster, pulverized brick, ashes of all sorts, decayed 
vegetables of all kinds, slops of kitchens, filth of drains and sinks, old quids of to- 
bacco and stumps of cigars powdered up, the contents of spittoons, mucus from the 
throats of diseased men and animals, venereal poisons from prostitutes and libertines, 
evacuations from the stomachs of inebriates, matter from running sores, glandulous 
matter from the noses of horses, putrid emanations from manufactories of all kinds, 
expectoration of consumptives, scabs from old sores, poisonous matter from small-pox, 
leather clippings, saw dust, iron and brass filings, rust, and, in brief; everything 
filthy that can be thought of. These are well powdered, then nicely mixed up in 
the gutters, there dried, and then left to be raised by the feet of men and the 
wheels of carriages, to be inhaled by every one who goes out of doors to breathe 
the air. 

As I have shown, the brick, pulverized stone, plaster, iron-filings, etc., of this 
compound, irritate and inflame the throats and lungs of persons ; the more filthy 
ingredients operate upon the inflamed parts to poison them, and thus is directly 
produced ulceration, pulmonary consumption, bronchitis, sore eyes, blindness, ca- 
tarrh, and various other diseases. 

This street dust is a great and serious oviL It is the cause of thousands of deaths 
every year. It lays the foundation for the most fatal complaints ; and besides be- 
ing almost intolerable at the time it is inhaled, it is an enemy from which no man 
who enters the street can escape, until by public action it is extirpated. The phy- 
sician advises his improving patient to walk or ride out and take the air for health 
Mid luxny— -but such air! it is death to bieatbe it, and the patient had better run 



292 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

the risk of dying quietly at home than venture into the streets of our unclear* 
cities. If deadly vipers were curled across the sidewalks, to sting the passers-by 
with their envenomed tongues, the whole multitude would cry out to the rulers — 
" Away with them ! away with them I" And they would soon be removed, or the 
people would become enraged and rise up to take the power into their own hands. 
The street dust of New York is not a viper in the animal form ; but it comes in a more 
deadly shape, and its poisons are inhaled where people are not prepared to resist or 
to endure them. 

This death-dealing nuisance should be abated. It is a matter not difficult to be 
done ; and the cleanings of the streets will, in general, sometimes more than pay 
the cost of gathering and removal. It should be required that every house deposit 
its waste matter, such as ashes, vegetable remnants, &c, at an early hour in the 
morning ; these should be removed in carts by seven o'clock in the morning in the 
summer season, and by eight in the winter in the large thoroughfares, and during the 
day from the less frequented streets. The streets and side-walks should be thorough- 
ly swept every morning by the owners or occupants of property adjacent, the dirt 
collected in piles, and these removed in public carts, before the working and busi- 
ness hours of ordinary occupations ; or else the whole business should be made a 
public matter, and promptly performed. 

The dust around piles of brick in the streets should be collected up in a neat 
manner, and when an old house is pulled down, the rubbish should not be allowed 
to fill up the street, and scatter about the neighborhood, but the owner should be 
compelled to keep it cleared up. By introducing and enforcing such a system as 
this, our streets, instead of being receptacles for the breeding of diseases and the 
generation of death to the inhabitants, would become comparatively pleasant, and 
infinitely more healthy than they now are. Another cause of consumption and 
throat diseases, would have been annihilated, the bills of mortality diminished, and 
we should be much advanced in the scale of sanitary regulations for the promotion 
of health. 

But such steps as these are objected to on the score of expense. It would cost so 
much, say people. But let us look at it in the pecuniary light, and see if there is 
not more lost by neglect of this and similar matters than it would cost to practice 
them. The inspector of the city of New Tork, alluding to this matter, says: 

" The following extract from Dr. Lyon Playfair, of Lancashire, enforces this in 
an able manner. It is quoted verbatim, with the exception of the name and fig- 
ures applying to New York, instead of Lancashire. ' There are every year in New 
York 7340 deaths, and 220,000 cases of sickness, which might be prevented! — and 
0000 of the deaths consist of adults, engaged in productive labor. Further, every 
individual in New York loses 19 years, or nearly one-half of the proper term of his 
life, and every adult loses more than ten years of his life, and from premature old 
age and sickness much more than that period of working ability. Without taking 
into consideration the diminution of the physical and mental energies of the survi- 
vors from sickness, and other depressing causes ; without estimating the loss from 
the substitution of young and inexperienced labor, for that which is skillful and 
productive ; without including the heavy burdens incident to the large amount of 
preventible widowhood and orphanage ; without calculating the loss from the ex- 
cess of births, resulting from the excess of deaths, or the cost of the maintenance 
of an infantile population, nearly one-half of which is swept off before it attain? 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 293 

two years of age, and about sixty per cent, of which never become adult productive 
laborers ; and with data in every case much below the truth, — I estimate the actual pe- 
cuniary burdens borne by the community in the support of removeable disease and 
death in New York alone, at the annual sum of thirteen millions of dollars 1 Thi3 
amount saved yearly, would equal in twenty-four years the total value of the real 
and personal estate of this city, and would doubtless double its value in a much 
shorter time. The inference is just, that it would be true economy for a communi- 
ty to allow its government to carry out every plan of Hygiene, to enforce sumptu- 
ary laws as regards hurtful articles of food and drink, to remove every nuisance, open 
broad avenues through every crowded block, complete the city sewerage, provide 
healthy dwellings, gratis, for the poor, establish hospitals in every ward, and fur- 
nish physicians and teachers of Hygiene for all.' " 

From this we may see. that though we appropriate some $300,000 or $400,000 
annually to clean the city, (by many considered lost.) we lose an amount about 
thirty times as large, by not having the business done thoroughly ! If we properly 
expended a couple of millions yearly to enforce cleanliness, undoubtedly it would 
save us seven or eight millions. So much for the pecuniary view of this matter of 
removing all causes of disease, of which dusty and filthy streets are one. 

It is sad to reflect that the greater part of streets in large cities are given up to 
the destroying demon of dust. Slop, offal — everything is cast into the public high 
way to form a combination of impurity that spreads death on every side. A more 
inexorable pest than that of the sixteenth of an inch of dust on the sidewalks and 
in the streets of New York, to be blown about by every wind, and kicked up and 
inhaled by the throng of people, can hardly be imagined. In a windy day, it is 
almost impossible to live in our business streets, by reason of the dust that fills the 
eyes, the nose, the mouth, the ears ; that spoils the coats of the gentlemen and the 
dresses of the ladies; that blows through every open door and window, and dam 
ages furniture ; that whirls into stores, and spoils thousands of dollars worth of goods- 
that forces the ladies to hide their faces beneath thick veils, to keep the eyes from 
being put out ; and which is an expense and a nuisance in various other ways too 
numerous to mention. 

And surely there is enough money appropriated for this purpose, to have it done. 
Some hundreds of thousands are annually paid out in this city for keeping the 
streets clean. But still it is not done 1 And why is this ? It would seem that the 
money goes into the pockets of office-holders and speculators, while the dust is left 
to go into the throats of the people, to take them to Greenwood or the Potter's 
Field. "While beggars infest the corners and importune the passers, on the score 
that they can get no work, would it not be well to set them to the cleaning of the 
streets and have them paid out of the money that now goes to speculators ? Thus 
two evils would be happily abated ; while now, notwithstanding the large appropria- 
tions, beggars infest the corners and the streets are not cleaned once in six months. 



SUPPRESSION OF INTEMPERANCE. 

Of the manifold evils that arise from excessive use of intoxicating drinks, we are 
in general well aware. I propose a few remarks upon the subject in connection 
with the matter of health. 



294 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

The effects of an excessive use of spirituous liquors of any kind a^e lamentable; tut 
an indulgence to any extent in the vile compounds in this day poured down tho 
throats of men is prejudicial to health and destructive of thousands of lives annually. 
These articles inflame and eat up the coats of the stomach, they poison the blood, 
bloat the body, derange the system generally, deaden the intellectual faculties, 
making of a human being often a worse than beast ; they breed bad habits of various 
kinds ; engender a quarrelsome and devilish disposition ; reduce the individual and 
the family to poverty ; lead to the commission of crimes, and greatly injure society 
generally, as well as finally killing the drinker, and leaving baneful effects to be 
transmitted to succeeding generations. The man accustomed to strong drink be- 
comes reckless; he neglects regular meals; often he is out of doors drunk and 
exposed to the weather, where he takes cold and is led into consumption ; and fre- 
quently he is seized by that terrible demon, delirium tremens, and goes in anguish 
and misery to the grave, leaving a family in poverty behind to be supported by 
others. Than a man given up body and soul to alcohol, a more loathsome object 
can scarcely be met with upon the earth. 

The passion for intoxicating liquor is often hereditary. Dr. Gall makes mention 
of a Russian family in which the father and grandfather fell early victims to drunk- 
enness ; the son, though he saw the consequences of the habit, continued to aban- 
don himself to it, in spite of every resolution to the contrary ; and the grandson, at 
the early age of five years displayed a most decided inclination for strong drink. A 
peculiar state of the organization, giving rise to the mental peculiarity, was in this 
case transmitted to the grandson. 

Dr. Caldwell considers an irresistible desire for intoxicating liquors a symptom of 
oerebral disease, with its seat in the organ of alimentiveness. As long as this dis- 
ease exists, the desire is strongly felt, and every appeal to the understanding of the. 
repentant and unhappy patient is in vain. And he says it can be cured " by the 
same means which are found successful in the treatment of other forms of insanity, 
where the cerebral excitement is preternaturally high. These are, seclusion and 
tranquillity, bleeding, puking, purging, cold water, and low diet. In this prescrip- 
tion, I am serious ; and if it be opportunely adopted and resolutely persevered in, I 
freely peril my reputation on its success. If interrogated on the subject, the resi- 
dent physician of the Kentucky Lunatic Asylum will state that he finds no difficulty 
in curing mania a potu by the treatment here directed." 

T>r. C. thinks that only recent and acute cases can be speedily cured ; the old 
ones are less tractable ; and, as in all other diseases, there are instances where the 
patient is past cure. Dr. C. expresses the opinion, in which I agree, that nothing 
would tend more to diminish the prevalence of habitual drunkenness, than to have 
it deemed and proclaimed a form of madness, and dealt with accordingly. " Hos 
pitals erected for the reception of drunkards with authority given to confine them 
there, would be among the most important institutions that could be established, 
and would effect an immense saving of life, health, property and reputation." 

Of the transmission of this tendency for strong drink, Dr. Caldwell observes : 
" Every constitutional quality, whether good or bad, may descend, by inheritance, 
from parent to child. And a long continued habit of drunkenness becomes as 
essentially constitutional as a predisposition to gout or pulmonary consumption 
This increases, in a manifold degree, the responsibility of parents in relation to 
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THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 29* 

but transmit the elements of like degradation and ruin to their posterity. This is 
no visionary conjecture, the fruit of a favorite and long-cherished theory. It is a 
settled belief resulting from observation on inference derived from innumerable facts. 
In hundreds and thousands of instances, parents, having had children born to 
them while their habits were temperate, have become afterwards intemperate, and 
had other children subsequently born. In such cases it is a matter of notoriety, 
that the younger children have become addicted to the practice of intoxicatiou 
much more frequently than the elder — in the proportion of five to one /" 

At the present time there is a general movement in several states to suppress by 
law the evil of intemperance, by prohibiting the sale of ardent spirits except for 
medicinal or mechanical purposes. Of the expediency and the constitutional right 
to prohibit the sale of liquor there are conflicting opinions ; but that, if the sale 
were prohibited, and men could not obtain the means of intoxication, it would 
result in an invaluable benefit to mankind and to society, would save much of 
poverty, misery, sickness, crime, personal abuse, premature death, and expense to 
the state, by liquor now engendered, there can be no manner of doubt. No man, 
however much he may be opposed to legislation upon the subject, can deny the 
truth of this statement. And this being the case, it certainly is a question worthy 
of the most serious consideration of the physician and philanthropist, if it would not 
De both wise and proper to suppress the evil by legislation. Without this it may 
well be doubted if the monster folly of intemperance, with its long train of miseries, 
will ever cease to exist. If good and pure liquor could be used with discretion, and 
as it ought to be used, it would be a useful article ; but as experience shows us 
that this is not always done, and that much evil results from its abuse, an experi- 
ment in the form of legislation against its sale might with wisdom be made, as a 
part of general sanitary regulations. This would soon give us the whole matter in 
a light where the benefits and the evils of liquor could be pronounced upon statisti- 
cal^ and thereafter the subject would be less open for question. 



EFFECTS OF WEALTH UPON DISEASE. 

The effects of wealth upon the health as well as upon the happiness of the univer- 
sal people of any nation, is a matter worthy the attention of the philanthropic 
physician, the enlightened theologian, and the profound philosopher. By wealth, I 
would be understood as meaning that sufficiency of money, or of other worldly 
goods, which shall provide to every individual and to every family not only the 
bare necessaries of life, but a certain amount of luxuries, and of ease, at proper 
intervals, and of leisure for recreation to make merry and be glad ; and to place 
them so far beyond want at all times, that there shall be no danger of corruption 
by their political views or their ballots becoming marketable goods to be purchased 
by the gold of tyranny and despotism. To this extent did God in his wisdom in- 
tend that all men should enjoy of the world ; but by the seeking out of many 
devilish contrivances by the cunning, and by the establishment of systems of so- 
ciety wherein the laborer does not in one case of an hundred receive the just and 
full rewards of his toil, the intent of the Creator is rendered void, and the conse- 
quence is an enormous addition to the sum total of human misery ; to the murders, 
the suicides, the sicknesses, the premature deaths, and the countless evils that sur 



296 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE 

round us, as punishments therefor ; and a corresponding diminution in the total or 
the happiness, the intelligence, and the health of the mass of any nation. 

It is commonly promulgated that wealth is the parent of the great bulk of all 
crimes, whether of nations or of individuals ; and that its opposite is the father of 
the vast majority of virtues and the mother of the happiness that is among men. I 
boldly deny the truth of this doctrine ; and do so not only by the sanctions of com- 
mon sense and reason, but under the teachings of the invariable experiences of 
the past from the creation of man to the present hour. The commonly preached 
doctrine upon this point is fallacious and without good foundation — the practised one 
is correct, and has been so acknowledged by the actions of mankind through all 
ages, notwithstanding his hypocritical tongue may at times have denied the truth. 

Of the effect of wealth upon the general health of a people, any candid observer 
will admit that it is in the main beneficial. That evils in many cases, both in a 
moral and a physical sense, arise from it, is true ; but these are the results of the 
foolish abuse, or tyrannous use, of it by men, and not of its judicious investment 
under the directions of wisdom. That in the wealthier classes there is a greater 
average duration of life than among the poor, is a truth that careful statistics havo 
proven, as I have shown in the articles on Lung Consumption, and in Occupation 
on Health, and elsewhere in this work. This fact is undeniable ; and it is easy 
to see why it should be so, since we know that the poorer class of people are ne- 
cessitated to eat worse kinds of food, to live in worse tenements, to breathe more 
impure air, both in their abodes and in their business, and that they enjoy less of 
almost everything that contributes to health. Who does not know that all epidemic 
diseases manifest themselves more powerfully and deadly among the poor class of the 
people, and this for the reason that the poor class is obliged to dwell in localities 
and houses which breed disease, and to eat foods often which do no better. 

Says a report on the cholera in Boston, in 1849, speaking of the abodes of that 
class of people among which it mostly prevailed : " Some of these (cellars) are 
divided off into one or more rooms, into which hardly a ray of light, or breath oi 
air passes, and where, notwithstanding, families of several persons reside. How 
the lamp of life, under such circumstances, holds out to burn, even for a day, is, 
perhaps, as great a wonder as that such a state of things should, in this community, 
be suffered to exist. That such residences become the permanent abodes of fever, 
oi some of its forms, is well known to the medical men who visit them ; and that 
they tend to shorten life we may already infer from the statistical tables of Mr. 
Shattuck, who states that the average of Irish life [the class mostly inhabiting 
these places] in Boston does not exceed fourteen years," while the average du- 
ration of life of the entire population is about forty years ! ! This one fact is suffi 
cient of itself, especially when we remember that the same proportion holds every- 
where else under like circumstances, to establish the truth of the point I would claim ; 
since we know that it is the poverty of these people that keeps them inhabitants 
of such vile abodes. 

A committee of the Massachusetts Medical Society, in a report made in 1849, 
present the following remarks upon this subject : 

u There is a very common notion that the privations and discomforts of poverty 
are at least compensated by health. The robust strength of the laborer is often re- 
ferred to as &n example of this compensation. The children, especially of the poor, 
who are often neglected and uncleanly, in want of proper clothing, and exposed tc 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 29*7 

tho severity of the elements, are quoted as proofs of the uselessness of attending to 
many of the rules of health. But all inquiry into the condition of the poor shows 
the fallacy of these opinions and the evil consequences of following them. 

" Mr. Chadwick's report on the sanitary condition of the laboring classes, shows 
that, within the reach of his inquiry, the average age at death of all persons, in- 
cluding father, mother, and children, in the families of the most prosperous classes 
was 42.6 years, and in the families of the poor only 20.4 years ! [A difference of 
more than one-half.] Among the prosperous only 20 per cent., and among tho 
poor 50 per cent, of the deaths were of children under five years. 

" According to Benoistan du Chateauneuf, among: 10,000 persons living at each 
age, and in each class, in Paris, there died — 



Age. 


Rich. 


Poor, 


30 to 40 


10S 


157 


40 to 50 


117 


213 


50 to 60 


199 


359 


60 to 70 


360 


750 


70 to 80 


804 


1456 



" An analysis of the bills of mortality of the town of Dorchester for more than a 
quarter of a century showed that those who had died within that period in the 
families of the poor had enjoyed an average longevity of only 27.4 years, while 
those who died in the families of the prosperous had lived, on an average, 45.6 
years. Among the poor, 31 per cent, and among the prosperous only 12.4 per 
cent, of all the deaths were of children under two years of age. Among the poor 
only 9 per cent., while among the rich 27 per cent, lived to the age of threescore 
and ten years. 

" Wherever this inquiry has been made a similar result has been obtained ; tho 
revelation of a lower degree of health, and a shorter life among the poor, and a 
higher degree of health, and a longer life, among the more prosperous classes." 

Under this point I may quote from Combe, who says: "It has been very common 
to eulogize the simple food and hardy habits of the poor and laboring classes as 
eminently conducive to health, when contrasted with the debilitating effects of tho 
cares and luxuries of the rich. Experience unfortunately reverses the picture, and 
shows, by arithmetical arguments, that the excess of work, and the privations to 
which the poor are habitually exposed, produce a much higher rate of mortality 
among them, especially in seasons of scarcity or commercial depression, than among 
the richer classes of society. And the same thing is further proved by the fact, 
ihat in the army and navy the officers almost invariably suffer less than the men 
from changes of climate, and from the fatigues and calamities of war. In France, 
the mortality among the infants of the poorer classes is said to be nearly double that 
occurring among those in more affluent circumstances ; while, in the wealthier depart- 
ments the average of life is twelve years greater than in those which are poor I ! In 
London, according to Dr. Granville's tables, only 542 infants out of every 1000 
births among the poor survive their second year ; and in Paris, also, the mortality 
in the quarter inhabited by the working classes, is nearly double that which occurs 
among the more wealthy! ! The influence of impoverished diet, defective clothing, 
ind an unfavorable moral position is strikingly exhibited among the c/rildren A 



298 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

soldiers, of whom according to Mr. Marshall, only a very small proportion reach 
the age of manhood, most of them being stinted in their growth, scrofulous in con- 
stitution, and bad in morals." 

As another evidence, take these remarks of the City Inspector of New York : 
" As a great and growing cause of unhealthiness in many sections of our city, permit 
me earnestly to call your attention to the reprehensible practice of erecting dwell- 
ings in too close contiguity, and still worse of dividing them into numerous, con- 
tracted, and ill-ventilated apartments, each of which cupidity fills with a family, by 
the tempting offer of a cheap rent, but ruinously dear in the end to the occupants," 
because it breeds disease. Of such tenements, it is well known that poor people 
are the inmates, because they are not able to hire more cleanly and healthy 
abodes. But to show the effect upon health of cleanliness and air, and other 
sanitary causes, may be considered supererogatory in this place ; it has been already 
done, and it must be evident to all men. But this being admitted, the questions 
arise, how is health to be promoted through sanitary measures, especially in large 
cities, except by the use of wealth t and how is wealth to be used, unless it be first 
had ? It becomes obvious at a glance that no public sanitary measures could be 
adopted among a people all poor, and it is equally obvious that every individual 
who is poor is more or less compelled to abandon those sanitary measures in the 
case of himself and his family that ensure health and a continuance of life. The 
cause is so allied to the effect that it is utterly impossible to separate a certain 
amount of wealth from any family, and keep that family in as good a state of 
health as it would be from a wise and proper use of the wealth. It follows, there- 
fore, that a people dwelling in poverty, dwell also in closer contiguity to disease 
and early death. 

As an illustration of the effects of wealth, wisely used in public sanitary measures, 
both as regards health and morality, we may look back upon ancient Rome in the 
days of her richness and power. Says a writer — " The Romans were the most sa- 
gacious and extensive legislators in these matters. The arrangements for supplying 
the houses of Rome with water were most minute. Those for ventilation and drain- 
age, still traceable in the remains of Roman amphitheatres, have struck our most 
advanced sanitarians with surprise. It is easy to see from Viturvius, and from por- 
tions of the collection of Grasvius, that the rules and operations for the protection ot 
health in Rome, were of a very radical and peremptory character, and allowed no 
minor interests to interfere with theui. It seems to have been a rule with them, that 
from the time when the foundation of a city was laid, to that of the summit of its 
greatness, no structural operation, public or private, should be permitted to take a 
shape which should render it a harbor either for disease or crime. And it is to this 
vigilant forethought that we must attribute the success with which that remarkable 
people preserved social order throughout so dense and vast a mass of human beings, 
as the inhabitants of the imperial city in the days of its greatneep." 

This, be it remembered, was when Rome was " mistress of the world," and wealthy. 
But how was it after her fall ? Says another writer — " The cause of public health 
received a fatal check when Rome fell! Wealth departed from among the people, 
and existed for centuries only in the hands of a few feudal barons. For five centu- 
ries there were no sanitary regulations. The people were too poor to construct the 
means ! In those dark ages frightful epidemics often appeared to desolate the land J" 

And in accordance with this is the history of pestilence in all ages of the world 



lHE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 200 

Health mid wealth, and in great measure the diminution of crime, have been allied 
together. To make a people poor, is to subject them to the ravages of disease, and 
often to force them to the committal of crime, and render them subject to despotism ! 
Who does not know that thousands of men have been driven to commit crime by 
destitution ? And who does not know that thousands of women — the loveliest of 
God's creations — have been forced from the paths of virtue by want, and driven in- 
to the degradation of prostitution, and immolated upon the altar g£ unholy lust? 
Says Dr. Samuel E. Dickenson, late Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medi- 
cine in the New York University : — 

" Men have devoted time enough ineffectually, in continuous efforts to relieve suf- 
fering and punish crime. To prevent them should be our paramount purpose ; and 
I fully believe that the physical destitution of the poor is the chief came of the intem- 
perance, disease, and vice amongst them. 

" I fully believe that if one half the amount expended in hospitals and alms-houses, 
prisons and penitentiaries, were appropriated with judgment to the care of the phy- 
sical well-being of the class with which these institutions are filled, the remaining 
moiety would be far more than sufficient for the necessities that now, with the most 
unsatisfactory results, consume the whole. 

" Extreme poverty, the double cause and consequence of disease, is the most pro- 
lific parent of suffering and crime. Of this the inquiring moralist may be satisfied 
by copious testimony. 

" In the great plagues of Florence, London, and elsewhere, nay, even in the mo- 
dern cholera, the multitude grew violent and reckless. Robbery and murder stalked 
through ihe desolate streets. Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die, became 
the maxim as well with the refined sensualist of the Decameron, as with the grim ruf- 
fians of St. Giles, and the Parisian faubourgs. Such demoralization always follows 
upon the heels of pestilence and famine. It would be Utopian to imagine, that any 
effort can altogether preclude among men, constituted as they are, the infliction of 
extreme poverty upon the improvident and imbecile. But it is possible to diminish 
the number of its victims, and to evade the diffusion of its malignant influence be- 
yond the circle of its inevitable presence. 

"Policy as well as humanity demand that this should be earnestly attempted. 
The rich man, in his luxurious cabin, may be infected by the ship fever of the mis- 
erable emigrant in his crowded steerage. Pent up within the thronged area of a 
great city, he will likewise suffer from the typhus generated in the lanes and alleys, 
hovels and cellars, among which he must reside, or whose pestilential breath he must 
inhale in passing. The citizen who will not provide for the enforced purification of 
the streets and houses, may soon become the victim of the miasms eliminated by 
them." 

But how, permit me to ask, is this to be done without wealth ? I answer, it can- 
not be ! And allow me further to add, that if Dr. Dickenson be correct in his con- 
tusions, poverty not only thus produces disease by forcing people to a certain ex- 
tent to live in filth, and carries those persons to the grave, but it becomes the source 
rom whence also the wealthy man is infected with sickness. So that the destitution 
of one family in the midst of a populous city, will not only bring disease upon the 
members thereof, but will become the nucleus for the destruction of thousands. 

That by vjant thousands of females are forced to the life of the prostitute, who, but 
for that, would have been virtuous and lovely women, is too glaringly true to be 



300 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL UGHTHOUSH. 

denied. Says a minister of the Free "Will Baptist denominatiotoi — "Lavish as is 
heaven of its blessings, still very many of the human family are suffering for the 
want of the necessaries of life. The extent of this suffering varies in various coun- 
tries, but it prevails in all large cities. Of its victims, some will steal to satisfy their 
souls, and others will sell themselves to do iniquity. The history of prostitution 
presents most clear proof of this assertion. In Paris, of 5183 prostitutes, whose cases 
were minutely examined, 1441 had been reduced to that state by sheer destitution. 
It was proved respecting one such, that she had not tasted food in three days. 
Says Tait — ' There are fifty or sixty families in Edinburgh who are almost wholly 
supported by the secret prostitution of the mother, and three times that number who 
are partially maintained in the same manner. A daughter had struggled on six 
years to support herself and bed-ridden mother by the needle ; before sacrificing her 
virtue she sold the last blanket from her mother's bed, and her own last dress.' 

"Who will deny that these are startling considerations? And what is true of 
European cities, is true of American ones, to a greater or less degree. Young girls 
can always get money in our large cities by bartering their virtue. It is an unfail- 
ing dernier resort. Why should it be thought strange that a female, pressed by pale 
want, should do that which a male will do in the absence of this necessity, and with- 
out a scruple ? And why, especially, should it excite wonder, while black-hearted 
seducers and procuresses, knowing this want, swarm thick around, ever ready to 
take advantage of their distressed condition?" 

It should be remarked, that the 1441 harlots mentioned above, were so from sheer 
destitution. Of the total of 5183, 1255 more had lost their parents, or been banished 
from home, or deserted by their parents, and were of consequence more or less the 
victims of poverty; 89 more had resorted to the business as the only means of sup- 
porting some relative ; and 289 others were servants who had been seduced by their 
masters and dismissed in poverty. From these figures we may glean a faint idea of 
the effects of poverty upon prostitution. And now, without speaking of the moral 
influences thus produced, }^ou will have only to refer to what I have said of prosti^ 
tution causing diseases of various kinds, which spread over the land, and are trans- 
mitted down through succeeding generations, to see the effects of poverty upon thi 
health of a people, much of which would have been prevented by the possession oj 
moderate wealth. Of the beneficent influences of wealth, and the evils arising fronr. 
poverty, I might give many other illustrations, were it necessary to do so in order tc 
establish in your minds the truth. Not only are the operations of destitution seer 
in the ways more particularly pointed out, but they may be beheld in every spherr 
of life. Indeed, money, which is the accredited representative of wealth, is the oivct 
upon which the world is turned ! Give a people wealth, and sickness, muraers, sui- 
cides, and a thousand other evils that beset us, would be lessened in a great degree. 
Under the influence of a full pocket, the spirits of the mass of men are elevated, 
their physical well-being is improved, and they are rendered happy as kings. The 
desire for a sufficiency of wealth to guard against the encroachments of want, is a 
natural, proper, and holy one. The attainment of this engages the energies of the 
man of the civilized world, though he live a thousand years, were it possible to re- 
main on earth so long. Let a money panic sweep over the nation, and the counte- 
nances of men become sad; sickness begins to increase; shrivelled faces and rusty 
expressions appear, with steps of debility and dejection. But when the panic has 
passed, the people recover ; the smiles return to the faces, the glow to the checks, 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 301 

and elasticity to the spirits. A loss cf money gives a man the dumps, and puts him 
in chills even in July ; but the making a round sum puts the " blues" to flight, and 
the lucky individual will cock his hat upon one side, and whistle and sing the whole 
length of Broadway. 

Money to man is what fuel is to the engine, oats to the horse, wind to the sail 
vessel, or moisture to the plant. It is the electric impetus to give him motion and 
action, and excite his physical and mental energies. Its possession by all will add 
.to the sum total of happiness that exists among a people. It is an effectual physic 
for the cure of the ills of a nation. Decrease the wealth of a country, and we in- 
crease sickness and crime ; we multiply cross husbands and scolding wives ; we 
nreed despair, misery, and vice, in all their horrible and disgusting forms. 

Look at the mechanic when he has good wages. Is he not more cheerful and 
happy than he would be without enough to keep body and soul together? Look at 
the merchant when his trade is brisk and prices are running high. Does not his face 
wear a more agreeable smile ? See the farmer when his harvest is plentiful, and 
the prices of grain are up. Does not he feel more to rejoice in his soul ? Look at the 
woman when she has plenty at her command to give competence to herself, and to 
clothe her children daintily. Does she not seem more beautiful and happy therefor ? 
But reverse these pictures. Put the mechanic upon barely living wages ; let the 
trade of the merchant be dull ; and behold the farmer with crops destroyed by the rot 
and the tempest, and his herds perishing by disease ; see the woman who has no 
longer the means to clothe and feed herself and her children ! I will not attempt 
to contrast the feelings and the looks of these persons under such circumstances with 
those they display when prospered : you may paint the picture for yourselves. And 
you may draw, too, your portraits of the hard-worked and ill-paid factory girl, and 
imagine to yourselves the faces of the hungering poor; and then tell me if wealth is 
not the sovereign remedy and healing balm for the ills that beset a nation. 

Give us then plenty of work and good pay for the masses ; encourage industry 
by so doing, and talk not of the " blessings of poverty." Let money be the food 
and physic of the nation, and we shall be troubled with less of consumption, of dys- 
pepsia, of murder, of suicide, of insanity, of prostitution, of bitter struggles between 
man and man of animosities, of a thousand evils that beset us on every hand. 

The greatest curse that can ever befall our nation is to have the ambition of the 
laboring people broken down by a continuous system of low wages, and the diver- 
sion of the profits of their toil to the increase of wealth and power in the hands of 
a few, in imitation of European despotisms. To take the honest rewards of hard- 
working men from them and their wives and children, for the purpose of declaring 
large dividends to capital, and increasing gold in the grasp of a small minority, is a 
sin in the sight of God, and a blighting blow upon the liberties of the people. The 
masses of our country — the voters in whose hands now lies the power of the ballot — ■ 
should take warning of the experiences of other nations ; they should consider the 
ways of God in his creation of the universe, and remember that He made every 
thing to give comfort and delight, and minister to the wants of all ; and that He 
did not intend the few should control and sport with the many, for the furtherance 
of their own private and selfish ends. 

As by the healing of one part of the body the whole is rendered more healthy 
and strong, so will a nation be rendered more powerful by placing in a state of 
financial health the interest of each individual member. Tf the wants of the entire 



302 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

,x>dy of the people are studied, as the physician studies the wants of every part oi 
die human system, instead of attending to one or two parts only, and leaving the 
rest to sickness and decay, the permanency of the nation will be rendered more 
certain, and stability receive greater guarantee. As respects the welfare and pros- 
perity of a nation, 'the wants of the people — each and all — should be attended to, as 
the physician attends to every part of the human body. 

Viewing our own nation, or any other, we may say that its rulers, whether 
elected or hereditary, bear the same relation to it as does the stomach to the variou3- 
organs of the human body. The business of the stomach is not to rule over, but 
to minister to the wants of these organs. And when, through foulness and cor- 
ruption, it does not so minister as to give health, ease, and comfort, it requires to be 
puked, purged, fasted, or stimulated to a proper state by the administration of tha 
requisite correctives. So, also, the business of national officers should not be to ruU 
over the people, but to minister to the wants of the great whole ; and when they 
do not do this properly, they should be corrected by the application of the proper 
remedies — the votes of the ballot-box. As a tape worm or other reptile sometimes 
gets into the human system, and thereon fattens, to the great detriment of the 
person, so often does a bad ruler get into the stomach of the nation, and there fattens 
himself at the expense of the people. And in the one case, as in the other, there 
is a decided necessity to physic, kiU, and spew out the tyrannical monster. Often, 
the skillful surgeon is compelled to make use of hooks, needles, and scalpels, to 
eradicate some distressing fungus from the human body ; and so often the masses 
will find it necessary to use the bayonet and the revolver to remove some hideous 
and painful excrescence from the body politic. 

Kepublican liberty, an equality of rights and privileges, and a system under which 
the laborer shall receive the fruits of his toil, and a centralization of wealth be pro- 
hibited, are requisites for the permanence of any country which would give happi- 
ness to the masses of the people. With these, and an encouragement of industry 
among all, the rich as well as the poor, the progress of our nation can never be 
stayed — our freedom can never be confined ; as well might we attempt to hoop up 
Vesuvius, to stop the flow of its heated torrents of lava. Under such circumstances, 
we may become as strong as the powder buried in the rock, to which, when once 
the spark is applied, there can be no restraint imposed ; for when the fire of liberty 
has ignited the wrath of a free people in favor of justice and humanity, the powers 
of despotism must be blasted before it, and its fragments scattered to the four winds 
of heaven ; so that all the medical plasters and healing balsams of tyranny and 
oppression in God's creation can never draw them again together. The republican 
principles of our government are powerful in the dethronement of despotism, if 
they are not betrayed and sold into the hands of the enemy. 

Money, .liberty, ease, and domestic happiness, are as sweet to one man as another; 
and it sweet and desirable to the emperor, the king, or the president, so, also, to 
the industrious laborer — more so to the half-clad and half-starving poor. So long 
as money is the grand pivot on which mankind revolve, the equalisation of it so as 
to give a sufficiency to all who labor, and to make all comfortable and happy, should 
be the first object of government. And as life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, 
and equal rights, are desired by all, in their fullest sense and in their original purity, 
accursed should he be who would seek to deprive the least or the - eakest of them. 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 303 

either by usurpation of power direct, or by hoarding up gold which should pass into 
the hands of the laborers that "have reaped down his fields." 

Considering, as I do, that poverty is a curse, and a far greater source of sickness 
and premature death, both directly and indirectly, than its opposite, I would enforce 
the matter upon your attention by quoting the following : 

" To be possessed of inordinate wealth is not the desire o the great mass of men ; 
but to have a sufficiency to support, in comfortable circumstances, his wife and 
children, should be the first object of every citizen. To be separated from want, 
from youth to old age, by but a single step, is what men should not endure. It is 
well that every one should be blessed with a sufficiency of the ' root of evil' to do 
something more than buy bread from day to day, to keep soul and body together. 
We should have enough to live on comfortably — to occasionally indulge in a day of 
relaxation from labor and innocent recreation — to well clothe and well educate our 
children — to keep ourselves above the filth and the vice that dire poverty engenders 
— to contribute something to those poorer than ourselves — to assist in enlightening 
the minds of darkened mortals with the lights of virtue and religion — and to culti- 
vate those refined tastes, and that love for the good and beautiful, which humanizes, 
and beautifies, and christianizes the minds of men and women — rendering them 
more devoted and pleasing to each other, and more acceptable to the angels in 
heaven ; which elevates us in the scale of living beings, and raises us from the bru- 
tality of the beasts of the field to an approximation unto the character of the Deity. 
To attain to these, and to other good and noble qualities and qualifications, is what 
we should have money to do. * * * Without this, a people sink into the lowest 
depths of ignorance and degradation, which breed disease, pollution, and vice ; 
with it, guided by wisdom, it rises to be second only to the gods. In the former 
condition, life is hardly worth the living — in the latter, it is loveable and glorious. * 
* * We deem it the nobler aim of philanthropy to take more effectual measures 
for bettering the physical condition of the laboring classes — to afford them advice 
in the daily path of business — to teach them the art of thrift, whereby to secure to 
themselves capital and income, so that a period may arrive in their existence when 
they can afford leisure to ' read, learn, and inwardly digest ' — to build them tene- 
ments possessing the advantages of light and ventilation, and healthy situation— 
to teach the beauty and holiness of cleanliness. Would not this be better than dis- 
tributing intellectual food, of moral and religious character, to starving objects of 
misery, inhabiting cellars, in whose precincts a dog would not willingly remain ? — 
nay, would not the means of instruction be better prepared, and rendered far moro 
efficacious by this beginning at the right end ? * * * Without wealth, who among 
us is so powerful as to do aught for the amelioration of the condition of mankind ? 
Could we without it found a school-house for the education of our children ? Could 
we build a church, wherein to worship the Father of the world ? Could we support 
the physician, who ministers to the sickened body, or the priest, who ministers to 
the sickened soul ? Could we find clothes for our wives, or food for our children ? 
Could we live and be decent ? Eschewing all the luxuries and the pleasures of life, 
could we have even the necessaries ? Finally, could we give either liberally or 
stingily to relieve the enslaved nations of the earth from the chains of despotism, or 
from the darkness and ignorance of that heathenism which bows its knee in worship 
unto false gods? * * * That philosophy which teaches that wealth is a curse, an J 
poverty a blessing, is false. * * * It is a philosophy than which none more wron^\ 



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THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 



•mtenable, and unchristian, ever emanated from the brain of man, or originated 
with the devil. It is a very spawn of hell ! This philosophy, practicalized among us, 
would render a man with his wife and children miserable. It would reduce him 
to a level with the most ignorant and degraded of all the most miserable and op- 
pressed inhabitants that flee from the bogs and the famines of Europe to our shores— 
and his children with him ! Under it his sons must be reared in the cursed darkness 
of ignorance, and his daughters in the damned degradation of filth and rags : and 
himself if he have in his breast one spark of refinement above the brute beasts of 
the field, be driven to despair, and to the ending of his sorrows by the death of the 
suicide." Wealth is the abundance of God given to man, to add to his happiness 
upon earth ; but poverty is the net of the Devil for the enslaving of mankind. 

MATURITY AND DECAY. 

For the benefit of those who would wish to know of the average maturity and 
ratio of decay of the human body, in reference to years, as judged of from the 
weight and height at different periods of life, the following table from a long series 
of observations is appended : — 





Feet high. 


Pounds weight. 






Feet high. 


Pounds vm^ht. 


At birth, 


1.64 


7.06 


At birth, 


1.61 


6.42 


1 year, 


2.29 


20.84 


1 


year, 


2.26 


19.39 


5 " 


3.24 


34.78 


5 


n 


3.20 


31.67 


10 " 


4.18 


54.08 


10 


(t 


4.09 


51.89 


15 " 


5.07 


96.40 


15 


it 


4.92 


89.04 


20 " 


5.49 


132.46 


20 


ti 


5.16 


115.30 


25 " 


5.51 


138.79 


25 


« 


5.17 


117.51 


30 " 


5.52 


140.38 


30 


u 


5.18 


119.82 


4J " 


5.52 


140.42 


40 


u 


5.18 


121.81 


50 " 


6.49 


139.96 


50 


it 


5.04 


123.86 


60 " 


5.38 


136.07 


60 


II 


4.97 


119.7? 


no " 


5.32 


131.27 


70 


u 


4.97 


113.60 


80 " 


5.29 


127.54 


80 


« 


4.94 


108.8$ 


90 " 


5.29 


127.54 


90 


II 


4.93 


IO8.81 



It will be observed there is at all periods of life an average greater height and 
vveight of males than females, though it is known to us all that in individual cases 
there are exceptions to this general rule. It will be remarked, also, that there is 
an increase in height in the males till 40, after which they decrease; that females 
attain their full height at 30, remain stationary till 40, and then descend; that 
the males increase in weight till 40, decreasing after that age; but the females 
do not reach their full weight till 50. The increase in weight of females be- 
tween 40 and 50, and the marked decrease in height between those ages, is some- 
what remarkable and curious. And it will be further observed, that the cor- 
respondence in maturity of both weight and height, taking both sexes, with the 
average duration of life, is marked and palpable. To these rules, however, it should 
no recollected there are exceptions in individuals, in all save the height. It is pro- 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 305 

bable, indeed, there is no instance recorded to the contrary, that all persons of the 
male sex attain their full height before 40, and all of the female by the age of 30 
And in regard to weight, it may be observed, that wherever we find an increase 
after the ages of 40 or 50, that mcrease cannot be said to be either a natural or a 
healthy one, unless previous to that time the person had been laboring under the 
effects of some disease, and had then recovered from it. The increase of weight 
after 40 and 50 is almost always the result of a species of disease induced by over- 
eating or over-drinking ; it is far from natural, and in ninety-nine of an hundred 
cases is detrimental to the general health of the individual, if not producing positive 
and specifio complaint of one kind or another. So that, these things being con- 
sidered, we observe that the age of 40 years is in both sexes the average of matur- 
ity of the body, and that from thence there is a gradual descent as before there had 
been a gradual upward inclination. 

And thus we see, that though life may, as it should be, be prolonged by obedience 
of the laws of health, there is finally death appointed unto all. " The last character," 
says an author, " by which the living body is distinguished, is that of terminating 
its existence by the process of death. The vital energies by which the circle of 
actions and reactions necessary to life is sustained, at length decline, and finally be- 
come exhausted. Inorganic bodies preserve their existence unalterably and forever, 
unless some chemical force, or some mechanical agent, separate their particles or 
alter their composition. But in every living body, its vital motions inevitably cease, 
sooner or later, from the operation of causes that are internal and inherent. Thus, 
to terminate its existence by death, is as distinctive of a living being as to derive 
its origin from a pre-existing germ." 

Says Combe: — " Death appears to be a result of the constitution of all organized 
beings ; for the very definition of the genus is, that the individuals grow, attain 
maturity, decay, and die. The human imagination cannot conceive how the former 
part of this series of movements could exist without the latter, as long as space is 
necessary to corporeal existence. If all the vegetable and animal productions of 
nature, from creation downwards, had grown, attained maturity, and there remain- 
ed, the world would not have been capable of containing the thousandth part of them 

" Organized beings live as long as health and vigor continue ; but they are sub- 
jected to a process of decay, which impairs gradually all their functions, and at last 
terminates in their dissolution. In the vegetable world, the effect of this law is to 
surround us with young trees in place of everlasting, stately, full-grown forests, 
standing forth in awful majesty, without variation in leaf or bough; with the vernal 
bloom of spring, changing gracefully into the vigor of summer and the maturity of 
autumn ; with the rose, first simply and delicately budding, then luxuriant and 
lovely in its perfect evolution. In the animal kingdom, we find that the same funda- 
mental principle prevails. Death removes the old and decayed, and the organic law 
introduces in their place the young, the gay, and the vigorous, to tread the stage 
with renewed agility and delight." 

However sweet life may be to us, however great the joy experienced in our 
wealth or in the presence of our friends, or however much we may wish to accom- 
plish in life, we should remember that death is appointed unto all, and that God 
will one day call us home to give an account of our stewardship. Therefore, whe- 
ther in sickness or in health, be ready when the angel of death shall come, which 
may be in an a hour that ye think not of." Let your business be every day in a pre- 

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pared condition ; let your conscience be free and your heart pure and spotless from 
sin — " washed in the blood of the Lamb" "that taketh away the sin of the world,* 
Remember that the richest and sweetest pleasures of this eartli are scarcely a fore- 
taste of the bliss prep ared above for the pure in heart and the lovers of Christ. 

Experience and revelation alike teach us the shortness of life and the certainty 
of death. " For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." — Gen. hi. 19. But 
«i* we die, shall we not live again? Most assuredly. Read what the Scripture 
«aith — " For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." Christ 
died and was buried, and rose again on the third day. — 1 Cor. xv. 4. Christ was 
seen after his resurrection by Cephas and the twelve Apostles, after that he was seen 
by 500 of the brethren at once ; after that he was seen by James, and last of all he 
was seen of Paul. — 1 Cor. xv. 5 to 9 verse. The dead in Christ shall arise first. — 
Thess. iv. 16. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth; for 
the things of this world are but the preludes to a higher sphere of action. But if 
we are Christians — if our hearts be pure — if we are accepted of Christ, all is well. 
Whether we are to die or to live, let us be cheerful, js children in God, knowing 
that Jesus is able and has promised to raise us up from the grave and regenerate and 
make us new in him. He has passed through death and is in life ; the way is made 
straight for us, with a mighty arm that can defy all the powers of the adversary, 
and place us in a heaven of bliss, free from all pain and sickness, woe and sorrow 
&f the heart. 



INCREASE OF THE POPULATION. 

Among modern would-be philosophers there has of late become prevalent a doo 
trine used by them against early marriage, and in impeachment of the wisdom ol 
Deity, to wit : that according to the present rate of increase of the population of the 
world there would in a time not far distant arise such an immense number of human 
beings that the world would not afford sustenance for them. A more foolish con- 
clusion than this, if arguing from correct premises, could not well be arrived at. 

"With these men it is customary to take the increase of population in some family 
or fast-growing place, and arguing therefrom, they people the earth to overflowing 
in a comparatively few years. They seem not to remember, or they purposely avoid 
allusion to the fact, that while one portion of the earth is increasing in population, 
another is decreasing. Thus, at the present time, while the United States is fast 
growing in the number of its inhabitants, man}' parts of Europe are being thinned by 
emigration to this country. And it is by no means an impossible matter, that the 
day may come, when, this country being well filled, the tide of emigration will set 
back again and the population of America decrease. 

Of the increase of the population of the universal world in the last one hundred 
or one thousand years, it is quite impossible to speak with exactness ; but it is by 
no means so great as to put the most fidgety upon this point in fear that the doc- 
trine of the famous Malthus will have to be put in practice, nor so great as to bo 
any argument against the people embarking in marriage at the proper age. Even 
in this country, where the increase of the population is greater than at present ir 
any other part of the world, there is no immediate call for the application of any 
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Taking the city of New York, which increases in population very fast in propor- 
tion, we find that in the year 1805 there was a population of 75,170; in 1850 there 
was 515,394; increase 439,624 In this time — from 1805 to 1850 — 45 years— the 
number of deaths has been 127,671. So that in 45 years there has been an in- 
crease of only about 3 J- times the number of deaths. This rate, it is very true, 
would soon give us an immense number of people ; but the question immediately 
arises, how much of this increase was natural f Of this we may gain some idea 
from tke fact that in the year of 1851 alone, there were nearly 300,000 emigrants 
landed in New York from foreign countries, besides a large number of in-comers from 
the country places of our land — which is always larger than the out-goers to the 
country. The number of deaths cf children under ten years of age in 1851 was 
about 13,000 ; and as it is known that much less than two-thirds of those born ever 
arrive at the age of ten years, we shall see that the number of births in New York 
is not larger (and in truth it is not so large, the number of emigrants making the 
deaths here more in proportion to the births than in places where there is no emi- 
gration,) than the number of deaths. And from this we infer, that though the 
growth in population of particular places is sometimes great, the increase in the 
population of the whole world is by no means so extensive that men -and women 
need fear to "increase and multiply and replenish the earth," though modern phi- 
losophers in their much-pretended wisdom do place them on their guard. 

It is true that the population of this country is increasing rapidly, mostly by emi- 
gration. But it may go on increasing at the same rate as heretofore for many years 
before the country will become unable to find food for the hungry, if it be properly 
tilled. The valley of the Mississippi is alone capable of raising provisions to sup- 
port 250,000,000 of people ! It will be some years before our population is that 
large. And if it should ever arrive to that number, and three times greater, the 
earth would yet support them, if tilled scientifically and every inch improved ; for 
as yet the science of agriculture is in its infancy in a certain sense : but a small 
portion of the earth is tilled at all, and that but miserably. A society which should 
give to labor its earnings, and a population so dense as to require the utmost capaci- 
ty of the earth scientifically and chemically tilled to support, would develop in the 
soil a power of production such as but few men have ever thought of; and did this 
state of things exist, a man would get a better living off of ten square rods of 
ground than do many now off of a mile square. "Why then should modern philoso- 
phers urge people to live out of the divine institution of marriage, and to disobey 
reason and the injunctions of the Deity, by holding up before them the bug-bear of 
over population ? Such doctrine is the sheerest nonsense, fit to be promulgated 
only by the veriest fanatics. The lank, cadaverous countenances and glassy eyes 
of tliis class of philosophers, who see horror in every being that comes into the 
world, is the best of comments on the folly of their teachings. 



DEGENERATION 

That a degeneration of the human race is at present speaking fast going on, thero 
can be no doubt. The habits of dress, the unhealthy fashions, protracted celibacy, 
prostitution, abortion, masturbation, excessive sexual indulgence, and other evils, 
which breed insanity, idiocy, consumption and other degenerating diseases, bid fay 



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to reduce the race of mortals far below the standard which it has held. By these 
evils the vigor and strength, which should be in man is in great measure taken from 
him. 

By reference to figures in other parts of this work, showing the beneficial effects 
of sanitary regulations in all cases where they have been introduced, it will be seen 
that where people have been brought under the influences of scientific physicians 
and philanthropists the average duration of human life has been increased. But, 
unfortunately, the numbers of those who have not been brought under those influen- 
ces to the extent of abandonment of bad habits is so large in proportion to those 
who have, that, notwithstanding the improvements in medical science from the intro- 
duction of the vegetable remedies in the last fifty years, and notwithstanding the 
fact that, from the obliteration of numerous predisposing causes of disease in the 
country itself (such as pestilential marshes, &c, that always produce many deaths in 
a new lomd), the natural liabilities of disease are decreased — the reports show that 
the proportion of deaths to the population is about the same now as fifty years ago I 
As for instance, in the city of New York, the proportion of deaths in 1805 was 1 in 
32.98 ; in 1850, 1 in 33.52 ; and in 1851 the proportion of deaths was greater — 
there being in 1850 but 15,377 deaths, while in 1851 there were 19,234, which, al- 
lowing a reasonable increase of the population that year, would make the propor- 
tion of deaths to the population greater than it was in 1805 ! That the natural 
predisposing causes to disease are much less than they were fifty years ago, because 
many of those causes have been removed, there can be no doubt ; and that, bv the 
introduction of vegetable remedies, and by the improvements in medical science, 
the same disease is more generally mastered than it was fifty years back, is also doubt- 
less true. These premises being admitted, (and no one pretends to deny them,) to 
what can we attribute a continuance of the same ratio of mortality, but to the bad 
habits that have become prevalent in civilized, refined and fashionable society ? 
There can be no other reasonable cause given. It is to the evils growing out of 
protracted celibacy, (more common now than half a century back,) to bad fashions 
in dress, turning night into day, indulging in licentious habits generally — and in 
short, disobeying the natural laws of health, which induce a degeneration of the pres • 
ent race and will make the succeeding ones worse and worse—that we must attrib- 
ute a continuance of the same ratio of deaths as prevailed here at the beginning of 
the century. Therefore, I say, the race is degenerating ; and it will continue to 
degenerate, in spite of improvements in medical science, and in spite of obliteration 
of natural predisposing causes of disease, until those pernicious habits alluded to, 
which war continually against science and labor, are abandoned by the universal 
people and they return to nature and the better habits of their progenitors. 

Could we at this day have a people living in the homespun and temperate habits 
that more generally prevailed half a century back, and bring that people under the 
influences of the improvements in medicine and destructions in great measure ol 
local causes of disease, we should see, that instead of a ratio of deaths of about 1 
in 32 annually, we should not have more than 1 in 50. And this is found to be the 
case wherever the modern improvements and the olden habits exist together. But 
where improvement is compelled to war against new fashions the contest is and ever 
must be about equal, if indeed fashion does not obtain the mastery ; and the race 
Tiust continue to degenerate. 

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of the future gei erations, calls loudly upon us for a reform and a return to the laws 
of nature and of God. And be assured, that if reform does not take place, it will 
be found that the " sins of the fathers are visited upon the children unto the third 
and fourth generations," as certain as those generations arise ; and finally our peo- 
ple become degenerated and pass away, as have the nations of old, for disobedience 
of the laws of God and nature. 



OLD AND YOUNG SLEEPING TOGETHER 

The practice of old and young persons sleeping together should never be allowed ; 
as in all cases, it will be found to act injuriously upon the health of the young. It is 
not an uncommon thing in families to put a young girl to sleep constantly in the same 
bed with an aged grandmother, aunt, or some relative, or a boy with a grandfather 
or uncle. The practice is reprehensible. The effect of it is that the young person 
is often made sick ; and, if not that directly, it imparts an unhealthy tone to the 
system that will be felt sooner or later. A young and healthy person should no 
more be put to sleep with an old and decaying one than with a diseased person. 

It is remarked by acute observers, that where a young person sleeps with an old 
one the old is benefited at the expense of the young. So well has this been un- 
derstood that in many cases wealthy people have hired young persons to sleep with 
old ones, that the old might be strengthened. In some instances young females 
have been procured to sleep with old men, so that the latter might be strengthened 
thereby, as they generally are, though the young suffer a loss by it. Such practi- 
ces are generally discountenanced now, though it is by no means rare that we heai 
of a young woman placing herself in this position by marrying an old and broken- 
down man of seventy or eighty years, for the sake of getting his property ! 

In many cases Where children have slept with old persons their death has been 
induced thereby in lingering consumption, without the cause being suspected. The 
explanation of this fact, upon true principles, is easy. It is well known that all 
living bodies are constantly throwing off a part of their substance through the pores 
in insensible perspiration. [See article on Offices of the Skin.] The substance so 
thrown off, is in the same state, with regard to age and health or disease, as the per- 
son from which it comes. Also, the body is constantly absorbing, by the lungs and 
through the skin, whatever comes in contact with the body in a form that permits 
of its being absorbed. Now as the emanations from the bodies of young and 
healthy people in the form of insensible perspiration are comparatively fresh and 
wholesome, and those from old and diseased persons are the reverse, it follows, that 
by an absorption of the healthy emanations from the young by the old, the old will 
be benefited ; and by an absorption of the unhealthy emanations from the old by 
the young, the young will speedily decay and become likewise old. Also, the old 
body being deficient in animal electricity, and less warm than the young, receives 
warmth, new life and energy from the young — conducting away the 'animal elec- 
tricity, which gives to the body its vigor and healthy youthful tone. Thus the 
young person loses an amount of animal electricity necessary for the healthy con- 
tinuance of existence, in order that the old one may be benefited by absorbing it. 
Than this nothing can seem more probable and rational. When once explained, 
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The practice of hiring young married females to attend at certain places, for a 
number of hours in a day, to associate with superannuated old men, has obtained to 
some extent in London and Paris. Not only do these young wc men associate with 
aged patients, but also act as wet nurses ! This they are in a manner compelled to 
do to obtain a living. Fortunately for the people of this country we have not yet 
arrived at that point of poverty where women are compelled to this unnatural and 
degrading purpose ; and it is to be hoped we never may : for when a man has be- 
come so aged and superannuated that he cannot be longer kept in life without re- 
course to such a means, it is better that he should die peacefully than to attempt the 
elongation of his existence for a few weeks at the expense of the health of a more 
valuable and useful person. 

In all cases where the health of a young person has been injured by sleeping 
with an old one, it will be found that the system generally has become contamina- 
ted with the waste thrown off from the old and decaying body. This being the 
case, the course to pursue is plain, — take immediate measures to purge the system 
of the unhealthy matters it has absorbed. This can be effectually accomplished by 
the Anti-Bilious Pills, operating in the stomach and bowels ; the Water Regulator, 
operating upon the kidneys, to take off impurities through the urine ; and the 
Blood Renovator, which will cleanse, renovate, and renew the blood. 



ART OF EMBALMING— BURIAL GROUNDS. 

Embalming, a process which consists in filling dead bodies with spices for the 
purpose of retarding or preventing decay, is of frequent mention in the Scriptures. 
Though originating with, and best understood by, the Egyptians, when that nation 
was in its glory, the practice of embalming was not confined to them ; for the Jews, 
Persians, Arabs, and Ethiopians possessed the knowledge of the art. In the New 
Testament we read that Nicodemus carried myrrh and aloes to embalm the body of 
Tesus, and to envelop it in linen with aromatics, after the manner of the Jews. The 
art of successful embalming was long since lost by the Egyptians, and is unknown 
to any nation of the present day; but by knowledge gained from interesting re- 
searches, and by referring to ancient writers, numerous particulars of the various 
processes may be given. 

Diodorus Siculus speaks of three modes of embalming. The first cost the equiv- 
alent of about $1000 ; the second about $400 ; the third a much smaller sum, which 
is not mentioned. It has been thought that the bodies must have been put into 
stoves or kept at a warm temperature in convenient vessels, to incorporate intimate- 
ly the reginous substances with the animal matter. After this, the body was 
frequently gilt over, and sometimes wrapped in sheets of gold. 

Among the Egyptians, there was a set of persons who engaged to perform the 
whole service of embalming for a certain sum. With a sharp stone an incision was 
made in the left flank of the dead person. This task, as seeming to imply disrespect 
and cruelty towards the dead, was so hateful and degrading as to oblige the dis- 
sector instantly to fly, as if he had committed a crime. 

The embalmers then came forward. These men seem to have belonged to a 
caste hereditary in Egypt, held in high respect, looked upon as sacred, and per- 



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raitted to have access to the temples and associate with priests. They removed 
from the body the parts most susceptible of decay, washing the rest with palm wine 
and filling the inside with myrrh, cinnamon and various sorts of spices. After this, 
the body was put in salt of nitre for about thirty days. 

After swathing the body in fine linen bandages, glued together with a thin but 
powerful gum, they spread over it the richest perfumes. It was then returned to 
the hands of the relations, and by them frequently kept in the house in an open 
case, they not thinking it right that the features of their dead relations should be 
unknown or forgotten by their own kindred. For the prevalence of this custom at 
a certain period we have the authority of Dioiorus Siculus and of Lucian, the latter 
of whom mentions having been present when mummies were placed at table as if 
they had been alive. Generally, however, the bodies were swathed in cloth strong- 
ly saturated with asphaltum or a bituminous pitch, placed in the coffin and con- 
signed to the tomb. 

The perfection of the embalming may be judged of by the condition of the hair. 
It has been found measuring two feet four inches ; and on the head of a female 
mummy at Thebes, the hair was found plaited and turned up over the head in three 
distinct portions. The manner in which the plait was made corresponded exactly 
with that adopted by females of the present day. 

By the side and at the feet of the mummies are often found the emblems of the 
trade or profession of the. deceased, such as the net of the fisherman, the razor and 
stone to sharpen it of a barber, paints and brushes alongside that of an artist, instru- 
ments of surgery by the body of a physician, a bow and arrow by the side of a 
hunter, a lance by the soldier, and the style and receptacle for ink by the side of 
the clerk. 

Sir John Gardiner Wilkinson, who examined the mummies of Egypt, is of opinion 
that the embalmers were members of the medical profession, since the knowledge 
required for that purpose appears to be connected with their peculiar studies ; and 
it is also said by Moses, " The physicians embalmed Jacob." 

Belzoni conceived that the balsam employed by the Egyptians in embalming 
consisted of powdered colocynth, commonly called bitter apple. The mention of 
aloes in embalming frequently occurs in the Bible, but there is no positive authority 
of its use by the Egyptians. Besides the record of St. John of myrrh and aloes 
brought by Nicodemus to preserve the body of Christ, aloes is mentioned as a per- 
fume in other parts of Scripture. " I have prepared my bed with myrrh, aloes and 
cinnamon." — Prov. vii. 17. "Spikenard and saffron; calamus, with all trees of 
frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices." — Cantic. iv. 14. 

The skull and body of the Egyptian mummy is found to be filled with the dust of 
woods having an aromatic odor — the brain and the bowels and stomach having 
been displaced. Attempts numerous, but unsuccessful, have been made in modern 
times to discover and restore to being in its ancient perfection the art of the olden 
nations in embalming. Many subjects have at different times undergone processes. 
but only with a partial success. Bodies have been preserved for a few months of 
years ; but there is on record no account of any lasting embalment in modern times. 
Fanjas de St. Fond, in his " Travels through England and Scotland," gives an in- 
teresting relation of the method Mr. Sheldon employed to preserve the body of a 
young lady. The vessels were injected in different parts with alcohol saturated 
with camphor, mixed with a small proportion of turpentine. The skin was pre* 



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pared with f nely powdered alum, rubbed on with the hand. The intestines and all 
the internal parts were taken out and covered with a varnish composed of a mix 
ture of camphor and yellow resin, and afterwards rubbed slightly with alum. The 
viscera were then replaced, and the crural artery injected with a strong solution oi 
camphor in rectified spirit. To imitate the color of the skin of the face, a colored 
injection was thrown into the carotids. The body was then placed in a case oi 
Virginia cedar, on a layer of calcined chalk, enclosed in another, and not again 
opened for live years. It was then found perfect, without having experienced any 
injury from insects. 

The French chemists have labored assiduously to discover some method of em- 
balming ; and recently one M. Surquet has succeeded in preserving bodies for a 
time ; but how long they will keep is not known. This process is as follows : — 

"A current of sulphurous acid gas is passed through a solution of carbonate of 
soda, of the strength of from twenty to twenty-two degrees Baume (sp. gr. 1.160 to 
1.180), until the whole of the carbonic acid is displaced, and the solution contains a 
slight excess of sulphurous acid. The fluid should then have a specific gravity of 
1.200. It is next placed in a vessel containing clippings of zinc, and allowed to 
remain in contact with the metal until it has become sensibly neutral — the blade of 
a knife dipped into it not turning brown on exposure to the air. From four to six 
litres (about a gallon or a gallon and a half) of this preparation are employed to in- 
ject a subject. This solution is thrown into the carotid arteries by injection. After 
twenty-four hours dissection may be proceeded with, and continued without any in- 
convenience, for twenty, thirty, or even forty days. ' One of the great advantages 
arising from the employment of the sulphate of soda consists in the beneficial 
influence it exerts in cases of the accidents to which the operator is subject in the 
dissecting-room." 

" Another preparation, which will succeed equally well with the above, is the fol- 
lowing : — Throw clippings of zinc into muriatic acid until the liquid ceases to effer- 
vesce, and will no longer stain a knife blade, and then inject as before. 

"Animal matter subjected to the action of either of these preparations will no longer 
decompose when exposed to the air." 

To many of the present day it would appear that the ancient Egyptians took 
especial pains for the preservation of the dead ; and it may seem that in this respect 
they went beyond reason in their labors and expenditures to this end. But aside 
from the fact, that only upon the highest classes was the process of embalming 
practised, it will not appear at all strange, if we will but remember our own feelings 
at the loss of a near friend — a father, mother, husband, brother, sister, or child en- 
deared to us — that they should have felt an earnest desire to preserve in entiretv 
of person the forms of the departed. 

The art of preserving the body for any length of time having been lost to modern 
nations, the civilized now manifest their feelings for the dead by the location o T 
beautiful sites for burying-grounds, and by erecting over the ashes of the departed 
such monuments or tombs as shall perpetuate their memory. The custom which 
prevailed a century or half century ago, both in Europe and America, of buying 
the dead in yards in the very centre of a populous town, from whence the effluvia 
filled the air, has not only been found to be offensive, but destructive to health. 
Innumerable cases of disease have been engendered by this cause ; and it is with 
pleasure that the philanthropic physician hears of the passage of laws forbidding the 



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interment of the dead in the boundaries of populous towns. Within a few minutes 
walk of the thick-settled parts of New York Island, there is now a place of public 
burial known as the " Potter's Field," the which, if burials be continued therein, 
will, in a very few years, become a prolific source of fevers and other complaints. I 
speak of this here to suggest that this spot be no longer used for this purpose — that 
some other place, away from the city, be procured, for the interment of the poor 
that die among us. And to whatever place this work may go, I would say to the 
people of that place, see that your burying-grounds do not contaminate the air 
around you, and generate sickness : see that the dead are buried sufficiet<tly deep 
to keep any effluvia from decay arising to the surface. 

Burying-grounds should be selected in a somewhat secluded place, and should be 
combined with such natural scenery as will tend to inspire those feelings of solem- 
nity and decorum which should ever surround the place. A spot should be sought 
never liable to be encroached upon for any purpose, and where the tenants may 
remain forever undisturbed. In cases where a city has grown up around a burying- 
ground, it may be well to remove the bodies to a more secluded place. In the 
careless manner in which burial places have been selected, it often happens that 
the coffins are dug up to make room for the cellars of houses and for the track of a 
railroad. 

Says a London writer: "When the living body is exposed to putrid emanations 
in a highly concentrated state, the effects are immediate and deadly ; when more 
diluted, they still taint the system, inducing a morbid condition, which renders it 
more prone to disease in general, but especially to all forms of epidemic disease, and 
which further predisposes it to pass into a state verging upon if not actually that of 
putrefaction. The recent examination of the grave-yards of the metropolis appears to 
us to show that they contain putrefying matter enough to communicate this putrefy- 
ing process to those who are exposed to it. * * The placing of the dead body in a 
grave, and covering it with a few feet of earth, does not prevent the gases generated 
by decomposition, together with the putrescent matters which they hold in suspen- 
sion, from permeating the surrounding soil, and evaporating into the air above and 
the water beneath. Under the pressure of only three-fourths of an inch of water, 
gas rapidly makes its way to the surface through a stratum of sand or gravel 
several feet in thickness. The evolution of the gases of decomposition takes place 
with so much force, that they often burst the coffin in which the body is conrined — 
even if a lead one ; and when, as in a common grave, they pass without restraint 
into the surrounding earth, they are only in part absorbed by the soil, but are dif- 
fused in every direction, chiefly upward, thus directly polluting the air. These gases 
will find exit even from the depth of eight or ten feet. I have made several exam- 
inations, which showed that the gases were not thoroughly absorbed by the soiL 
I know church-yards from which most foetid gases are evolved ; and gases with 
similar odor are emitted from the sides of sewers passing in the vicinity of church- 
yards, although they may be more than thirty feet from them. In old grave-yards, 
the ground is absolutely saturated with carbonic acid gas, so that when a deep 
grave is dug, such an amount of it is rapidly collected that the workmen cannot 
descend without danger. From the law of the diffusion of gases, it may be seen 
how this death-laden gas will spread through the atmosphere of a whole town, 
and contaminate, to a greater or less degree, the health of the people." 

\ may add, that I have passed many burying-grounds from which the odor of de- 



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caying bodies was perceptible to the sense. In some instances, where a side-hill is 
used for interments, I have noticed that by repeated washings of rains, the grass at the 
foot of the hill would be killed by the power of the putrescent matter washed down 
in the soil! Side-hills should never be used for burial purposes. Nor shouM 
churches be built over vaults where dead bodies are deposited, as is sometimes 
done. Disease may be bred in this manner in the congregations. 

Of the two modes of interment practiced in this country — graves and tombs — the 
former is to be preferred. Dangerous gases often escape from tombs, when they are 
insecurely closed, or when opened to deposit new coffins. 

It is gratifying to notice that within the past few years the attention of our peo- 
ple has been directed to the subject of procuring proper places for the burial of the 
dead, and of keeping those places in a condition worthy a civilized nation. Among 
theso "Mount Auburn," at Cambridge, for Boston; "Greenwood Cemetery," on 
Long Island, for New York and Brooklyn; and "Laurel Hill," for Philadelphia, 
are worthy of note, and conspicuous. Besides Greenwood, several other cemeteries, 
is that of the "Evergreens," and "New York Bay," and the " Cypress Hills/' 
nave been laid out in the vicinity of New York. In all these there is prevalent a 
spirit of beauty, a holy quiet, a refined cultivation, a tasteful adornment, a subdued, 
appropriate and beautiful natural and artificial embellishment, speaking of respect 
and love for the departed, such as no man can view without feeling a humanizing 
influence upon the soul, and being thereby made a better being. Though it may 
not be possible that every city in a country can vie with the cemeteries mentioned 
in extent and elegance, there is no place but should pattern thereafter, in a degree, 
and prepare proper resting places for the ashes of the departed. 

That the ancient art of embalming should have been lost to man, seems to have 
been wisely brought about by the Creator, in order that man should not make of 
himself an idol to absorb the affections and prevent the mind from a proper contem- 
plation of, and preparation for, death, the judgment and eternity. God claims the 
whole heart of his every reasonable being ; and when man attempts to rob him of 
that honor by seeking to give immortality to the material body, the Creator strips 
from him his idols, that he may the more readily turn to the contemplation of the 
Deity and His wonderful goodness, and trust in Him as the rock of his future ex- 
istence and salvation. 



PROSTITUTION— SUPPRESSION OF MAGDALENISM. 

Or all the subjects that at the present time can interest the people of this coun- 
try, and which should receive attention from the fathers and mothers, the brothers 
and sisters, the husbands and wives of the land, there is none of such vital import, 
whether considered with regard to health or morality, as that of harlotry. 

Of the duties of the people with reference to this subject, and of the importance of 
early marriage as the great power for its suppression, I have spoken in other parts 
of this work ; but will endeavor, avoiding reiteration as far as possible, to present 
some new features of the subject in this place. 

Of the numbers of abandoned women in large cities, statistics give some infor- 
mation. 

In London, in 1821, there were reported to be 90,000 prostitutes,- two-thirde M 



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whom were under twenty years of age ! The average duration of the life of these 
women after entering upon the career of the harlot, is about five years I Paris 
has probably a still greater number, in proportion to the population, of those who 
carry on the trade of the courtesan. And what shall be said of the chief city of the 
United States in this respect ? — of moral, religious, enlightened New York ? Will it 
be credited that this city affords a prostitute for every six or seven of its ad alt 
male population ? And yet, if reports be true, such is the fact ! Alas, for the re- 
ligion and the morality of the place that affords such a demonstration as this of its 
depravity ! 

Not less than 100,000 harlots are at work nightly in the cities and large villages 
of the United States to rend asunder the sweet bond of marriage, to torment with 
venereal diseases and scrofula the sinful and the innocent alike, and to corrupt the 
virtue and the blood of the people. Mostly they practice their traffic boldly and 
without the fear of law before their eyes. They walk the streets with brazen faces, 
flaunting in silks and jewels, and glorying in their shame. 

Prostitution obliterates the sentiment of connubial love from the bosom of the 
woman ; and the indulgence in promiscuous intercourse removes it from the breast 
of man. The love and esteem the male sex have for the female, aside from the 
mere animal gratification, has its foundation in great degree in the virtue of the 
woman. The female being greatly dependent upon the male for protection and 
maintenance, is blind to its own true interest when it suffers prostitution to come 
into its ranks. 

Promiscuous indulgence destroys connubial love and attachment of the wifo 
to the husband, or the husband to the wife. It crushes the purity and sanctity of 
the marriage covenant, and makes of the household altar a temple for sacrifices to 
false gods and to deceitful lust. 

"Sy harlotry, that most sacred temple of the body, the first house of the immortal 
Bt>oi, is turned into a den of pollution and filth, unfit to bear the image of God. 
By it the nobleness of woman is cast down ; and she, the fairest, loveliest, most 
useful work of creation, becomes a tenement of sin. disease and death. 

Prostitution has also the effect of depriving many virtuous women of husbands 
and the delights of married life ; for often, by attracting to herself several young 
men, the prostitute keeps them from matrimony and the company of the pure and 
good. There be many men who, so long as they find gratification of the amorous 
passion beneath the roof of the harlot, will not marry, and solely for that reason. 
"Were no courtesans ready to sell their charms for gold, the young man w r ould seek 
matrimony and make a good husband, where now often he is a diseased libertine. 

A bad effect upon the female sex of thus keeping young men from marriage be- 
cause they find gratification without marriage, is to induce in many females who 
will not sell themselves to harlotry the habit of masturbation. And often because 
they do not see that they are to be married, and feeling the promptings of a natural 
desire, they resign themselves to the hands of an artful seducer in the moment of 
passion, and thence often plunge into prostitution itself! And thus is lost to the 
virtuous world, and to society, many of the best and most lovely of the sex, who, 
had they found husbands at the proper age, and gratified desire in the holy bed of 
wedlock, would have been ornaments to their lords and to the world — the adored 
of loving husbands, the kind mothers of happy children — dutiful, upright, pure in 
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harlot indirectly cause the downfall and destruction of thousands of her own sex. 
independent of the various other evils that follow her deadly steps ! 

There is another way in which this vice operates most disastrously. If a pros- 
titute seduces a young man to her embrace, and infects him with the poison of her 
calling, the mind of that young man will be very likely to feel thenceforward not only 
a hatred of the woman, but he will curse, and despise, and revile the whole sex. 
The innocent maiden, pure as the snow from heaven, and the abandoned harlot, 
will be alike- the objects of his hatred and scorn. His first impression of wcmen, 
which was intended to be good, will be a bad one, and he will hate the whole sex 
through life, and have no respect for female virtue and purity. Often this has been . 
the cause of domestic discord in after life ; and when we know of the great num- 
bers of young men thus poisoned, how widely extended and how powerful we 
may see this influence to be ! And a female infected by disease in like manner, 
feels no less of hatred to the other sex. Often it becomes the object of her life to 
communicate disease to as many as is possible for her to do ! 

Prostitution opens the door for jealousy, anger, alienation of affection, crimes of 
various hues, and often murder. Let a man or woman get venereal disease from 
the partner of their wedded life, and they will ever disbelieve the honesty and 
purity of all of the opposite sex, and curse them for their sin. What numbers, all 
the world over, fall victims of diseases without sin of their own — receiving it from 
the unfaithful partner of their wedded lives ! 

The abandoned woman sows the seeds of insanity, consumption and death over 
the face of the whole earth. She contaminates the blood of the world. Destruc- 
tion follows upon her footsteps — her flowery paths are filled with hidden thorns ; 
from the cup which she enticingly holds to the lips of the unguarded youth, a 
thousand envenomed tongues of hideous and poisonous serpents protrude — the 
more dangerous that the infatuated youth does not behold them with his eyes. He 
is blinded by the outward show ; he gazes upon the outer side of the platter, 
and sees it washed, cleansed and painted, and thinks not there is foulness and dis- 
ease within. But he is deceived ; for the harlot is like the " sepulchre whited with- 
out," that " within is full of corruption and dead men's bones." 

Prostitution often takes the loved husband from his wife ; it makes the husband 
miserable ; it causes the murder of unborn children ; it leaves destitute and mother- 
less many an innocent babe ; it obliterates from the bosom of man and woman every 
vestige of pure love, and leaves unholy lust in its place. The horrors that this curse 
inflicts upon males and females, can never be known till the judgment of God. The 
curse of the Lord is upon it, and upon all who lead the life of the prostitute, to risit 
them with the most loathsome and foul diseases, and send them to an early and mis 
erable tomb. 

Of the effects of unlicensed commerce upon child-bearing, carefully prepared sta 
tistics show that the number of births where it is practised is comparatively few 
That conjugal appropriation is, beyond comparison, the most efficient method for 
the maintenance and increase of the race, there can be no manner of doubt. The 
barrenness of whoredom is proverbial. The number of abandoned women whose 
offspring come to maturity is very small. The curse of God is upon the harlot, " to 
give her a miscarrying womb and dry breasts" — her " glory flies away like a bird, 
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bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb," saith the Lord.— 
Hosoa ix. 

A French writer says — " On a review of all the returns made to my inquiries, to- 
gether with what I have found in various ancient and modern books, the conclusion 
forced upon me has been, that a thousand of these women yield scarcely six births 
in the course of a year." Were harlotry to universally prevail, the human race 
would become extinct ! And thus would the intents of the Creator be abrogated. 
Sexual intercourse is necessary to the important end of the multiplication of the 
species ; and with a union of wisdom and kindness, the Author of our being has con- 
nected this intercourse with the most exquisite pleasure. Had it been otherwise, it 
is evident that the race would not have long continued. But it is not less evident 
that to seek the pleasure merely, without regard to the end intended, is not to fol- 
low nature. To do so is an abuse of God's wisdom and kindness, which is criminal, 
because, as we have shown above, it destroys the end designed of God. 

Of the effects of venereal diseases upon the individual, I will say nothing further 
in this place ; but that the picture I have previously drawn of its effects upon soci- 
ety generally may not seem to you aggravated, I will quote from a celebrated French 
writer upon the subject. He says : 

" Of all the contagious distempers which affect mankind, and which work tho 
largest amount of detriment to his social existence, there is no one more serious, 
more dangerous, more to be dreaded, than syphilis. I may affirm, without fear of 
contradiction, that the calamities of which it is the source, surpass the ravages of all 
the plagues which from time to time have spread consternation through society. It 
does not, it is true, like many other diseases, take off its victims suddenly ; but not- 
withstanding that, the number of those victims is immense. By the debility which 
it induces, it incapacitates for the production of a vigorous progeny ; and, where it 
does not occasion sterility, gives birth to an unfortunate and degenerate race, unfit 
for the due discharge of any functions, whether civil or military, and which becomes 
an absolute burden on the community. And, finally, in our modem society, there 
is no security against assaults, even to the purest innocence. How many lured 
nurses, how many faithful wives, how many sucklings, are from year to year the 
subjects of its cruel invasions!" The effect of the diseases of harlotry may be seen 
at the Anatomical Museum in this city. 

In leading men on to the commission of other crimes, harlotry has a pow- 
erful influence. "Who does not hear of the robberies and the murders beneath the 
roofs of the harlots ? And besides, how many a young man is led astray from the 
paths of virtue, and then induced to rob his employer to obtain the means of his 
foolish indulgence ! Often he becomes the victim of his folly ; his peculations are 
discovered ; his character is lost ; he abandons himself to vice and misery, and finds 
early disease and death. How many young men are thus led astray ! Now, as in 
the days of Solomon, the harlot " lieth in wait as for a prey ; and increaseth the 
transgressors among men." — " Now she is without, now in the streets, and lieth in 
wait at every corner." — " Her lips drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother 
than oil ; but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword ; her feex 
go down to death ; her steps take hold on hell ; lest thou shouldst ponder the path 
of her life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them." Hearken unto 
the wisdom of Solomon — " Remove thy way far from her; come not nigh tho door of 
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the thoughtless, the unsuspicious, the reckless, light-hearted and gay are lei 
astray and corrupted forever ! 

Such are a few, and only a few, of the causes of harlotry. To bring them all be- 
fore you would require an entire volume : and hoping that I have presented a suffi- 
ciency of proof here and elsewhere in this work to deter many who shall read from 
indulging therein, both of males and females, I will proceed to a consideration of 
some causes of this monster vice. 

In other parts of this work, I have explicitly pointed out to the leader as a great 
cause of protracted celibacy, the evil of prostitution, which abounds among us, with 
all its following effects, such as venereal diseases, scrofula, hereditary disease, con- 
sumption, and others, which millions of our young men and women contract before 
marriage, and often carry with them through life and into the grave. Many men 
by putting off marriage to a late age, become so steeped in disease in houses of pros- 
titution, that they are not fit to marry, for their children will be partakers of the pun- 
ishment in hereditary diseases and mental infirmities. And I have shown that 
were early marriages made general, Magdalenism would receive a terrible blow. 
To every parent I would submit this question, — Shall early marriages be encour- 
aged, and a lawful, healthy intercourse of the sexes allowed, which nature, reason, 
and revelation sanctions, or shall indulgence be had through the diseased, polluting, 
contaminating, and baneful channel of unlawful and ungodly harlotry ? This should 
be carefully considered ; for, rest assured, one or the other of these will prevail, 
according as it is encouraged. That this delaying of marriage to a late day, leads 
many into the ways of illicit crime, of both sexes, there cannot be the shadow of a 
doubt. — [See Early Marriages and Longevity.] 

Speaking of early marriage, a little work, entitled "The Friend of Chastity," says: 
11 That it is not good for man to be alone, is among the earliest announcements oi 
God to man. Marriage is not only honorable but necessary. That ancient institu- 
tion is among the very greatest earthly blessings. 

" The effect of setting marriage at naught, is to throw ourselves back upon all the 
licentiousness against which it was so wisely designed and so well adapted to guard 
us. And in just so far as it is set at naught, in just so far will evil prevail. 

" The Roman priests and the Shakers reject marriage altogether. Among both, 
solitary vice is said greatly to prevail. But all this is just what might have been 
expected. When man sets at naught a divine arrangement, made expressly for his 
benefit, he always has, and always will, make full proof of his folly. Established 
celibacy ever will, as it ever has, result in unchastity. 

" But not only life-long celibacy, but also the delaying of marriage too long, ha& 
the same general tendency. Early marriages, as they promise greater felicity, alsc 
more securely guard against unchastity. As a general rule, no matter how early 
matrimony is sought after eighteen in the woman and twenty-one in the man. And 
when matrimony shall be considered a duty as well as a privilege, and early mar- 
riages shall be sufficiently encouraged, prostitution and other forms of unchastity 
will have received a great check.' 

Another great cause of prostitution is clearly and certainly traceable to the 
poverty of the party embarking upon that life, or of some one or more dependent 
upon her for support. As this was most clearly set forth in the article of " Effects 
of Wealth on Disease," it will be unnecessary to add further proofs here. However 
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laws, and whose business it is to attend to matters concerning the public good, will 
be held more guilty in the judgment day than many a courtesan who walks tho 
streets, and who embarked upon her vile career through a necessity for support of 
herself or some infirm and helpless relative — perhaps an orphan sister or brother. 
Where there is little or no protection offered to a poor and helpless female against 
the oppressions of wealth and power in the hands of avaricious and soulless men, 
•t is not at all to be wondered at that many a woman falls into the paths of the 
prostitute through the wants of nature — through the want of properly paid labor 
for her hands or head. "Where no protection is rendered by government to labor — 
where capital sways, and the system of cheapening wages even down below the 
living point, prevails (as it now does in many countries), poor people will often be 
compelled into crime — the forlorn and destitute orphan will often feel obliged to make 
traffic of her virtue to purchase the bread she shall eat and the garments she shall 
wear. What a shame to any nation. 

Protection to labor, and different laws, would give different results, and thousands 
of females would be every year saved from an entrance into the hells of pollution. 
Let us have a society where the hands of the willing should find employment and 
iust reward, and the unmoneyed millions would rejoice. They would be well 
clothed, well fed, well educated, well conditioned in life, and there would be among 
us much less of sin, of misery, and of prostitution, than we now see around us on 
svery side. The worst of all states of society is that where the poor are obliged to 
work for nothing, or next to nothing, or sell their virtue to live ; and the worst of 
ail legislation is that which does not strive to make provision against these evils 
to the universal millions. Such a state of things is disgraceful to any nation. 
Health, wealth, happiness, virtue, religion, and every comfort of the mind and body 
among the people, is more or less dependent upon the amount and the remuneration 
of labor; and government should give encouragements to industry, as the great 
means for the " greatest good of the greatest number." When it fails in this, it has 
failed in the right discharge of its most important function. But these two, though 
prominent causes of harlotry, are by no means the only ones. Frequently the wo- 
man is the victim of the wiles of the unprincipled and heartless seducer, who, 
having robbed her of the brightest jewel of her life, deserts her, and leaves her 
helpless in the world, with scarcely any other resort than that offered by the pro- 
curess. The childhood of the female is unsuspecting of the wiles of the devil, and 
of the intrigues and deceptions of man. Her natural character is pure and noble ; 
but, by listening to the voice of the tempter, she falls into sin, and is lost to honor 
forever. There be thousands of females in the ranks of the courtesans who were 
led to that path only by the greatest cunning and duplicity, and after years of pa- 
tient and devilish labor on the part of some fiend, who sought their seduction and 
their ruin to gratify his unholy lust. Their confidence had first to be gained, their 
love earned, their sympathy obtained, and marriage promised, before the woman 
yielded herself to the embrace of the libertine. Fair speeches — fair arguments — 
professions of affection — kind offices — soft glances — gradual approaches — rides — 
attentions to parties and the theatre, and not unfrequently drugged drinks, are 
among the means employed by seducers to entrap their victims. Who can wonder 
these means prove so successful when the young, loving lady has not learned to 
distinguish between true and false love, and to distrust appearances of men. Woman 
is confiding in lcve, even to a fault, in all professions of honesty, sincerity, or 



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affected love; and truly hath it been said that Love is blind, and cannot see the 
faults of the deceiver. In this way have thousands been led to ruin, and repentea 
when it was too late. 

But the victims of seduction are by no means the only sufferers in these cases. 
As a pebble cast into the sea raises a ripple that extends over a large surface on 
every side, so does a seduction cast a saddening influence around it on every hand. 
A dagger is pierced through the soul of parents — a dreadful pang is felt in then 
ioving bosoms. In anguish of heart they exclaim, u O my daughter! my ruined 
daughter 1 would to God thou hadst never seen the light, or had died upon thy 
mother's knee ! For then we might have been gathered to our fathers in peace, 
but now must our ' gray hairs be brought down in sorrow to the grave.' " 

" Saw ye not the bitter wo, 
Such as parents only know, 
When the boon most prized below, 

Is forever gone ? 
Pangs like these have thousands felt, 
When in anguish they have knelt ; 
Tears have flowed o'er shame and guilt, 

But have flowed in vain !" 

And brothers and sisters, and friends and relatives generally, feel a pang when a 
female falls, and is dishonored. And a virtuous community will feel the shock, and 
its eyes will be turned with pity and sorrow upon the miserable victim. The seduc- 
tion does not end with the single instance in all cases ; for often the seduced one 
becomes in turn a seducer ; and when the charm of female influence is prostituted 
to the seductive art, it leads many a young man to destruction ; for truly hath the 
courtesan "cast down many wounded; yea, many strong men have been slain by 
her."— Prov. vil 26. 

But though it be true that woman is thus sometimes led astray, and ruined after 
a long and cunning siege of her virtue, it is not less true that many fall through 
their own desire, and many more with very little coaxing. Every woman is the 
guardian of her own virtue — the keeper of her own virginity; and if she resolutely 
wills not to yield her person unless in marriage, she can preserve herself, except 
force, or drugs, to stupify her sense, be used. Woman should not allow herself to 
fall into temptation; she should guard against every approach of the devil; she 
should not gaze upon the serpent till she is fascinated beyond her power to recover; 
she should not play with edged tools. 

With woman lies the choice to give, or not to give, to man, the gratification of his 
desire. Often she is not less anxious than man for participation in the sweets of 
unlawful love, though restrained by the fear of consequences ; and if she yield 
through this influence, she is as blameworthy as the man. If her passion be 
wrought upon by the cunning of the seducer, she falls ; but it is her business (and 
the business of her parents) to see that she be not thus wrought upon. She need 
not allow those liberties of her person that rouse the passion to an ungovernable 
fierceness, if she will not. The squeezing of the hand, the clasping of the waist, 
the pressing of the lips — all these she may keep away from her, as thousands do, by 
a single word, or a look even : and if she do not do this, she cannot be acquitted of 
blame. It is too true, that hundreds of young women have been lost, because, like 
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In almost all cases, the woman well knows that the power of choice in this mat- 
ter is with her, and not with the man ; and man knows this, too. Woman knows 
she can tantalize man into an almost uncontrollable passion, and still be master of 
her virtue. All the arts and powers of man cannot triumph over the virtue of 
woman, if she resolve to keep it to herself, and to avoid temptation. But if she 
thrust her hand in the fire, it may be burned. Well does the female know that the 
charms with which she has been gifted by nature, and learned by art, give her an 
almost irresistible power over the other sex. Her rosy cheeks, her soft curls, her 
delicate foot, her sweet smiles, her pretty ankles, her loving words, her studied airs, 
her tantalizing dresses, are all so many snares to wind about the will of man, and 
bring him to her feet in admiration, and to excite passion in his bosom. And then, 
if she chooses to indulge with him in crime, she may do so ; if not, she can repulse 
him. Man may brave the enemy at the mouth of the cannon ; but before the blan- 
dishments of the woman who has excited his love he falls powerless, and she may 
lead him whithersoever she will. Therefore, we may say, that the actions of the 
woman are in many cases the cause of her seduction, and the means whereby the 
dens of pollution are recruited with new victims. 

Besides these four mentioned, protracted celibacy, poverty, studied seduction, and 
unsought consent, winch may be called the more direct causes of Magdalenism, there 
are numerous indirect causes, of which I cannot undertake to treat so particularly 
in a work of this character. My object in speaking upon the subject at all is, so 
far as in me lies, to arouse attention to the matter on the part of those who read ; 
and. by pointing out the causes and the fruits of this great evil, to save many from 
pollution and disease. 

Of what we will call the indirect causes of Magdalenism, there may be mentioned, 
hereditary licentious tendencies, bad education, ignorance of the final effects of in- 
dulgence, bad influences brought to bear upon youth, stimulating the amorous pas- 
sion by gluttony in exciting foods and drinks, habits of idleness, bad books, pictures, con- 
versations and actions before the young; tight lacing, by which the blood is made to 
settle in too large quantities in the inferior abdominal region ; want of parental care, 
want of employ ment, pride in dress and desire for display ; inconsiderate and ill-assorted 
marriages ; intemperance, harshness and unkind treatment of parents or other relations ; 
the rewards held out to vice, and the small encouragements to virtue in modern socie- 
ty. These, and numerous other fostering causes, operate to fill the dens of prostitution 
in our midst. And all these it should be the duty of parents, guardians, teachers, 
ministers and public instructors to guard and warn the young against, lest they 
fall into temptation and are lost to virtue. 

And in addition to the labors of men individually, it should be the duty of the 
legislature to enact such laws as should best prevent women from embarking in 
this business. It should see that the willing and the able have, employment and 
proper pay, as I have before set forth. And another important point is, that it 
should guard against the desertions of females by their seducers, by making every 
unmarried male and female who are known to have cohabited together (that is, in 
every case of seduction, properly,) man and wife in the eye of the law ; and subject 
to all the duties and the liabilities of man and wife, with no right to marry or co- 
habit with another, and with the same obligations for support as if united by the 
minister or the judge. This would be not only justice, but in accordance with the 
teaching of that great expounder of the Christian religion. St. Paul, who conveys to 
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us in the words — " Know ye not that he which is joined to a harlot is one body? for 
two shall be one flesh" — 1 Cor. vi. 16, — the doctrine that where cohabitation takes 
place, there is *rue marriage in the sight of heaven. To whomsoever a woman first 
yieldeth her person, to him is she truly married. Her organs of generation are im- 
pressed with an electrical touch from that man, which endures through life; his 
spirit is imparted to hers ; his form is engraven upon her soul ; and the probabili- 
ties are that from whoever she have children afterwards, those children will be 
more likely to resemble the man with whom she first had connection than the 
father himself; especially where the first cohabitation is an illicit and unlawful one; 
for it is these that make the strongest impression upon the mind, and through that 
upon the genital organs. As bearing upon this point, and showing the effect of the 
imagination upon the foetus, it is related in a work entitled " Outlines of the Veteri- 
nary Art," that Lord Morton, of England, bred colts from a male "quagga" and a 
chestnut mare. The mare was afterwards bred from by a black Arabian horse; 
but still the progeny exhibited, in color and mane, a striking resemblance to the 
quagga ! A sow of the black and white kind, was bred from by a boar of 
the wild breed, of a deep chestnut color : the pigs produced by this intercourse 
were duly mixed, the color of the boar being in some very predominant. The sow 
was afterwards bred from by two other boars, and in both instances chestnut marks 
were prevalent in the progeny ! but previous to the cohabitation with the chestnut 
boar, the young of the sow had never exhibited these marks. These facts show 
the impression left upon the mind of the mother by the person having intercourse 
with her, and thence transmitted to and made manifest in the child: and this oc- 
curs not less in the human race than among animals ; and no less influences the 
mental than the physical being. The man who first impresses the genital organs of 
a woman in the embrace of love, thereafter remains dear to her. His remembrance 
is ever in her mind — he fills her imagination, and her imagination often decides the 
character of the child. 

And this is one strong argument in favor of early marriage ; since with those 
who are married in early life, there is less probability that sexual impressions had 
taken place with another person before marriage, than in those cases where mar- 
riage is delayed. Indeed, early marriage, made in love, is the sovereign antidote 
for the ills of prostitution ; and without this is brought about in some way or other, 
harlotry will never be subdued. 

And I will go a step further, and say that in every case where it>can be satisfac- 
torily proved that an unmarried man has cohabited with a harlot, the two should in 
the eye of + he law be man and wife ! If a man would not like this law, he would 
not be obliged to incur its penalty. If his passion is so strong that he cannot com- 
mand it, let him marry. "It is better to marry than to burn." — St. Paul. But if 
ho will indulge with the harlot, and thereby encourage and aid in keeping alive 
prostitution, and aid also in keeping in being an unlawful and ungodly institution, 
that every year spreads disease and death among the people, he should suffer a 
penalty therefor, no less than the man who poisons his neighbors by keeping an in- 
tolerable nuisance in his house. The law does not recognize the right of any man 
to keep a nuisance in his own house which breeds disease among his neighbors ; 
neither should it recognize the right of a man to indulge in that which breeds death 
among the people in any other way. God instituted a road through which the 
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astiay from that path and aid in keeping disease alive, anymore tlian he has aright 
to burn down his house and turn his wife and children into the street homeless. 
He is not allowed to do this last, because he brings a burden upon other people. 
And so also does he bring a burden upon other people when he seeks the roof 01 
the harlot. Were a law of this kind enforced, young men would rarely be found 
in the embrace of the courtesan ; they would be afraid of the consequences ; they 
would not want a harlot to wife ; nor would they like the reputation of being di- 
vorced from one ; and thus the foul trade would be without customers, and the 
business might die out, if in connection With such a law, another was enforced 
which severely punished every married man who could be found to have had carnal 
intercourse with the abandoned woman. 

In connection with the subject of unlicensed commerce, I must notice an argu- 
ment in common vogue among many men of influence in society, to wit — that har- 
lotry is a " necessary evil" — that the existence of this class of females is necessary 
to the preservation of the general virtue of the community — and that without this 
ungodly traffic in flesh, there would be little security for the chastity of our wives 
and daughters from the wild passions of a lawless libertinism 1 Tnis argument, 
though nothing can be more fallacious, is made a great handle of. And, indeed, if 
we are to encourage the folly of modern philosophers, that people shall not marry 
till ten or fifteen years after puberty, and then not cohabit in matrimony more than 
once a year, this argument may be sound ! The one has its foundation upon the 
other ! And, as I have before said, if celibacy is protracted, harlotry must and will 
thrive 1 And this is the point for our consideration ; for if marriage were instituted at 
the proper age, this "lawless libertinism " of which people speak would relapse into 
proper desire, and no man's daughter or wife would be in so much danger from its 
workings as now, when prostitution exists ; for the more a man indulges with the 
abandoned woman, the more does he become bold and daring to attack the virtu- 
ous ; but copulation in marriage breeds no such presumption, since it does not show 
man that he can trifle with the other sex : in the one case he is taught to believe 
the sex all vulnerable ; in the other he comes to have respect for female virtue. It 
is notorious that those men who indulge in licentious pursuits have little faith in 
the purity of females generally j therefore, they are emboldened to attack those who 
are virtuous ; but ^e who keeps himself to his own wife has confidence in the 
honor of woman, and therefore, presumes not to attack her virtue. 

But aside from this conclusive answer to the plea of necessity of harlotry, I may ask, 
with Rev. Dr. Wardlaw, "What special title have the wives and daughters of those 
who employ this plea to the protection of their virtue more than , otfar wives and 
daughters ? Why are theirs to be protected at the expense of others, and not the 
others at the expense of theirs ? Who, in the community, are to be the victims — 
the vice-doomed safeguards of the virtue of the rest — the wretched safety valves 
of unprincipled and unbridled passions? Are we to have a decimation by lot of the 
virginity of the country ? — or is some inferior class to be sacrificed to the demon of lust 
for the benefit of those above them ? Is vice essential to the preservation of vir- 
tue ? That were indeed a hard necessity. * Where is the individual, male or iemale, 
and in what rank soever of society — whom I am not to dissuade from vice ? — whom 
it would be wrong so to dissuade ? — the successful dissuasion of whom would be an 
injury to the public? — by prevailing with whom to give up her evil course, 1 
should incur the responsibility of one who shuts a high-pressure safety valve? — 



324 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

where the individual whose body and soul I am bound to leave to deaih and perdi- 
tion, lest perchance some others should come to be exposed to temptation?" Thai 
harlotry has always existed, is a melancholy 'truth; that it must always continue to 
exist, is the affirmation, made with all the coolness of indiffeience, of the reasoned in 
question. Such affirmation is worthy only of the days when women were regarded 
merely as the instruments for the gratification of the licentious passions of men. It 
is in opposition to the enlightened progress of the age which has come to regard 
the female as in many respects the superior of the male, and to see that upon hei 
virtue is dependent in great degree the character, the civilization, the christianiza 
tion, the health, the virtue, the purity, and the welfare of future generations. Il 
respect to licentiousness, the example of the past is no more to sanction the future, 
than is the barbarism of the dark ages to be the guide for our governance in mo- 
rality, in science, or in religion. Our motto should be, godly progress, to lead us to 
a higher and more noble state of civilization. 

If it be the fact that we have among us a class of women now virtuous so far as 
action is concerned, but whose virtue is propped up by the prostitution of others, it 
shows that such are at heart no better than the prostitute, and that under the first 
temptation to sin they will be likely to fall. Harlotry will never save such wives 
and daughters! — on the contrary, they will be by it tempted to sin 1 But it is not 
true that the virtue of any woman is thus sustained ; though man may assert it, 
that thereby he may persuade legislators to give tolerance to courtesans that he 
may gratify his lust, every virtuous woman in the land will deny the impeachment : 
for every woman knows that she is the keeper of the virgin safe, and that no mar 
can unlock and plunder it without her consent. 

But if prostitution is to be allowed, we should at least learn wisdom from the 
cities of Europe, and so proceed as to prevent it while the harlot is diseased. This 
the health of the people imperatively demands. What can be more devilish than 
for a diseased harlot to sting and burn with the venom of death a score of males ? 
or for a man to poison as many healthy females ? A most rigorous punishment 
should be inflicted upon every person, male or female, who, knowing*himself orher. 
self infected with venereal poison, should cohabit with another person. If we adopt 
measures to prevent the spread of cholera, the typhus fever, or the small-pox, why 
not also venereal diseases ? Certainly, greater care should be taken in this last ; for 
its victims are as an hundred to one of either of the other complaints mentioned, 
and it is far more baneful in its final effects. Let it be kept with'n bounds and with- 
in doors ; let there be a thorough medical inspection of every one who follows the 
trade, to prevent disease, and a costly charge be put upon it, and I incline to the 
opinion that the interest of the pocket would study economy in early marriage ; and 
happy wives and husbands, health to man and woman, antl to offspring, would he 
tho glorious results. 



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" Pleasant words are as an honey-comb, sweet to the soul, and health .o the bones."— Pro* 
KTi. 24. 

GOOD NURSES— CHEERFUL COMPANY. 

The importance of proper nurses in cases of sickness is a matter that receives but 
a trifling consideration, and is often thought as of but little account, even by many 
physicians. Frequently it is considered that if the patient take the medicines pre- 
scribed, that is ail that can be done. But this is far from being correct. There are 
thousands of cases every year where a good nurse is of not less importance than a 
skillful physician ; indeed, there are many cases, as any candid physician will tett 
you, where a good nurse is of theirs* importance; cases, in which, no matter how 
many doctors there might be, the patient would never recover without the most at- 
tentive and careful nursing. 

In some diseases, and particularly in certain stages of a disease, medicine is of 
very little use, and often worse than useless, unless changed to suit the nature of 
the case. In these cases, all the assistance nature requires is care and attention to 
the patient by a competent and proper nurse — one who will watch the invalid and 
the disease, and bestow such offices at proper times as will aid nature. No physician 
has practiced much without encountering cases where, by reason of the patient not 
having a good nurse — one who would carefully follow his directions and take care 
of the patient — in spite of his skill and his medicines the patient has died. No ex- 
perienced practitioner will feel easy in a critical case of sickness, if he care for 
cither the life of his patient or for his own reputation, unless there be a good nurse 
in attendance. 

In many cases of sickness, where the mind is seriously affected, where the patient 
is melancholy, or nervous, or easily disturbed and injured by the slightest shock, a 
careless nurse, who pays little attention to the sick one, will perhaps talk too much, 
or too little ; or will say what ought not to be said, or not say what it would be 
well to say. In melancholy, a nurse who can act the part of a cheerful companion, 
may do much for the recovery of the patient's health. In other cases, a person 
given to conversation is better away, so that the sick one may not be disturbed. No 
individual conversant with the incidents of a sick room, but has noticed cases in 
which a patient would speedily improve under the care of one person, while he 
would not gain a whit with another. Who has not seen the excellent effect often 
produced upon an invalid by the kind attentions of a loved wife or husband, or an 
affectionate mother ? Often but for the attention of these or some ether kind and 
loved friend, many an invalid would have surely died. 

I speak particularly of this subject, hoping that it will engage attention ; /mow- 
ing, as I do, that it is a matter of great importance in many instances, and one not 
to be forgotten or disregarded in any. 

In this connection I will introduce some remarks of Dr. Hollick, touching the 
effects of good nurses and proper mental treatment in many cases where females are 
affected by the diseases peculiar to them, and by the sympathetic effects of their or- 
ganization — the results of reciprocal action of $ie genital organs and the nervous 
system. He says : — " It is often the case, that a female suffering from indisposition 
is not benefited at all by medical treatment, but through some pleasing impression 



326 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

on the mind or feelings is relieved immediately. I have often seen females complete* 
lv prostrated, with scarcely energy or ability enough to breathe, who have been re- 
stored almost instantaneously by a word of hope, an expression of sympathy, or a 
little kind and pleasing attention, especially if it was from some wished-for but un- 
expected quarter. In such cases, uninformed people are apt to suppose that ther6 
had been no real indisposition at all, because the improvement was so rapid, and 
without medicine. A proper understanding of the subject, however, would show 
them that these apparent caprices are as real as any other forms of disease, and that 
moral or mental medicine may be as active as drugs, and often much more beneficial. 
In short, if the nervous system is kept in a constant state of irritation, and the feel- 
ings and sympathies are habitually outraged, it is often impossible to do much good 
in female indisposition. The conduct of those around the patient is of more conse- 
quence than the physician's prescription, by far ; and may, according to its propri- 
ety or impropriety, either accelerate or impede the cure. There are many men who 
habitually act in such a way towards their female companions, as to both cause them 
suffering and prevent its removal, and that, too, without either desiring or intending 
to do so. They do not act from unkind motives, but their ignorance prevents them 
from seeing the consequences of their conduct ; conceiving females to be like them- 
selves, and knowing that they can shake off the vapors, as they call them, and that 
their nervous systems are not easily irritated, they cannot feel a proper charity to- 
wards their sensitive companions. Females, on the other hand, feeling that they 
are not understood, nor their condition properly appreciated, and having no one to 
repose confidence in that they think can appreciate them, are apt to become morose, 
and retiring within themselves conceal their suffering and disquiet from every 
one." 

Upon the subject of nurses, the Sanitary Eeport of Massachusetts, has the fol* 
lowing: — "Let a physician be ever so skillful, and prescribe his remedies with evei 
so much care and sagacity, if the nurse does not follow his directions, or if she ne- 
glects her duty, or performs it unskillfully, or imperfectly, or with an improper dis- 
position, the remedies will be unsuccessful, and the patient will suffer and perhaps 
life is lost as the consequence. On the other hand, let a physician of moderate ca- 
pacity prescribe with ordinary skill, if his orders are carried into execution by a 
nurse who understands, loves and conscientiously discharges her duty, the patient 
is relieved, and life is preserved as the consequence. It is thus that bad nursing 
often defeats the intention of the best medical advice, and good nursing often sup- 
plies the defects of bad advice. Nursing often does more to cure disease than the 
physician himself; and in the prevention of disease and in the promotion of health, 
it is of equal and even of greater importance. Many and many a life which might 
have been saved, has been lost m the hands of quack nurses." 



HOW TO GAIN THE AFFECTIONS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX. 

The attention and the admiration of an individual of the opposite sex may be 
gained in various ways ; and love may be and is often engendered where none is 
felt by the opposite party. But all this is accomplished by playing upon some pas- 
sion or passions of the individual whose love is desired and whose hand is to be 
wor Thus some are obtained by playing upon the desire for wealth or high sta 



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a 

tion in society; others through their pride, by flattery of their persons; others 
through their kindness, by exciting their benevolent feelings ; others through 
their natural amative passions, by exciting the desire of sexual love; others by 
showing one's self to possess, or by pretending to possess, kindred sympathies and 
feelings — kindred emotions of he*ad and heart — kindred likes and dislikes — kindred 
tastes and sentiments. To win the affections, therefore, we should learn the charac- 
ter of the individual whose love is sought. That being known, success is to be ob- 
tained by bringing the batteries to bear properly upon the prominent traits of that 
character. 

True love arises from a principle of sympathy — from a oneness of feeling — from a 
similarity in some points of character, although other points may be very dissimilar, 
—from showing that you possess something which the other admires. Acting 
upon this you may induce in another love for you, and cement the affections upon 
you. 

Upon this subject, I give you the phrenological teachings of 0. S. Fowler, who 
says: — 

" If approbativeness predominate, and causality be moderate, you may flatter, and it 
the brain be rather small, put it on thickly. Praise their dress, features, appearance 
on particular occasions, and any and everything they take pride in. Take much 
notice of them, and keep continually saying something to tickle their vanity ; for this 
organization will bear all the ' soft soap ' you can administer. When you have gain- 
ed this organ, you have got the 'bell-sheep,' which all the other faculties will blindly 
follow on the run. But if approbativeness be only full or large, with reason and 
morality quite as large or larger, and the head of a good size and well developed, 
1 soft-soap 1 will not take, but will only sicken; for reason wDl soon penetrate your 
motive, and morality will reverse the other faculties against you, and destroy all 
chance of gaining the affections. See to it that you really esteem those with this 
organization — esteem them not for their dress, beauty, manners, &c, but for their 
moral purity, their elevated sentiments, their fine feelings, and their intellectual at- 
tainments. As they estimate themselves and others, not by a standard of wealth, 
beauty, dress, &c, but by a moral and intellectual standard, so your showing them 
that you really esteem those qualities which they prize so highly, will cause them 
to perceive that your tastes harmonize with theirs, and thus turn their leading or- 
gans in your favor, and unite and endear them to you. 

11 If benevolence predominate in the person, show yourself kind, not to the in- 
dividual alone, nor in little matters of modern politeness, but as an habitual feeling 
of your soul, always gushing forth spontaneously at the call of want or suffering, 
and ready to make personal sacrifices to do good. Be philanthropic, and show your- 
self deeply interested in the welfare of your fellow-men. This will gratify his cr 
her benevolence, and bring it over in your behalf, which will draw the other facul- 
ties along with it. 

" To one who has large intellectual organs, do not talk fashionable nonsense, or 
words without ideas — chit-chat, or small-talk — I mean the polite tete-a-tete of 
fashionable young people ; but converse intellectually upon sensible subjects ; 
evince good sense and sound judgment in all you say and do : present ideas and ex- 
hibit intellect. This will gratify their intellects, and lay a deep intellectual basis for 
mutual love, as well as go far towards exciting it. 

A 1 the person be pious and devout, be religious yourself and your religious feel- 



328 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

ings will strike a chord that will thrill through her whole soul, kindling an irresist- 
ible flame of mutual love. 

Hl If the individual be a timid damsel, do not frighten her ; for this will drive 
away every vestige of lurking affection, and turn her faculties against you ; but be 
gentle and soothing, and offer her all the protection in your power, causing her tc 
'eel safe under your wing, and she will hover under it, and love you devoutly for 
the care you bestow upon her. 

u If ideality be large, show refinement and good taste, and avoid all grossness 
and improper allusions ; for nothing will more effectually array her against you than 
either impropriety or vulgarity, or even inelegance. Descant on the exquisite and 
sentimental, on poetry and oratory, and expatiate on the beauties of nature and 
art, and especially of natural scenery. If order be also large, see to it that your 
person be neat, apparel nice, and every trace of the slovenly removed. 

" But, since it is the affections, mainly, that you wish to enlist, show yourself af- 
fectionate and tender. As like begets like, whatever faculty is lively in you will 
be excited in them ; therefore, your friendship and love, as they beam forth from your 
eyes, soften your countenance, burn on your lips, escape through the soft and ten 
der tones of your voice, light up your countenance with the smile of love, or im- 
press the kiss of affection, imbue your whole soul, and are embodied in every look, 
word and action, will as surely find a way to their hearts as the river to the ocean, 
and kindle in them a. reciprocity of love. By these and other similar applications 
of this principle, the disengaged affections of almost any one can be secured, es- 
pecially if the organs of both be similar ; for the command thus obtained over the 
feelings, will, and even judgment, is almost unlimited." 

In all ages of the world there have existed numberless condiments, drugs and 
charms, through the use of which it was believed that love and affection might be 
won. Old crones in almost all ages have possessed some little bag, or some par- 
ticular herb, or thing to be worn about the neck, or over the heart, through the 
mysterious influence of which the wearer would soon be blessed with the heart of 
his adored, and enjoy the sweetness of her charms. Some tribes of the American 
Indians have also possessed the knowledge of some remarkable herbs provided by 
the Great Spirit, as they say, which is prepared by them to incite love in the hearts 
of the timid and bashful, and enable the warrior to win the favors of his dusky 
charmer of the woods. The decoction of these herbs is rubbed upon the hands, or 
infused into the clothes of the person, and the odor therefrom is supposed to excite 
the feeling of love in the bosom of the desired object. This wonderful article was 
long kept a secret by the " Medicine Men" of the Indian tribes, but through an 
uncle residing among the Oneidas, located a little west of Utica, in New York 
state, the author obtained from a celebrated doctor among them, a knowledge ol 
this curious vegetable preparation, as prepared by the Indian physician ; it is re- 
presented to be perfectly harmless. I have long been acquainted with this article ; 
but speak of it only as a matter of curiosity, as one among many other curioiis 
things for similar purpose. 



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PROCREATION OF THE SEXES AT WILL. 

This has always been a fruitful theme of discussion^ for physicians, physiologists 
and people generally ; and theories almost numberless have been advanced. Thai 
the matter will be eventually understood is highly probable ; for the difference in 
the sexes must be owing to some one or more physical laws ; and that these, in 
the march of science, will, sooner or later, be discovered, is by no means improbable. 

The old ideas upon this subject were utterly unfounded, and as absurd and fool- 
ish as they were incorrect. The theories based upon lying upon this or that side, 
or that which had reference to the time of day, were worthy only of the considera- 
tion that would be bestowed upon an old whim. 

Upon this subject Dr. Hollick has remarked : 

" The fact appears to be that the sex is determined by the joint action of several 
distinct causes, the principal of which, at least, are known, so that the great major- 
ity of children can be made of whichever sex is desired, providing the following 
suggestions are attended to. This assertion is not based upon theory alone, but 
upon certain observations, and also upon a long series of experiments with animals. 

"It has been found by actual observation of some thousands of cases, that the 
oldest parent most frequently imparts the sex, unless the age be so great as to verge 
upon decrepitude. When the fathers are younger than tho mothers, there will be 
born about 90 boys to 100 girls, and very nearly the same when they are of equal 
age.. When the fathers are from one to six years older than the mothers, there 
will be 103 boys to 100 girls, and when the fathers are from nine to eighteen years 
the oldest, 140 boys to 100 girls ; but if they be more than eighteen years older, 
the boys will be 200 to 100 girls. 

" In the same way just in proportion as the mothers are the oldest, the numbei 
of girls will predominate, till when they are from eighteen to twenty years older 
than the man, there will be twice as many girls as boys. 

" It may, of course, happen that this rule may not hold good in many single 
families that may be noticed, but it will always do so when the average is taken ol 
a large number. In every case where the father is over eighteen years older than 
the mother, it is two chances to one that the child will be a boy, and in 300 such 
births there would be 200 males to 100 females; while if the mother be so much 
the elder, the chances and results will be just the same the other way. 

" The relative age, therefore, has a most potent influence over the sexual forma- 
tion ; but still there are evidently other agencies, because it does not operate in 
every individual case. My impression is, that where the elder parent does not im- 
part the sex, it is owing to the younger being much the more vigorous. This shows 
why it is that the greater age is no advantage beyond a certain period. Thus, if 
the father be fifty, while the mother is under thirty-five, the rule will change, and 
the number of girls will predominate. The greater number of first children are 
boys, especially if born soon after marriage, owing to the father being naturally 
most powerful then. In illegitimate children there are most girls, probably because 
in many of these cases, the female is more vigorous than ordinary. In those coun- 
tries where polygamy predominates, or where the men have several wives, there 
are many more girls born than boys, owing, no doubt, to the male power being 



330 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

weakened by excess, and expended on so many, which causes the female power to 
preponderate. For this reason, polygamy must always continue itself, because the 
number of females will continue to be greater than the number of males ; and i* 
there were bo foreign admixture to take place, a nation would probably become 
extinct, in time, under such an institution. 

" The production of either sex is, to a very great extent, within our own power, 
providing we can fulfil the principal of the above indications. If a boy is desired, 
the father should be older than the mother, say at least five years, and conception 
should not be allowed to take place during the first five days after the monthly 
period. The relative warmth of the temperament should also be regulated, so that 
the female do not preponderate, especially at the time of conception, and during 
the first two or three weeks afterwards. If a girl be desired, the opposite condi- 
tions should exist ; and in every case where the age is not appropriate, the other 
particulars must be the more scrupulously attended to." 

I may remark that though in most cases success will attend the observance of 
tnese rules alone, there are several other hints and suggestions upon the subject 
that apply only to individuals, depending upon certain matters upon which no rule 
to be followed by every one can be laid down. One of these has reference to the 
comparative warmth of temperament or animal electric life of the parties, which 
may be increased or diminished in either sex, and which is matter for medical con- 
sultation and skill. Under proper treatment, the most impulsive may be in a degree 
subdued, or the most indifferent made to experience the desired warmth of feeling. 
Where nature has inclined to a preponderance of one sex, by medical skill the in- 
fluence of nature may be overcome, and the preponderance reversed. As persons 
are married without knowing upon which side the preponderance of vigor exists, 
if it be found upon the undesirable side, they must have recourse to skillful medical 
aid, in order to change the preponderance at the right periods. 

These rules for the propagation of the sexes at will, are well understood by many 
intelligent breeders of animals, who will undertake to propagate any proportion of 
either sex, by having regard to age, vigor, and frequency of association of the 
parents. 

In France an experiment was made in reference to the matter of sex with two 
flocks of sheep, in the following manner. When the greater number of females 
was desired, very young rams were put to the flock of ewes, while to the flock 
from which male lambs were mostly wanted, were put strong and vigorous rims o> 
four or five ye?,rs old. ^he following was the result of the experiment. 

FLOCK FOR FEMALE LAMBS. 

Age of the Mothers. 

Two years, ... 

Three years, • 

Four years, • • - v - 

Five years and older, 

Total, .... 3 84 



Sex of the Lambs. 


Males. 


Females. 


14 


26 


16 


29 


5 


21 


18 


8 



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There were three twin births in this flock. Two rams served it; one fifteen 
months, the other nearly two years old. 

FLOCK FOR MALE LAMBS. 

Age of the Mothers, 



Two years, - 
Three years, - 
Four years, - 
Five years and older, 



Total, 



Sex of 


the Lambs. 


Males. 


Females 


1 


3 


15 


14 


33 


14 


25 


24 



80 55 



There were no twin births in this flock. Two strong rams, one four, the other 
five years old, served it. 

It will be observed, that in this table the general rule previously laid down holds 
good. Could all the various known influences be brought to bear, there is but little 
doubt that in the vast majority of cases, the sex of the offspring might be determined 
before its birth, and the wish of the parents in this respect be gratified. In many 
cases, as where property is concerned, it might be worthy of consideration. 



ADYICE TO PREGNANT LADIES. 

Upon the woman who bears in her womb another being, soon to be ushered into 
life, there rests a great responsibility. After conception, the foetus remains in the 
womb for nine months ; and during this period, every lady who is expecting to be- 
come a mother, owes it not to herself alone, but to her unborn babe, that she should 
be circumspect in all things, physical and mental, and preserve in health and strength 
her system, and keep also the mental being in healthful tone. 

The development Of the foetus within the womb, is as much a function of the mo- 
ther as is her digestion, or her breath, or the circulation of her blood, and is as much 
influenced by moral causes and emotions. A mother is a mother as actually while 
the child is in the womb as when born. Her cares and responsibilities for it are no 
less during the whole period of gestation than after birth ; and if she is responsible 
for its life after birth, she is equally responsible for it before. 

An emotion of fright, or joy, or grief, will often destroy the appetite, stop the di- 
gestion, and suppress the circulation of the blood, so that fainting will ensue ; and 
these emotions also influence the foetal development, as is conclusively shown in the 
article on Impressions on the Foetus. There can be no doubt that the bodily condi- 
tion and the temperament of the human being is in a great measure determined be- 
fore its birth. And here it should be borne in mind, that the child is formed entirely 
from the mother's blood, and is, therefore, dependent upon that blood for its future 
well-being. If that blood be diseased in any way, or be imperfect, the child must 
be diseased and imperfect also. The necessity, therefore, of the mother to keep her 
blood pure, rich, and healthy, is obvious and apparent ; and to guard against every 
thing which shall disturb or disease it is her duty, and should be her joy. And it 
should be recollected, that it is not bodily disease only that can affect and change the 
quality of the blood, but that this may be done by certain states of the mind and 



332 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

feelings, and thus the child be injured. It is a fact well known to the physician, 
that the state of the blood may be very much affected by the mind, through the emo- 
tions experienced. In griefj or when laboring under despondency, the blood bf 
comes thin and watery, and circulates sluggishly. Anger makes the blood rush 
quick and fast through the veins, and changes its very composition ; but in joy, the 
circulation is brisk and healthful, the nutrition perfect, and the blood rich and pure. 
In fever, the blood becomes so changed, that when drawn from the system it will 
soon putrefy ; and it is rendered nearly the same by a violent fit of rage. There- 
fore, when we remember how sensitive females generally are during the months Oj 
pregnancy, and how often they meet with causes to disturb and annoy them, it can* 
not but be seen that the offspring is much under the moral influence of the mother. 
When the female is pregnant with a female child, a fact for the deepest contempla- 
tion is presented to the philosopher ; for there are three generations being nourished 
by the same blood at the same moment — the mother herself, the child in the womb, 
and within* the last the rudiments of the ovaries from which other children may be 
formed. So that, indeed, not one only, but two generations, may be said to be un- 
der the influence of the pregnant woman ! A violent emotion of the mind may, con- 
sequently, have its effect upon both child and grandchildren. 

Many diseases of the womb are induced often by anger, by griefj by hatred, by jea- 
lousy, or by fear ; and miscarriages not unfrequently occur from the same causes. 
And from this also we may conclude that the foetus is affected by those emotions. 
It has been observed that in revolutions and civil wars, where the women were 
brought under the effect of the baneful emotions which such a state of things ex- 
cited, miscarriages were much more frequent than in times of peace, and more idiotic 
and insane children were born. 

From these, and from many other facts which have been presented in other parts 
of this work, every pregnant woman will at once comprehend the absolute necessity, 
if she has any regard for the welfare of her unborn babe, to conduct herself most 
circumspectly in all things ; to guard well her health, by proper food, proper dress, 
proper habits, -proper exercise, and due equanimity of temper. She should avoid all 
occasions of undue excitement ; she should follow the advice I have laid down un 
der the head of Impressions on the Foetus ; and endeavor to so conduct herself in 
all things, as to secure the greatest good to the child that shall be born to her. 

Dr. Charles Caldwell, an able and philanthropic physician, urgently enforces ra- 
tional care during the period of gestation, on the part of every mother who values 
the future health and happiness of her progeny. Among other, things, he insists on 
the necessity of mothers taking more exercise in the open air than they do ; and 
cautions them against allowing a feeling of false delicacy to keep them confined in 
their rooms for weeks or months. * " For the same reason," says Combe, c * the mind 
vught to be kept from gloom or anxiety, and in that state of cheerful activity which 
results from the proper exercise of the moral and social feelings and intellect. But 
* seclusion and depression be hurtful to the unborn progeny, thoughtless dissipation, 
*ite hours, dancing, waltzing, and rough exercise on horseback, irritability of tem- 
per, and peevishness of disposition, are not less injurious. Hence, the Margravine 
**f Anspach most justly remarks, * that when a female is likely to become a mother, 
<*ie ought to be doubly careful of her temper, and, in particular, to indulge no ideas 
*hat are not choerful, and no sentiments that are not kind. Such is the connection 
between the mind and body, that the features of tho face are moulded commonly in- 



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to an expression of the internal disposition ; and is it not natural to think that an in- 
fant, before it is born, may be affected by the temper of its mother ?' " 

I would add here, that it is the duty of woman, in obedience to the command of 
God, to tear children. 'When pregnancy has taken place, never interfere with the 
course of nature, unless in a case where malformation or disease has rendered it cer- 
tain that death will be caused by parturition : in such cases, where it is the life ot 
the wife,and the* mother on one side, and the life of the unborn on the other, the les- 
ser evil may be justified in the sight of God and man. But as I have before ob- 
served, the true course in a matter of this nature, is to take the proper steps to pre- 
vent conception, as previously pointed out: and thus there will be no occasion 
to choose between the life of the woman and the life of the unborn child. 

Hear the language of God — Gen. hi. 16 — "Unto the woman he said, I will greatly 
multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ; in sorrow thoushalt bring forth children," 
&c. The inspired Paul, a devout expounder of God's Word and Law, saith: "Not- 
withstanding, she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and cha- 
rity, and holiness, with sobriety." — 1 Tim, ii. 15. Rachel chose death rather thon 
to be deprived of children. " And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no child- 
ren, Rachel envied her sister ; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, Or else I 
die." — Gen. xxx. 1. Hear the exhortation of David: "He maketh the barren wo- 
man to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord." — 
Psa. cxiii. 9. Again, hear the language of David, expressing his delight in children 
as the future strength and power of a nation's glory, and the pleasure of God: "Lo, 
children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of tne womb his reward. As arrows 
are in the hands of a mighty man, so are children of the youth. Happy is the man 
that hath his quiver full of them ; they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak 
with the enemies in the gate." — Psa. cxxvii. 3, 4, 5. 

If there is a time in the whole life of a female when she bears her Christian cross, 
and can lift up her whole soul to God in thankful praise, it is when she has been 
safely delivered of a child. If there is ever a time when angels gather about to pro- 
tect her, and make all heaven echo with their joyful and harmonious lyres, it is then. 
God rejoices at his new-created heritage ; and angels rejoice ; mother, father, and 
friends rejoice ; and heaven and earth rejoice together in harmonious praise. 



POOD POR PREGNANT AND NURSING MOTHERS. 

As a means whereby the pains of labor in child-bearing may be greatly lessened, 
I would offer a few remarks in this place, which may, if attended to, be of benefit 
to pregnant ladies. 

From experiments that have been made, some chemists have reasonably con- 
cluded that the bulk of the bones of the foetus, and the degree of their solidity or 
hardness, depends, in great degree, upon the calcareous matter in the food of the 
mother during the period of pregnancy. If this be true (and experiments and ob- 
servations seem to establish it as a truth), it is obvious that the pains of child- 
bearing might be greatly lessened by the woman taking care to eat, during gestation, 
mostly of those kinds of food which will retard fcetal ossification, whereby the child, 
at the time o f birth, will be rendered more elastic and yielding in its body, and 



334 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

escape through the pelvic strait with much greater celerity and ease. And fchat 
there is philosophy and truth in this we may infer from the fact, that in some parts 
of the world, the females are comparatively free from the great pains endured among 
women in civilization, in child-birth, and that only two reasons for this faet can be 
given — the one, exercise and labor, to strengthen the system of the mother ; the 
other, the nature of her food. In many tribes, the usual period of all the matters 
connected with delivery is not more than fifteen minutes. PormerlJ-, it was supposed 
that this must be mainly owing to the physical structure, and the climate ; but these 
ideas have been exploded — the latter by observing that the females of the North 
American Indians have as easy delivery as those of the Central and South Ameri- 
can ; and the former by the fact that has been given us by Professor Lawrence — 
" that the pelvis is rather smaller in these dark-colored races than in the European 
and other white people 1" To what then is the difference owing? I say, to food 
and habits. And both these may be so regulated as to make child-bearing com- 
paratively easy to what it now is. 

A female in London made an experiment upon this point, to assuage the pangs of 
parturition. She had previously endured agony in child-birth. Though seven months 
advanced in pregnancy, she commenced eating oranges and apples, at first lightly, 
and increasing the quantity. Her food consisted chiefly of fresh animal flesh, green 
vegetables, roasted apples, sago, milk, some potatoes, and a very little bread and 
butter ; no pastries. When she began this course, her legs and feet were swelled 
and painful, and the veins large and full. In six weeks all these had subsided, and 
she was as active and light as previous to her pregnancy. She w T as perfectly well 
up to the night of her delivery ; at twelve o'clock a physician was sent for, and at 
one he had left the room, the lady having been easily and safely delivered. 

Dr. Bostwick records a case of ■" a lady who had given birth to four children, and 
who suffered from the two first and the fourth all the dangers and difficulties usually 
attending parturition, while the third was born with the greatest ease. It was quite 
fresh in the memories of her friends that from an early period, and during the whole 
time of gestation of the third child, she was excessively fond of oranges, limes, and 
lemons, which she took in such abundance that she required but very little other 
food. Her desire for these fruits was so very great that although the husband re- 
monstrated, and friends advised her to leave them off, lest she should injure 
herself, she continued to live almost entirely upon them. To her own and her 
friends' surprise, however, she gave birth to a fine child, with so much ease and 
safety, that notwithstanding the supposed impropriety of so doing, she was able to 
resume her ordinary duties in a few days afterwards. During her first, second, and 
fourth periods of gestation, she lived in the ordinary way." 

These facts go to show that if, during pregnancy, the lady live chiefly upon those 
kinds of food which retard ossification of the bones of the foetus, she may lessen her 
pains and dangers in delivery ! The more of ripe fruits they eat, and the less of 
other kinds of food, but more especially bread stuffs and the like, the less difficulty 
will they experience. 

In order that females may take advantage of this rule, to their own" benefit, tho 
following table of foods, with the proportion of calcareous matter in each, is ap- 
pended. They can select according to their own desires and appetites. 



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25,000 lbs. of apples, pears, plums, cherries, strawberries, gooseberries, rasp 
berries, cranberries, blackberries, mulberries, bilberries, elderberries, cur- 
rants of all kinds, melons, olives, peaches, apricots, pine apples, nectarines, 
tamarinds, pomegranates, prunes, raisins, figs, lemons, limes, oranges, 
grapes, etc., contain of calcareous matter , . . 1 lb. 

Eggs of all kinds, average . . . . . 2 lbs 

Turnips, carrots, onions, radishes, cress, celery, leeks, spinach, lettuce, parsly, 
cucumbers, rhubarb, mushrooms, vegetable marrows, and herbs and flowers 
generally, average . . . . . 2 " 

Cabbage, savoy, broccoli, artichokes, asparagus, cauliflowers, and greens in 
general, average . . . . . . 6 u 

Cheese 

Milk, from . 

Beet root, parsnips, and mangel- wurtzel 

Linseed ..... 

Fish of all kinds, including shell-fish and turtle 

Rice, arrow-root, tapioca, and sago . 

Lamb, veal, and young animals generally, average 

Beef, mutton, pork, and thjs flesh of animals and fowls, in the adult state, 
rally average 



10 



10 " 
to 20 " 

14 " 

11 " 
18 " 
20 " 
15'" 

gene- 

26 " 

65 « 

85 " 

90 " 

100 " 

118 H 

140 " 

150 " 

183 " 

206 " 

220 to 300 " 

nutmegs, cloves, ginger, coffee, cocoa, bark, sarsaparilla, 

300 " 
360 " 
500 9 

The ladies will perceive, by this table, that they have a large and abundant field 
from which to select foods, without going into that part where the greater amount 
of earthy matter is presented. It might be well to advise to go no lower in the 
above table than to potatoes, except a very little of the article of bread, and to eat 
very sparingly of potatoes, peas, etc. Pish, flesh and fowl, fresh, may be eaten. 
Avoid salt foods, and all sorts of spices. By following these rules with reference to 
Tood, and by taking such exercise as shall keep the system strong and vigorous, and 
elastic, I am convinced that the labors and dangers of parturition may be materially 
lessened. 

Food during Nursing. — The subject of what should be ate and what should not be 
ate during nursing, is one that has occasioned much talk, and given rise to a great 
deal of folly. The remarks made under the head of " Dietetic Nonsense by the 
Volume" may be applied in this place with force. In general, the rule should 
be (after the sickness incident to parturition is over), to let the mother consult her 



Barley 
Peas 

Potatoes 

Bice 

Oats 

Rye 

Kidney beans 

Fresh garden beans 

Dried field beans 

"Wheat flour 

Peppers, cinnamon, 

etc., average 
Indian corn . 
Common table salt 



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own appetite and desire, governed by her knowledge of the good or ill effects oi 
this or that kind of food upon her system. 

When the woman is nursing, she has to make more blood than when not, as it is 
from this that the milk is secreted. And she should eat those nutritious articles 
which will make a good, rich blood ; for good milk cannot be secreted except from 
good blood ; and good blood cannot be obtained from slops, gruels and crackers, 
nor from vegetable substances alone, after the Grahamite teaching. The nursing 
mother should have a due mixture of good, rich animal food, fresh vegetables, fish, 
fowl, fruits,' cooked or raw ; in short, anything which did not disagree with her bo- 
fore conception. If her appetite asks for beef, let her have beef; or if it be pork, 
or mutton, or fish, or chicken, or peach, or apple, or grape, or preserve, or pickle ; 
or, in short, any article that other people are eating, let the nursing mother be grati- 
fied with it. The idea that a woman while nursing must abandon the instinct of her 
appetite, and give up those articles of food which were previously 'good for her, 
is an absurd folly. A woman while suckling is by no means forsaken by the laws 
of nature. In short, we may say that the appetite should be consulted and fol- 
lowed just so far as it was consulted and followed before conception ; and what was 
found to be best before, will be found to be best after. 

Of course this is not to apply while the woman is sick, any more than it would 

apply to a man sick with fever ; nor should it apply to those articles which are 

Known not to digest well in the stomach of the person ; nor should the mother eat 

or drink to excess. But in these two latter points, what is correct after parturition 

/as correct before also. 

Of course there will be particular cases in which a particular class of food may 
be desirable ; but such will occur no oftener than if the woman be not nursing. 
There be times when the stomach of the nursing mother is out of proper order ; 
and so, also, is that of the woman who has no child, and of the man. In such 
cases particular classes of food may be desirable ; but these matters do not hinge 
themselves upon the fact that the woman is giving nurse. I may say, then, that the 
nursing mother may eat and drink what her condition asks for by her appetite, the 
same as any other person would do. And this will be found the best advice that 
Can be given upon the matter of diet. 

I may add to the above, that the clothing of the nursing mother should be agreea- 
ble to her feelings ; no more nor no less on account of nursing. The breasts should 
be kept easy and free — and not covered up with flannel to keep them warmer than 
comfortable ; for to do so is to create fever and inflammation, make the breasts hard, 
and spoil the milk. Keep the entire person clean by the necessary ablutions ; take 
exerciso daily ; have a sufficiency of good air, and plenty of sleep ; and keep the 
mind in a calm, contented, and joyful state. Do not consider nursing an infliction, 
and your child a nuisance, and both yourself and offspring will enjoy good health 
and be prospered. 

Do not allow your child to nurse too often. 

The milk of the mother, when drawn from the breast often, is constantly thin, and 
affords very little nourishment to the child. Therefore, it is essential to healthy 
nutrition that the intervals of suckling be as great as possible without injury to 
mother or child ; and when the infant is placed at the breast, it should be allowed 
to remain until it draws away all that will come freely, for the last is invariably the 
richest and best. 



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Particularly should every woman, while nursing, keep command of her temper, 
and not allow any violent emotions to take possession of her mind ; foi from this have 
often arisen disastrous effects to the infant. What has been said in reference to the 
matter of the emotions of the mother affecting the child before birth, may be applied 
here, by observing that during the periods of nursing, the child is not directly affected, 
but that its food is subject in great degree to the mental emotions of the mother, 
and through that the child may be injured. Says a writer, " There is greater variation 
in the quality of the mother's milk, than in that of any animal. This is the case not 
only with different persons, but with the same person under different circumstances. 
These irregularities are attributable to diet, to the state of the physical health, and 
often to the influence of the mental emotions, which, as they happen to be unfavor- 
ably affected, produce a change in the milk which may seriously injure the health 
of the child, and have been known to prove fatal." Dr. Von Ammon, of Saxony, 
records an instance of a woman whose husband was attacked by a soldier, with his 
sword; she first trembled with fear, then suddenly threw herself furiously upon the 
soldier, and wrested the sabre from his hand. Soon after, and while laboring under 
this excitement, she gave her child nurse. In a few minutes, it stopped nursing, 
became restless, panted, and expired on its mother's bosom. 

Other instances of the extraordinary effects produced in this manner might be ad- 
duced here, were it necessary to establish the fact. But the truth of the matter is 
too well understood by all scientific medical men to make further illustration neces- 
sary. That the child is often thus injured, there is not the least doubt, although 
cases of sudden death being caused may be rare. Generally the effects aie of such 
character and of such power that they are not observed at the time; but, though 
not observed, they are none the less injurious. 

I shall trust that every mother, and every woman who expects to be a mother, 
who may read what is here written, will remember it, ponder it. and be governed 
wisely to secure the safety and health of her offspring. 

Pregnant ladies of delicate constitution, and weak blood and thin habits of pel • 
Bon, would find in the Blood Renovator an excellent medium to enrich the blood 
and strengthen the system. It should be taken occasionally for some months before 
parturition. The German Ointment should also be bathed upon tho abdomen, to 
Btrengthen and relax the muscles and parts, to make delivery more easy, expedi- 
tious, and safe. 

DEVELOPMENT OF THE FCETUS. 

It is not till about from the seventh to the twelfth day after conception has taken 
place that any indication exists in the uterus of a new being. Generally about the 
eighth day there is a mucilaginous film, and from thence to the fifteenth day is 
formed a grayish, semi-transparent vesicle, about the size of a pea, containing a 
thick fluid, which is now termed the embryo, the weight of which is about one 
grain. A small white thread may be sometimes seen as early as the fifteenth 
day, being the commencement of the brain and spinal marrow. Its appearance is 
represented at figure 1 in the accompanying full page cut of foetuses. The mouth 
is visible also from the fifteenth to the twentieth day; and often the eyes appear. 
At twenty-five days the embryo is the size of a large ant, and weighing three or 
four grains. 

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NV>. 49. — F02TUSES, TROM FTTTEEtf T»YS TO KfKR MONTHS 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 339 

The first month the foetus is of the size of a bee, weighing about ten giains. It 
resembles a small worm bent together. The arms appear like two warts. The 
head is as large as all the rest of the body, and distinctly shows two black dots for 
the eyes, and a line for the mouth. A representation is given at figure 2, en the 
full page engraving. 

The second month, the weight is about one drachm, the length one inch. The 
general form of the human being is developed. The upper members have fp- 
peared ; the fingers are united together like the toes of a frog ; and in the ribs, 
clavicles, and jaw-bones, ossification has commenced. The rudiments of the first 
teeth may be seen. The representation at figure 3 is of the foetus at forty-five 
days; at 4, at the end of two months, suspended in the placenta or after-birth, 
and floating in the liquor-amnii, as seen from 1 to 4. 

The third month, the length of the foetus is four or five inches, the weight 
about two ounces and a half. The heart is developed and beats forcibly, and in 
the larger vessels red blood is seen. The eyelids have become visible previously, and 
also the external ear. The eyelids are distinct, but closed ; the lips perfect, but 
drawn together ; the fingers and toes may be seen, and the muscles begin to ap- 
pear; the organs of generation are quite prominent; and from the form of the head, 
dorsal spine, thorax and abdomen, the sex may be determined. Cut 5 shows the 
foetus at three months, detached from the placenta and womb. 

The fourth month development has incressed largely. The foetus weighs seven 
or eight ounces, and measures six or sever mches. Ossification has taken place in 
a great part of the extent of the bones • the rudiments of the second set of teeth 
are visible under the first. The intestines are closed in, and the muscles become 
distinct. At this point the womb has become so enlarged that it cannot remain in 
the lower part of the pelvis, but rises up into the abdomen, where there is more 
room. This is what is known as quickening. Sometimes this change takes place 
gradually, and is not noticed, but often it is done suddenly, and produces disturb- 
ance of the internal organs until they become accustomed to the change. Cut 6 on 
the full plate shows the foetus at four months. 

At five months the weight is fifteen or sixteen ounces, and the length eight or ten 
inches. Every part has increased in size, and approached towards perfection. The 
lungs have enlarged, and to a certain extent are capable of being dilated: the situ 
ation of the nails can be discerned. In the period from the third to the fifth month 
is formed the umbilical cord. Cut 1 represents the foetus at the end of five 
months. 

At the sixth month is seen the first development of hair : the nails are marked ; a 
little fat is formed. Weight one and a half to two pounds; length about 12 inches. 

At seven months the length is about fourteen inches ; the weight about three 
pounds. The bones are tolerably firm, and the nails formed, and the hair perfect 
Figure 8 represents the foetus at the end of seven months. 

At eight months the weight is from 3 to 5 pounds, the length 16 inches, and a de- 
velopment so perfect as to be almost capable of performing the functions of inde- 
pendent existence. At the ninth month the head has considerable firmness, ossifi- 
cation is more complete, all the organs ready for action, while the length of the 
foetus is about 20 inches, and the average weight about 7 pounds. Tfce child is now 
'jorn — the crown of woman's bliss — the true effect of wedded love is accomplished 
— human of spring ! 



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Figure 9 on the full page engraving represents the foetus at the end o f nine 
months — the period for birth to take place. 




No. 50. — FCETUS W THE "WOMB. 

" Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by 
the sides of thine house; thy children like 
olive plants round about thy table." — Ps. 
cxxviii. 3. 




No, 51. — Twins nr the "Womb. 

*' I will therefore that the younger women 
marry, bear children, guide the house, give 
none occasion to the adversary to speak re- 
proachfully." — 1 Tim. v. 14. 



In cases of twins, the child will usually be found some smaller than where there 
has been a single foetus in the womb, the average being five pounds twelve ounces ; 
but here, also, there is great difference in size ; instances not being rare where 
twias weigh nine pounds each at birth, and in some cases as much as eleven or 
twelve pounds. A case recently came under my cognizance where a pair of twins 
weighed together twenty-two pounds ! Neither of them lived. In instances of 
triplets, or more, the children will generally be found lighter than in single births ; 
though in the aggregate weighing much more. A woman in Connecticut, some six 
years ago, gave birth to four children at a time, which averaged seven and a half 
pounds, making a total of thirty pounds ! The mother and one child died: three ol 
the ohiliren lived. 



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In cases of twins, triplets, or a larger 
number of children in the womb at one 
time, (as see accompanying engravings,) 
the growth of each is the same as in 
cases of the single foetus only, though 
they are not usually so large as where 
there is but one. Each foetus is distinct 
in itself— has its own placenta, and 
seems in every way disconnected from 
its fellow, except in those remarkable 
cases of the Siamese twins and instances 
of like character. 

Cases of twins are of very common 
occurrence; triplets are by no means 
rare, and in remote instances four and 
even five children have been born at one 
birth. 

The average weight of children at 
birth, as noticed in a large number of 
cases, is 7.06 lbs. for males, 6.42 lbs. for 
females. But there is very great diver- 
sity in size ; in some cases the child will 
be found to weigh not over three pounds ; 
in others its weight will be twelve 
pounds; and extraordinary instances 
are recorded where the weight was four- 
teen, and even up to eighteen pounds! 
Such instances are, however, exceeding- 
ly rare ; and, in almost all cases where 
the child is either very small or exceeding- 
ly large, it will not live ; being generally 
lacking in vitality when so small, and when very large encountering such pressure 
at birth as to induce its death. 




No. 52. — Four in the Womb. 

" As many arrows are in the hands of a 
mighty man, so are children of the youth : 
happy is the man that hath his quiver full of 
them ; they shall not be ashamed," etc — Ps. 
cxxvn. 4, 5. 



PERIOD OF GESTATION. 



The usual period of gestation, (carrying the child in the womb) as derived from 
extended observation by medical statisticians, is found to be forty weeks, or 280 
days. Ladies generally count nine solar months, which is a little short of 280 days 
The difficulty of determining from which particular act of cohabitation conccptioi 
took place, and still more, the impossibility of knowing on what day the semen 
of the male impregnated the ovum of the female, (as this may not occur foi 
some days after copulation,) renders certainty upon the length of gestation, to a 
day, quite out of the question, in any case. But, by close observation, and tak- 
ing a great number of cases, it may be ascertained to within a brief period, when 
conception has occurred, and from thence, the average duration of gestation may 
be drawn. But upon this point, as upon all others connected with the su' ; ect 



342 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

of generation, it will be found that there is no fixed period for parturition to lake 
place. It may occur before the expiration of 280 days; it may not happen 
till after that period.' There have been undoubted instances where gestation has 
been prolonged to 300 days. The law of Prance fixes 300 days as the period 
after the death or absence of the husband wherein the child shall be considered le- 
gitimate. In Scotland, the term is ten months. In one case, in this country, a 
child born 311 days after the decease of the husband, was decided by the court 
to be legitimate ; but physiologists would be dubious upon the legitimacy of the 
infant in a case so elongated as this. On the other hand, children are often born 
before the expiration of the 280 days. Seven and eight months children, that 
live, are by no means uncommon. And there have been recorded cases of children 
born at even so short a period as twenty-four weeks after conception, which 
lived — the child itself, from the formation and ossification it presented, giving evi- 
dence that it had not been any longer than that in the womb. A church court 
in England decided a child legitimate born twenty-seven weeks after marriage. 
In cases of this kind, the child itself is the best evidence ; the appearance which 
it presents showing to the medical man generally very near its foetal age. And 
there are so many instances recorded, and well-attested cases, where children have 
been born at a much less time after conception than nine months, that no woman 
should be accused or suspected of wrong from the time of the birth of the child after 
marriage merely. It is exceedingly unjust to do so ; and that spirit which induces 
people to talk harshly of a lady from the single/act that her first child comes into 
the world seven or eight months after marriage, is illiberal, unjust and unchristian. 
Prom the mortification that many sensitive ladies, entirely innocent of evil, expo 
rience, and the mental anguish they endure, from such unthoughtful remarks as 
the ignorant upon these points are too prone to make, it is to be hoped that men 
and women will better inform themselves upon this subject, and from a knowledge 
be induced to abstain from unjust conversation and condemnation. 

PREVENTION OF PREGNANCY 

The subject of the prevention of pregnancy is one which has excited much atten- 
tion in all ages, and various theories for that object have been advanced, and nu- 
merous nostrums have been put forward for this purpose, the which, by reason of 
the obscurity in which the subject of impregnation is involved, have never been of 
avail, unless they were of such a powerful character as to be dangerous to the life 
of the woman. Of the expediency of preventing conception in certain cases X 
have elsewhere treated; this has always been apparent; but until the introduction 
of the French Male Safe and Prevention Powder, the object could never be with 
safety and certainty accomplished. 

The philosophy of impregnation, although much investigated, is still in a measure 
wrapped in obscurity. Many theories upon the subject have been advanced, but 
were unsatisfactory; and one after another has fallen to the ground. The most 
/ational, and the one which at present prevails, is, that the semen of the male, being 
filled with animalculse, one of these, finding its way to the womb, there comes in 
contact with and impregnates an egg discharged into the womb from the ovario 
through the fallopian tube. Proceeding upon this theory, some physiologists have 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. g43 

undertaken to show that the egg is discharged into the womb at the period of men- 
struation ; that it remains there only for a certain length of time (as they say from 
one to seventeen days) ; that it is then discharged from the womb through the vagina, 
and that only while the egg is in the womb can conception take place. This may 
be so, and it may not ; it is yet to be proved by experiment. But admitting it, 
how are we to know with certainty that the egg comes into the womb at the period 
of menstruation, and how is the woman to know when it is expelled from the 
womb ? — for without certainty upon these points, it will be obvious that copula- 
tion cannot be had at any time without liability to conception. Those who have 
advocated this theory, have had the shrewdness to extend the period of the egg re- 
maining in the womb over a considerable number of days — it may remain, say they, 
seventeen days. And if it may remain seventeen days, who among them shall say 
that it may not remain twenty-seven days, during any time of which conception 
may follow copulation ? In truth, not the first argument has been advanced to 
show that it may, or that it does not, in many instances, remain till another egg is 
discharged from the ovaria. And until this is done, it is evident, there is no safety 
in trusting to such theories. Could the exact time of the entrance and the expul- 
sion of the egg be ascertained by the female, she might know at what periods con- 
nection without liability of conception might be had ; but this point of knowledge 
has not yet been reached, and cannot be known by symptoms, either by the female 
or the physician. In some females the menses occur as often as once in two 
weeks: these would be always liable to conception. In others they are very irre- 
gular, and they might have brought the egg into the womb before it was suspected. 
And in all, as they do not know when the egg is expelled from the womb, it is ob- 
vious that whenever copulation takes place without guarding against pregnancy by 
some artificial mode, there is liability to conceive. 

These facts are advanced for the purpose of showing to those who, by reason of 
some deformity or disease, cannot bear children without danger to life or destruc- 
tion of health, the liability to conception if they trust to theories upon this subject 
The only safety is to be found in the use of the articles I have mentioned. These 
will prevent at all times ; they are ever infallible, safe, do no injury, and may be 
used at any time. All other things will be found tallacious, and all theories will 
lead to trouble, if confidence is placed in them. 

In my opinion, it would be found, if the truth of the matter could be ascertained, 
that impregnation could take place at any time. But it is well known that in 
almost all cases, the day, or even week, and sometimes the month in which impreg- 
nation takes place, is not known even to the lady herself! How thon is she to 
know when it may or may not occur ? In fact, there is nothing to be known about 
it : — the time when it may occur, the time when it does occur, in almost all cases, 
are involved in obscurity and uncertainty ; and there are thousands of ladies 
who have had from one to ten or a dozen children, and who did not suspect them- 
selves to be in the family way in any instance except from the cessation of the 
menses ; and even this sign is sometimes so fallacious that they have believed the 
suppression of the courses to be attributable to cold caught from wetting the feet, 
or some other exposure ; and experienced physicians are often in fault to deter- 
mine whether a lady is enciente or not till three or four months after conception 



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IMPKESSIONS ON THE UNBORN CHILD. 

" Matter and spirit toiled within one yoke- 
Were they disjoined, the law of God were broke. 

This subject, considered in a medical view, as well as in relation to the mental 
character of offspring, is one of the most interesting and important kind ; one 
which has always excited attention, but still remains shrouded in mystery in refer- 
ence to the principle upon which certain events noticed are brought about, as also of 
the manner in which supposed causes in given instances are brought to bear upon 
the physical or mental characteristics of offspring. Of the fact itself, there can be 
no doubt: the modus operandi has not yet been discovered. 

These impressions result in several ways, or are the results of several 
and distinct causes. Of them, I propose to give you some specimens, coupling 
therewith the opinions of learned medical men as they occur in the relations. Of 
the theories that have been advanced upon this subject, that of Haller ascribes the 
effect to a permanent impression made by the semen of the male on the genitals, 
and more particularly on the ova, of the female ; another is suggested by M'Gilliv- 
ray, who ascribes it to an influence exerted by the foetus in utero on the constitu- 
tion of the mother ; a third is that entertained by Sir Everard Home and others, 
that it is an affair of the imagination. It may be proper to remark, that so far as 
we may be able to judge from observations made there are some cases in which the 
imagination only has produced an effect upon the offspring ; in others the imagina- 
tion has nothing whatever to do with it — the effect resulting from one or the other 
of the two causes first mentioned. 

But though we may not always know the cause, we should not be blind to the 
effect ; for it will be seen that often upon the matter of prior sexual intercourse, 
or through the imagination of the mother, the character and physical constitution 
of offspring may depend. The testimony on these extraordinary subjects, grows 
every day stronger against the sin of ill-assorted marriages — made often upon a 
basis of wealth or morbid passion, rather than upon a kindred sentiment of souls, 
which is the essence of true love. And those trafficing parents who hesitate not to 
make merchandise of their daughters for filthy lucre — selling them to the embrace 
of some wealthy sensualist to wife— may see, while contemplating these matters, 
the expediency of lifting their eyes above the money of a suitor, and look well to 
see if he has not become a blood-poisoned libertine. If they do not, they may havo 
cause, as have thousands of others, to repent their folly in sackcloth and ashes. 

Impressions on the mind of the mother, especially those received through the 
senses, often produce a palpable effect on the offspring. This opinion is one of very 
ancient prevalence, and may be traced back so far that its rise can hardly be at- 
tributed to the speculations of philosophers, and it is difficult to account for its 
origin, unless it be ascribed to the observation of occurrences. 

Combe relates a case of idiocy of a child whose parents had three intelligent 
children, and who could give no other cause for the' idiocy of that one than that 
some months before its birth the mother saw an idiot boy at her house, who made 
a strong impression on her, and who complained at the time that she could not get 
nis appearance <rut of her mind. Dr. Mason Good, speaking of deal' and dumb 



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children, says it is often observed that when once this defect has made an entrance 
into a family, often half of the after progeny, and in some instances the whole, will be 
deaf and dumb also ; and no reason could be given but the effect produced by the 
first on the mind of the mother. He relates a case of nine deaf and dumb children 
in succession, and another of ten. 

The effects produced upon the brain of the animal, by impression, to determine 
the color and character of the offspring, are well known to breeders. The account 
in the Bible of Laban and the peeled rods laid before the cattle to produce spotted 
calves, furnishes an example. An instance is recorded where the color of a pale 
gray horse was objected to, by the owner of a mare who took her to get with foal. 
The groom placed before the eyes of the male, another female of very particular but 
pleasing colors, asserting that the latter would determine the complexion of the off- 
spring; and it did so. The same experiment was tried in the case of a second 
female, and the colt was so exactly like the first that they could scarcely be distin- 
guished apart, although their spots were very uncommon. 

In the raising of dogs, this point receives much attention. The Spitalfields 
weavers assert that they can insure almost to a certainty, in the Marlborough breed 
of spaniels, which flourishes among them, any given quantity of color, length of ooa.t 
and texture of it, and regulate its disposition to curl or remain straight. The Here- 
ford ox is bred to a white face, or a half white face ; and the length of horns can 
be ensured to an inch. The color of the game-cock is arbitrarily imposed by the 
handler and feeder ; and the experienced pigeon-fancier can breed to a feather. And 
it should not be lost sight of that mental as well as personal qualities are also cul- 
tivated, so to speak, by impressions made upon the minds of parents. 

An interesting question has arisen, as to whether, when a female, either of the 
human or animal, has conceived by one male, after sexual intercourse with another 
would cause the offspring to resemble the second partner. From observations of 
experiments made upon animals, it has been shown that in many instances, the 
second partner really imparted his likeness to the offspring begotten by the first 1 
Dr. Hollick says: — "In one instance I knew a widow who secretly married in 
about three months after the death of her husband, and while, as it appeared after- 
wards, she was pregnant by him. The child, however, resembled her second hus- 
band, though there was almost a certainty that no previous infidelity had been prac- 
ticed, because the individual was at a distance when the conception must have 
occurred!" 

It is most generally supposed, that the influence of the male upon offspring is 
confined solely to the one conception which is the result of the intercourse : but this, 
as I have elsewhere remarked, has been found not to be true in all instances. Li 
many cases, either by electrical impression of the female genital organs, or by im- 
pression upon the imagination of the woman, or by influence exerted by the foetus 
while in the womb, the male may, by a single act of copulation, have an influence 
upon children born afterwards, begotten by another person I This fact has beeu 
proved hy experiments on animals ; and we should remember, that what is true with 
animals in these matters, is true likewise with human beings. I have advanced this 
as one strong argument in favor of early marriage : it being clear to every one that 
the sooner a female is married, the less liable will she be to have been impressed in 
this manner by copulation with another person. Men, therefore, who would have 
children wholly their own, and would be certain about the matter, might not find it 



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amiss to bear this fact in their minds. Not that I would convey the idea that ever^f 
woman not married young has been thus previously impressed ; by no means : I 
have too high an opinion of the sex in general to entertain such a view ; but, when 
we know that instances are continually occurring of women being seduced and de- 
serted, it cannot but be seen that the longer a woman lives unmarried, the more 
liable is she to be tampered with by some villain of the other sex. 

I will again quote from Hollick : — " Instances of this are sometimes seen in human 
beings. Thus a female married a second time will have children resembling the 
first husband, and sometimes even in a third marriage, as I have witnessed myself. 
Such resemblances can be explained only by supposing a permanent influence to be 
exerted by the male ; and probably that influence is most likely to be exerted most 
powerfully by the first partner." Dr. H. concludes, from experiments made, that 
these results are not always the effect of imagination, but are rather caused by tho 
permanent influence of the male upon the female organs of generation. He con- 
tinues : — " A friend of mine made some experiments upon animals, for the purpose 
of testing this curious question. Many of these were so managed that the imagina- 
tion could not possibly operate, and yet the influence of the first partner was dis- 
tinctly perceptible during several conceptions afterwards. Among other singular 
cases bearing on this subject, is the following, which was told me by an old physician 
in Scotland, who knew all the parties concerned. A young female was forcibly 
violated by a person whom she did not know, and under such circumstances that 
she could not see him ; it was known, however, by her friends, who he was, but 
from a wish to avoid exposure the occurrence was kept secret, though unfortunately 
she became pregnant in consequence. The child strongly resembled its guilty 
parent; and, what was singular, two children which she had by marriage after 
wards also resembled him, though they were by her husband — the guilty young man 
having previously left the country! !" 

In treating upon this subject of impression, Dr. Harvey, physician to the Aber- 
deen Royal Infirmary, advances the following :— 

" Instances are sufficiently common among the lower animals, where the offspring 
exhibits, more or less distinctly, over and beyond the character of the male by 
which they were begotten, the peculiarities, also, of a male by which their mother 
had at some former period been impregnated. 

"Mr. James M'Gillivray, of Huntly, a veterinary surgeon, offers the following 
theory upon this subject : — ' When a pure animal of any breed has been pregnant 
to an animal of different breed, such pregnant animal is a cross ever after ; the purity 
of her blood being lost, in consequence of her connection with the foreign animal. If 
a cow, of the pure Aberdeenshire breed, is with calf by a bull of the short-horn 
breed, in proportion as this calf partakes of the nature and physical characters of 
the bull, just in that proportion will the blood of the cow become contaminated, and 
herself a cross, forever incapable of producing a pure calf of any breed. The great 
variety of nondescript animals to be met with are the result of the crossing system ; 
the prevailing evil of which is, the admission of bulls of various breeds to the same 
cow, whereby the blood is completely vitiated. 1 

" A consideration of this subject suggests the following questions : — 1st. Whether, 
in case of a woman who has been twice married, and borne children to both hus- 
bands, the children borne to the second husband ever, or generally, partake of the 
peculiarities of the .first husband ? 2d. Whether, in a family of several children, 



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the younger children rather than the elder, are disposed to exhibit the characters of 
the father? 3d. Whether a woman who has borne several children by the same 
husband may not ultimately acquire some of the physical characteristics, or at least 
imbibe and manifest some of the morbid tendencies, of the latter? 

" A mare belonging to Sir George Ouseley, was covered by a zebra, and gave birth 
to a striped hybrid. The year following, the same mare was covered by a thorough- 
bred horse, and the next succeeding year by another horse. Both the foals thus 
produced were striped and partook of the characters of the zebra. And it is stated 
by Haller, and also by Becker, that when a mare has had a mule by an ass, after- 
wards a foal by a horse, the foal exhibits traces of the ass. Cases are recorded of 
mares covered in every instance by horses, but by different horses, on different oc- 
casions — where the offspring partook of the character of the horse by which im- 
pregnation was first effected. It has often been observed that a well-bred bitch, if 
she has been impregnated by a mongrel dog, will not, although lined subsequently 
by a pure dog, bear thorough-bred puppies in the next two or three litters. The 
like occurrence has been noticed in respect to the sow. Breeders of cattle are 
familiar with analogous facts as occurring in the cow. Says M'Gillivray : — ' Among 
cattle and horses they are of every-day occurrence? 

"Dr. Dyce tells me that he has certainly known one instance (if not more) where 
a mulatto woman bore fair children to a white man ; and that the same woman had 
afterwards to a mulatto man other children, who bore much resemblance to the 
white man, both in features and complexion. 

"Rev. Charles M'Combie, of Tillyfour, minister of Lumphanon, in Aberdeenshire, 
informs me that a lady neighbor of his was twice married, and had issue by both 
husbands. The children of the first marriage were five in number; of the second 
three. One of these three, a daughter, bears an unmistakeable resemblance to her 
mother's first husband. What makes the likeness the more discernible is, that there 
was the most marked difference, in their features and general appearance, between 
the two husbands. 

" Professor Simpson, of Edinburgh, communicates to me, that a young woman re- 
siding in Edinburgh, and born of white parents, but whose mother some time pre- 
vious to her marriage, had a child by a mulatto man-servant in Edinburgh, exhibits 
distinct traces of the negro ! He noticed particularly that the hair had the qualities 
characteristic of the negro ! 

"It is of more immediate interest, however, and of greater practical moment, to 
ascertain whether, through the medium of the foetus, the husband may impart to his 
wife either the syphilitic virus, or the scrofulous diathesis, or any other constitu- 
tional morbid tendency which he may possess. 

" Dr. George Ogilvie informs me of a case which fell under his own observation, 
where a woman was twice married, and had children by both husbands, and where 
the children by both husbands were scrofulous, although only the first husband had 
marks of that diathesis ; the woman herself, and her second husband, being to all 
appearance quite healthy. 

" Professor Prire, of Aberdeen, communicates — that ^frs. H — , apparently free 
from scrofula, married a man who died of phthisis, She had one child by him, 
which also died of phthisis. She next married a person who was to all appearance 
equally healthy as herself, and had two children by him, one of which died of phthi 



348 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

sis, the other of tubercular mesenteric disease — having at the same time scrofulous 
ulceration of the under extremity. 

" In these cases, before the mother could have imparted the scrofulous taint to her 
offspring by the second husband, she must herself have imbibed it from her first 
husband through the medium of his offspring while in utero. And, although seem 
ingly still free of the taint, it may have required only the appropriate external con 
dition to call it into full activity in her own person. And with regard to the syphi- 
litic poison, there is no difficulty in understanding, and it is quite within the bounds 
of probability that the foetus, if contaminated with it by its father, may convey it to 
the mother. It has been affirmed, indeed, that a man who has once had syphilis, 
but been seemingly cured of it for many years, may yet so retain the taint of it as to 
contaminate his offspring without at the same time tainting his wife. Yery possible. 
But this does not prove that he may not contaminate his wife also ; and the obser- 
vation itself is in that respect Mlacious, inasmuch as, in any given case of the kind, 
the wife may really have imbibed the virus, although in a latent form, and might 
subsequently give proof of the reality of the fact by tainting the offspring begotten 
by another and a perfectly healthy husband. Adopting this view, it may be fount? 
of importance, in contemplating marriage with a widow, to inquire into the consti 
tutional peculiarities of her deceased husband!" 

To this I may add, that it may not be amiss in contracting marriage with a wo 
man never before married, in order to be the better assured upon these points, tc 
consult the expediency of early marriage. Also, a knowledge of these facts, may 
lead young ladies to be careful about selecting a partner, to know, if possible, that 
he has not run the round of licentious indulgence with abandoned and diseased wo- 
men ; and it may, by showing young men the liability of contaminating the wife and 
the child with disease, even after being seemingly cured of venereal disorder, impress 
them with the expediency of keeping aloof from the courtesan, and seeking gratifi- 
cation of the amative passion in early and holy wedlock. In this way, and only in 
this way, unless we are to suppose the impossibility that men and women can always 
control the sexual impulse born within them, can there be security for husband, foi 
wife, or for offspring, against the deadly virus of venereal diseases. 

But to return to the influence of the mother upon the unborn child. I will quote 
from the Scalpel some instances of this nature : — 

<; A few years since we were requested by Dr. Moore Hoyt to examine an infan. 4 
of a few months' age. "We found a healthy child and mother ; the former presenting 
an eschar directly across the knee-pan of each knee. They were as if made by the 
scratch of a nail and from two to two and a half inches in length. Dr. H. was as- 
tonished on seeing these marks at the birth of the child ; but examination made it 
evident that this state of the knees had been produced within the womb ! But 
how ? The mother had spent, for a number of days, some hours daily on her knees, 
leaning over a cradle, and nursing a sick child. She complained of pain on rising* 
but did not anticipate any deformity in her child. When we saw the eschars they 
were completely healed. 

" The next case occurred in our own practice. A lady, during the second month 
of gestation, was presented by her husband with a pair of ear-rings. She was de- 
sirous to wear them the same evening to a party, but found it impossible to insert 
the loop into one ear, as the hole had partially grown up. The attempt was aban- 
doned, with some disappointment, and the expression of apprehension that her child 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 349 

would be marked. At birth, the child presented a hole in the centre of one lobo 
of the ear, so nearly perforated, that, on stretching it slightly with two fingers, the 
imperforated part proved so thin as to be absolutely diaphanous; a deep cJeft ran- 
oing downward for a quarter of an inch from the centre of the hole. 

"Mr. A., of the northern part of this state, married some forty years since. Pe- 
cuniary circumstances rendered offspring undesirable. Within a year, however, the 
wife thought herself with child ; on expressing this belief to her husband, she was 
at the moment, quite shocked at the dissatisfaction with which he received it. Tak- 
ing his hat,, he left the house, and was absent for near an hour. He was distressed 
on his return to find his wife in tears. He assured her he was rejoiced to learn the 
probable realization of her announcement ; that he was now satisfied with the condi 
tion of his pecuniary affairs. The wife dried her tears, but expressed her convic- 
tion that her offspring would suffer from her agitation. Her fears gradually in- 
creased as gestation advanced. A healthy and well-formed boy was born. After 
some months, it manifested an extreme unwillingness to approach the father. This 
gradually increased, until its dissatisfaction was manifested by loud and continued 
screaming when brought near him. As age advanced, the most persevering efforts 
were made to overcome this repugnance, but in vain, and the attempt was aban- 
doned in despair. This state continued, and at the time of our receiving the infor- 
mation, the son, then an active and rising member of the bar, had never been able 
to speak a word to his father, though the most painful efforts were made. 

" The next case was related to us by Dr. Cox, now practicing at Williamsburg, 
Long Island. A lady was in constant attendance upon her dying father ; his dis- 
ease was a cancer on the forehead, and required repeated daily dressing ; this was 
done by the daughter, who was in the early period of pregnancy. In a few months 
the father died, and the daughter was delivered, at the full period, of an infant dis- 
figured with a large tumor on the forehead. This the doctor assured us became an 
open sore, in all respects similar to the one of which the child's grandfather died. It 
resisted every application, and soon terminated the ohild's life. 

" If such results do really sometimes follow the exposure of mothers to disagree- 
able objects, the appearance of the maimed foreign paupers that shock their feelings 
at the corner of our streets should be instantly put a stop to by legislative interfer- 
ence. And if mothers desire to be blessed with healthy offspring, they had better 
not only avoid disagreeable sights during pregnancy, but observe all the laws of 
their being, and keep a rigid watch over their most secret thoughts and actions." 

A correspondent of the Scalpel gives the following cases: — "A gentleman of 
Brandon, Yt, removed to New York city, and while there, went one day to visit 
the Zoological garden. While there, his wife, who was enciente, and who was of a 
highly nervous temperament, became alarmed at the ferocity of a beautiful Bengal 
tiger. The lady fainted. In process of time, she gave birth to a healthy boy, 
which grew like other children. After the child was old enough to run about, he 
exhibited the strongest of tempers when vexed at anything. At such times he 
would growl and shriek, and fly at the faces of his companions with all the ferocity 
oC a wild cat — tearing their clothes, biting and scratching their faces, and the like — 
his eyes, during the paroxysms, being of a fiery or green color, like those of a cat 
when angry. As he advanced in years, it became necessary (or an older person to 
accompany him, to prevent his injuring his playmates during nis paroxysms of fury 
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"In the same town of Brandon lived a man who one morning desired his wife 
(then with child) to assist him in killing a calf. The wife of the man's brother tried 
to dissuade her from going, but she went. The calf was thrown upon its side, and 
as the man was in the act of applying the knife to its throat, his wife helping to 
hold it down, it suddenly sprang up, receiving at the same time a severe cut across 
the mouth and nose, the knife passing over and cutting off one of its ears. The 
woman became alarmed, and ran to the house. In due time she gave birth to a 
living child, which had a hare-lip, each lip being deeply cut through, and the 
cleft in the superior one extending entirely through it, and far back . toward the 
posterior .part of the palate ; it had also but one ear. The child died soon after 
birth. 

" In Rutland, Vt., a married lady had a favorite pet cat, which she loved immo- 
derately. One day, the husband came in, and found her holding the favorite tabby, 
as usual. Being under the influence of liquor and passion, he seized the cat, and, 
with an oath, dashed its head against the hearth. The wife was greatly affected. 
Some months after she gave birth to a female child, whose physical organization 
presented strange peculiarities. Its face bore the general resemblance to that of a 
cat — having no chin — with the mouth quite at the lower part of the face — the nose 
long and depressed, and the eyes like those of the cat. The hands were deformed — 
very short fingers, crooked and sharp nails. When she was nine years old, the 
child had never spoken a word, but made known her wants by a kind of yawling, 
cat-like sound, which was horrible to hear. 

" In the same town resided a child upon whose face was a peculiar red stain. At 
a wedding party given to a young couple soon after their marriage, the bride re- 
ceived the contents of a wine-glass upon her face as she was playfully running from 
one room to another. It spattered her face, neck, and breast, and caused her much 
confusion of mind, and not a little anger. Her first-born child came into the world 
with its face, neck, and breast well covered with claret. As it increased in years, 
the color of the mark became brighter. 

" In the north part of the same town there lived, some seventeen years since, a 
young man, one-half of whose forehead was covered with an unseemly mass of 
coarse red and black hair. The father of that young man owned a favorite heifer 
which one day got mired, and no man being about, the wife exerted herself to ex 
trieate the animal. It was in vain. She sat down, exhausted, and commenced 
patting the dumb animal upon the head, admiring and playing with the curl in the 
center of its forehead. Some months afterwards a child was born, having a tuft of 
coarse hair, quite unlike, in both color and quality, to that upon the rest of the head, 
covering nearly one-half its forehead, having the same curl, or rosette shape, which 
existed on the forehead of the young cow. 

" Some years since, a gentleman from Clarendon, Vt., was crossing the North 
River, near Albany, in an open boat, in company with two other men. When 
midway the stream, one of the men suddenly seized an oar, and struck the man 
first alluded to over the head, cutting a severe gash through the scalp, and rendering 
him senseless. The object was robbery. The circumstances were soon communi- 
cated to the wife of the injured man, and she was greatly distressed. Some seven 
or eight months afterwards she gave birth to a child, upon whose head was a wound, 
corresponding in shape and position with that made upon her husband's head. 



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wtich had not healed when he returned home. Adhesive straps caused the wounds 
to heal kindly, and the child lived. 

" Some few years since, a clergyman of Providence, R. I., was riding out with his 
wife in a covered sleigh. They were met by another team, the horses to which were 
running away. In passing, the head of one of the horses came in contact with the 
covered sleigh, and carried away part of the top, slightly injuring the gentleman, 
and greatly alarming his wife. The idea took hold of her mind that all his head, 
above his eyes, was carried away, and she repeatedly put up her hand to ascertain 
if his head was really where it ought to be. Some months elapsed, and the lady 
gave birth to a living child. The child had a face, but above its eyes it had no 
head or brain. It of course lived but a very brief period." 

These cases might be multiplied indefinitely. Scarcely any person of observation 
but has noticed similar. I call to mind a case where a lady, enciente, while on v a 
visit to a house in which I resided, took some cranberries, without permission, from 
a cupboard which she opened. On going home, the thought came that perhaps she 
should not have taken them without asking. Her child, born a few months after 
had a tumor on the forehead, exactly resembling a cranberry. 

I was acquainted with a gentleman (now dead) of the town of Manchester, Conn., 
whose father, while he was yet in the womb, brought home a dead owl, and threw 
it suddenly into the room where his wife was. The lady was much frightened. 
The eyes of the person closely resembled those of an owl, and one leg had a with- 
ered appearance, corresponding to the appearance of the leg of a bird. He was 
always known by the nick-name of " Owl- Eye." I am acquainted with another 
man, now residing in Hartford, Conn., whose mother was frightened by a rat while 
he was in her womb. The sight of a rat will throw this man into a fit ! — but in the 
presence of any other species of animal or reptile, he manifests no extraordinary 
emotion. 

But it will be useless to further multiply facts upon this point. It is of often oc- 
currence that marks of peaches, strawberries or other things appear, upon offspring. 
The modus operandi is beyond our knowledge ; but, as such things do occur through 
the imagination of the mother, it is plain that it is the duty of every woman, so far 
as is in her power, to govern her passions, to control wisely her emotions, to keep 
aloof from scenes of a loathsome or revolting character, calculated to work power 
fully upon the mind ; to keep herself from all morbid thoughts ; to bo calm, lovely, 
serene, and as quiet as possible, while carrying in her womb another being. And 
husbands, who have affection for their wives, and who would have healthy offspring, 
cannot be too kind nor too careful of their wives while they are in the conditio u to 
become mothers — particularly in the earlier months of pregnancy. When a woman, 
in her pregnancy, is desirous of anything not unreasonable, the husband should, if 
possible, obtain it for her, even though, in ordinary circumstances, he might not in- 
dulge her with it. 

It is by no means, however, the case, that when people look beforehand for some 
mark, or expect some effect from a cause upon the mind of the offspring, that it 
occurs. The reverse of this is more generally true. Very many ladies long for 
this or that during the months of pregnancy, and expect their child will be marked, 
but this does not happen ; while others, who do not in the least anticipate such an 
event, find their offspring disfigured. This shows us how much the results witnessed 
are beyond the comprehension in the way they are brought about. It will generally 



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be found that the impressions upon the child in utero are caused by sudden emotion! 
'of the mind of the mother — something which takes forcible hold of her thoughts, 
and for the time affects her entire being. Hence the necessity of guarding against 
sudden anger, fear, fright, or allowing the mind to receive any absorbing impression 
of any kind whatever. 

The effect which the sight of an idiot will have sometimes upon the foetus of a 
woman, has been noticed in many instances. Powerful impressions are often 
wrought upon the mind of the mother, and through her upon the offspring, by th« 
sight of an idiot. Therefore, it should be the duty of the law to remove from the 
midst of society all idiotic persons, and place them under proper care in some 
school, or upon some retired farm fitted for the express purpose. This would be 
not only better for the idiots themselves, but it would in a certain degree prevent 
the multiolication of this class of unfortunate beings. 



THE SERPENT AND ADAM CAUSED THE FALL; THROUGH WOMAN 

CAME THE REDEMPTION. 




No. 53. — The Temptation and Disobedience. 

* And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to th« 
jyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat ; and 
»av«» also unto her husband with her, and he did eat." — Gen. iii. 6. 



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For long ages the disieputable credit of being the cause of the fall of man Laa 
been fastened upon innocent woman ; and none have had the generosity to take up 
the pen in her behalf and disprove what seems to be generally believed. Though 
by men adjudged guilty of the fall, such is not the Scriptural fact, as I shall attempt 
to show. The truth is, that the serpent and Adam caused the fall, while through 
woman has been worked out the redemption of mankind. 

God created Adam in His own image, and endowed him with a superiority of 
knowledge, and gave him power over the whole animal creation ; but despite of 
his superior knowledge, he yielded to temptation and caused the fall. The serpent, 
being more subtle than all the beasts of the field, (Gen. iii. 1,) deceived Eve, and 
beguiled her into the belief that by eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of 
good and evil, she would be made wiser, and herself and husband become happier. 
And in the innocence of her heart, and filled with benevolence and love for her 
husband, and desiring to increase his happiness, she hearkened to the voice cf the 
tempter, and partook of the fruit of the tree. Her offence was committed in inno- 
cence, and from motives of the purest benevolence, and with a proper desire to add to 
the amount of happiness enjoyed by herself and husband. She partook because of the 
deception of the serpent, and not in a feeling of disobedience to the commands of 
God. The fruit of the tree was " Good for food, pleasant to the eyes, and to be de- 
sired to make one wise and happy ;" therefore she did eat thereof. — Gen. hi 6 
But disobedience was not in her heart. 

This view of the case can be proved from renowned commentators, and is sustained 
by the testimony of Paul. And it is evident, from scriptural proofs, that God re- 
garded woman innocent, for he cursed the serpent, and the ground for Adam's sake, 
and said unto the serpent, (Gen. iii. 14,) " Because thou hast done this," &c. But 
he did not curse woman, as the language of Paul proves ; yet, woman, being in 
the transgression, though innocent, God greatly multiplied her sorrows in conception 
and child-birth, and adjudged her to be ruled by man, which, heaven knows, is not 
an easy punishment for woman! But Adam transgressed the law of God hi 
knowledge, and without being operated upon by the beguiling words of the deceiv 
ing serpent. Adam hearkened unto the voice of the woman to do sin, and com- 
mitted it in direct violation of the command of God, without first having been de- 
ceived. So that guilt in the spirit and in the eye of God was with him, and not 
with the woman, and by him (Adam) and the serpent came the fall. 

Now for the redemption. God, viewing the matter of the cause of the fall in tho 
light we have presented, resolved that sinful man should have no part or lot in tho 
great scheme of redemption ; but that through innocent woman should the work of 
salvation be commenced. Viewing man as a sinner, he could not be allowed any 
agency in a holy work of redemption. Therefore it was that the Virgin Mary was 
overshadowed by the Holy Ghost, and made to conceive of God a child, tho great 
Messiah of our race — even Christ Jesus, in whom all the dead in sin may be made 
alive. God found favor in her sex, as we see from Luke i. 30 — " Pear not, Mary, for 
thou hast found favor with God." Again, " Behold a virgin shall be with child, and 
BhaJl bring forth a son." — Matt. i. 23. Again, " Mary was with child of the Holy 
Ghost." — Matt. L 18. Again, " For that which is conceived in her is of the Holy 
Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, 
for he shall save his people from their sins." — Matt. i. 20, 21. Again, "Then said 
Mary unto the angel. How shall this be, seeing I know noi <* man ?" (Had sexual 
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No. 54. — The Punishment for Transgression. 

" And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayst 
trecly eat : but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shaltnot eat of it : for in the 
lay that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die." — Gen, ii. 16, 17. "And the Lord God said 
unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and abovo every 
beast of the field : upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy 
life : and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed : 
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.'^ — Gen. iii. 14, 15. "Unto the woman 
he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow, and thy conception: in sorrow thou shalt bring 
forth children ; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee." — Gen. iii. 
16. " And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, ami 
hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying thou shalt not eat oi it," &c. — Gen 
iii. 17. 



intercourse with a man, — Author.) " And the angel answered and said unto her 
The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall over- 
shadow thee; therefore, also, that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall 
be called the Son of God." — Luke i. 34 and 35. This proves Christ to be the Son 
of God, born of a woman, who had never known man. We see, therefore, thai 
God gave his own Son to be born of innocent woman, that the race, through his 
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.These facts are incontrovertible and undeniable — no ingenuity of man or devil cai 
disprove or overthrow them. 

God's command not to partake of the forbidden fruit, was unto man, or Adam, 
and not woman, Or Eve. — Gen. ii. 15, 16, 17 verses. "And the Lord God took the 
man and put him into the Garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord 
God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely 
eat ; but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it : for in 
the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." 

There are various ridiculous, as well as reasonable opinions, as to what the for- 
oidden fruit consisted of, but very evidently it was vegetable fruit ; but the sin was not 
so much in the kind of fruit, as to test Adam's obedience to God's command, or law; 
•he kind of fruit having been designated, of which he was keeper, and of which God 
gave him charge and held him responsible for the faithful fulfillment of that charge. 
The serpent may have been commissioned to tempt Adam, and to accomplish his 
object beguiled Eve, or woman, although she was innocent of what would be the 
punishment. Adam's obedience to fulfill the command was to be tested, and wo- 
man's aiding to disobedience did nothing to excuse him. Nowhere in Scripture 
is the sin expressly attributed to woman, but often to man. And why ? Simply 
because of her innocence to do wrong. Hear what the Scripture saith, (Rom. v. 
12,) " Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin ; and 
so death passed upon all men, for that all men have sinned." It will be remem- 
bered that the law, or command of God, was first established before the transgres- 
sion, and that command became a law unto Adam. As the inspired Paul, the 
great law expounder, has done justice to the subject, I shall give his teachings in 
part from the 5th chapter of Romans, commencing at the 13th verse, and continue 
through the chapter : " For until the law, sin was in the world ; but sin is not 
imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, 
even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's trangression, 
who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence* so also is the 
free gift. For if through the , offence of one many be dead ; much more the grace 
of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man Jesus Christ, hath abounded 
unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift : for the judgment 
was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justi- 
fication. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one ; much more they which 
receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by 
one, Jesus Christ. Therefore, as by the offence of one judgment came upon all 
men to condemnation ; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon 
all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were 
made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover, 
the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, ^race 
did much more abound : That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace 
reign, through righteousness, unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord." 

Paul's epistle to the Corinthians is, as elsewhere, proof positive cf the mmrcuiice 
of woman causing the fall of man, and settles the truth of the whole matter in a 
very few words, viz., (1 Corin. xv. 21, 22,) " For since by man (not woman) came 
death, by man came also the resurrection of the lead. For as in Adam (not Eve) 
ill die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.'' 



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t No. 55. — The Redemption. 

" Hail thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou among women." 
" And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary ; for thou hast found favor with God. And be- 
hold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus." — 
Luke i. 28, 30, 31. 



While on earth, Christ had the greatest respect for woman — for her motherly 
love, her charity, her purity and her acts of benevolence. Evidently he considered 
her in the light we have presented ; that God, to accomplish the great work of re- 
demption, took the pure woman as his vessel of honor, that through her Christ 
might be made manifest in the flesh ; and unto her sex, in the hand of G-od, does 
the honor of the restoration of man to his original state of holiness justly belong. 

In this day and generation, when the light of the G-ospel is being carried to the 
uttermost parts of the earth, it is due to the female sex that the truths I have set 
forth upon this subject should be known, and that she should receive the credit that 
is justly hers : and yet, commentators, ministers, and all others, seem strangely to 
have overlooked the important truth we have presented. Woman is educated in a 
consciousness of having wrought the fall of man; the burden of the sin is cast upon 
her shoulders. This, particularly in a mind of a religious cast, is the cause of great 
evil; for it oppresses her mentality, impairs her usefulness, lessens her in her own 
esteem, and detracts from her ability to perform, those deeds of goodness in the re 



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lief of suffering humanity, the regeneration of man, and the christianization of the race, 
that she is peculiarly fitted to do. • It greatly impairs her usefulness in woman's proper 
sphere, (which is not among the roughness of men and in the coarser walks of life, 
but amid the duties of domestic existence, in the church and by the side of the sick 
and suffering,) and renders her less a noble aid to man than she would be with a 
conscience void of sin in that which is laid upon her. For if the belief remain that 
the fall of man was caused by woman, how can we have that confidence in her sex 
necessary to giv. force to her works for his redemption. But the reproach is un« 
justly laid upon aer ; she to many is a guardian angel of purity, to infuse virtue, 
morality, and religion into his heart, and impress them upon his offspring. And 
ministers and commentators do wrong to thus destroy confidence in her purity aDd 
integrity. Aside from these, the consciousness of this great sin frequently leads to 
insanity, consumption, and death. And in the hope of being able, by calling atten- 
tion to the subject, to lessen such disastrous occurrences, the author has deemed it 
proper to introduce the subject to his readers. 

"Woman, thou who hast so long borne unjustly the reputation of causing the ori 
ginal sin of mankind, and unrighteously incurred displeasure for that of which thou 
art not guilty, and been without an advocate of thy cause for the honor of being 
made an instrument in the redemption of the fallen race, — be no longer cast down 
in the false belief that upon thy head rests the sin of the fall. In the innocence of 
thy pure heart thou partook of the fruit of the tree, and therefore was not guiltj^of 
the great sin. But upon man and the beguiling serpent does the weight of iniquity 
rest ! Grieve not, therefore, longer ; shake off the oppression of consciousness, and 
believe thyself innocent, as Paul and the Apostles have taught. Thus shalt thou 
become better fitted for the duties of thy station, and be saved from hours of mental 
anguish, that lead to the dethronement of thy reason, and the destruction of thy life. 

It has been often said that woman brought death into the world, and that she is 
the most wicked creature God ever made. A clergyman once made a remark 
to this effect to a lady, and received for reply — " If one rib taken from man is so 
awfully wicked, what must the whole body of man be ?" If woman has been in 
every age of the wo'* 1 .! so wicked, it is very curious that man should be so desirous 
of obtaining from such a creature the favor of a look, a nod, or a kiss ! Man has 
ever arduously courted and sought to associate with these wicked beings ; and many 
have become raving maniacs because they could not get one of these most wicked 
objects that God ever made ! Strange, indeed, that the smiles and love of so sinful 
a creature should be in such demand among the sex who arrogate to themselves a 
great share of godliness 1 Strange that man will brave every tempest, and endure 
every hardship, for the sake of a kind word or a sweet kiss from one of those wicked 
beings, woman! 

It has been said that woman should not speak in the churches — that she should not 
raise her voice in public to plead for religion and Ohrist. She has been veiled, enslaved, 
and looked upon by many as unworthy and too sinful for this ; and yet, in making sa- 
cred music in praise of God, her sweet voice cannot be dispensed with. Was woman, 
the mother of Jesus, too wicked to be a public teacher, preacher, and helper of man — 
whom God saw was too sinful to be the father of him by whom salvation was to come to 
all that believed ? man ! hide thy face in shame, that in this age of civilization 
.and Christianity thou seekest to cast down rather than to raise up the noblest and 
purest work of the Deity, even woman. 



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WOMAN THE GLORY OF MAN. 

1 But the woman is the glory of the man," was the language of wisdom that fell 
from the lips of the Apostle Paul, the great teacher of the Christian religion. — 1 Cor. 
xi. 7. Solomon, a man of great wisdom and understanding, uttered a similar 
sentiment of honor to the female sex, which is worthy the attention of all, parti- 
cularly woman herself— " A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband." — Prov. 
xii. 4. And God himself uttered these words, which speak that he considered well 
of this creation of his hand : " It is not good that man should be alone ; I will make 
him an help meet for him." — Gen. ii. 18. And in making a help meet for man, it 
would be to impeach the wisdom of Deity, to suppose that she was not created with 
such virtues and qualities as should command the esteem and admiration of the other 
sex, and be worthy of their love, and purest and highest honor ; for less than this 
would have tended to degrade rather than elevate the man. Adam acknowledged 
woman to be " bone of his bone, and flesh of his flesh ;" " therefore shall a man 
leave his father and his mother, and cleave unto his wife ; and they shall be one 
flesh."— Gen. ii. 22, 24. 

Evidently the intention of our Creator in making man and woman for each other's 
happiness, was that they should be inexhaustible magnets of love to each other — each 
hafing charms for the other that should never be exhausted or blotted from the remem- 
brance: "For love is of God." — 1 John iv. 7; and "Love is strong as death." — 
Songs viii. 6. 

"Would the limits of this work admit, I might give you the whole history of wo- 
man, from her first creation to the present time ; how she has been fettered by dress ; 
prisoned to stifle her usefulness and love : veiled and shut up in lonely houses and 
nunneries, to hide the beauties and smiles of her lovely face ; silenced in speech, that 
men or angels could not be overwhelmed by the sweetness of her honeyed words, 
and charmed with the loving kindness and abundance of her heart. 

In many ages of the world, by the superstitions of religious belief, woman has 
been tortured, fettered, imprisoned in action and speech, doubtless because of her 
supposed transgression in the fall of man. She has been enslaved, prostituted, and 
turned into a defiled body of abominations by sinful man. In the present age, in 
Christendom, mankind seemingly abhor such treatment, and attempt to give woman 
the proper education, honors, and liberty, both in society and the hearts of men, 
which she so nobly deserves. 

"Woman is the noblest work of God. The "mother of all and beloved by all, she 
Is filled with affection, charity, patience, hope, endurance, fortitude, and all the en- 
nobling qualities of human nature. She is as a fountain of sweet waters unto man ; 
the richness and beauty of her love, the angelic goodness of her heart, cannot be 
equalled upon the earth. Man admires, honors, respects, and almost adores her, and 
acknowledges the matchlessness of her charms, and tha power of her attractions by 
bending in worship at her shrine. She is an inexhaustible fountain of love to com- 
fort man and to cheer bim, whether on land or on sea, in war or in peace — whether 
he be in the house of worship, in the theatre, in the grove, or in the parlor — whe- 
ther he be at home or abroad. 

In the adornment of the richest palaces, in the embellishment of halls of pleasure, 
in exhibitions upon the walls of galleries of the fine arts, we do hor or to woman, and 



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manifest our estesm and love for her, by suspending her portrait in conspicuous po- 
sitions and high places; and even in the monetary concerns of our existence — upon 
the faces of checks and bank bills — we meet the shadow of woman's beauteous face, 
crowned with wreaths of honor and the horn of plenty. The delineations of her 
graces may be found mingled in all the adornments of life. 

Man may boast of his heroic deeds upon the field of battle ; but woman has the 
higher boast, the honor of being mother to all. Man may talk of his sufferings in 
War for the glory of his land ; but he is outdone in endurance by woman, who suf- 
fer the pains of travail to raise up sons to fight the battles of her country. Man 
may boast of the genius and talent of his children, whom he has educated in wis- 
dom ; but to woman is due the greater credit of impressing them with genius before 
their birth, nourishing them in foetal life with her own blood, and supporting them 
m infancy from the rich treasures of her bosom. "Woman is the first to lend an ear 
to the calls of the needy — the first to send the Gospel to the benighted nations of 
heathen lands. She was first at the tomb of a crucified Saviour ; and wherever she 
is found, her hands are filled with pity, sympathy, charity, and love. And for the 
graces of her person, and the noble qualities of her mind, man loves her — he can 
never forget her. For her he visits and explores the uttermost parts of the eartli, 
and the vast depths of the mighty seas, that he may gather costly jewels, furs, and 
* garments to decorate her angelic form ; for her he dares the tempest and the hurri- 
cane, the shock of battle and the faggot of the barbarian ; for her he delves by day 
and by night, beneath the heat of the scorching sun, and in damp and loathsome 
pits, where the rays of heaven never come — that, when his toils are over, he may 
rest him in her embrace, and hearken to her notes of sympathy and love. 

Man, without his love for the fairer sex, would be like the earth without the 
cheering and genial rays of the sun : like an icy mountain of Greenland, which ne- 
ver melts, but remains cold and hard forever. But when the love of a pure and 
virtuous woman reigns in his heart, and leads him to the nuptial state, he becomes 
softened, civilized, and humanized, and fitted for a foretaste of the joys that await 
the good beyond the boundaries of the tomb. 

To give an idea of the influence exerted by woman upon the character and des- 
tiny of nations, we subjoin the following extract from M. Aime Martin, showing the 
respective condition of females in European and Oriental countries, and the condi- 
tions of the countries themselves : — 

" Whatever be the customs or the laws of a country, it is the women who give 
the direction to its manners. Whether free or subject, they reign, because they 
derive their power from our passions. But this influence is more or less salutary 
according to the degree of estimation in which they are held ; be they our idcls 
or our companions, courtesans, slaves, or beasts of burden, the re-action will be 
complete ; they will make us what they themselves are. It appears as if nature 
attaches our intelligence to their dignity, just as we attach our happiness to their 
virtue. Here, then, is a law of eternal justice ; man cannot debase women without 
becoming himself degraded ; he cannot elevate them without becoming better. 

" Let us cast our eyes over the earth and observe the two great divisions of the 
human race — the East and the West; one half of the old world continues without 
improvement, and without ideas, beneath the weight of a barbarian civilization; 
there the women are slaves. The other half progresses towards equality and en- 
Jghtenment, and we there see women free and honored. Contrast with a European 



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or American family an Eastern one ; the former is based upon equality, the latter 
upon polygamy and slavery, which leave to love its brutal fury, but which deprive 
it of its sweat sympathy, and divine illusions. A man may shut himself up with a 
number of women, but it is impossible that he can love several. See him then re- 
duced, amidst a crowd of young beauties, to the saddest of all conditions, that of 
possessing without loving, and without being loved. Inebriated with the coarsest 
pleasures, without family in the midst of his slaves, without affection is the midst 
of his children, he imprisons his companions, and makes of his house a place c ' pun- 
ishment, crime and prostitution. And, after all, does this animal life yield him last- 
ing happiness ? No ; his senses become blunted, his mind becomes enervated, and 
he vainly pursues unto the brink of the tomb the sensual delights, which, while 
they excite him, elude his grasp. Polygamy is a purely animal state; it gives us 
only slaves; marriage gives us a loved and cherished companion; the former estab- 
lishes misery and debauchery in the house of the man, the latter forever banishes 
it, and sanctifies the house," renders the bed undefiled, the wife a fruitful vine by 
the sides of thine house, #ie children as olive plants around about thy table, the 
domestic home a sweet paradise of Godliness and the man as a worthy citizen. 
We Tnay add that civilization, uncorrupted, is only possible by means of conjugal 
bliss and marriage, because in marriage alone the sexes can enjoy the uncorrupted 
sweets of sexual bliss, and women called upon to exert their intellectual and moral • 
powers. At the creation and beginning of the world God created only one man 
and one woman, and in the womb of the female God creates the sexe8 at his plea- 
sure, either male or female ; and ever since the creation of man and woman he has 
caused to be born the sexes about equal in numbers. Thus each man ought to 
have his own companion; it is the law of nature; all the rest is only barbarity 
corruption and debauchery. 

Viewing woman and her influence in this light, and believing her created of 
God not only as a help-meet to man but as a guardian angel to lead him and the 
fallen of her own sex from the pools of iniquity and the sinks of degradation to a 
high and lofty stand by her side in the holy temple of virtue, morality and religion, 
we deem it matter of most momentous consideration, that she should take the 
greatest care of her bodily health and keep disease far from her. Without doing 
this, she in great measure must become unfitted to discharge properly the important 
duties of her station in the world — to rear up the future generations in health and 
virtue, to minister to the afflicted, to afford happiness to the companion of her wed- 
ded life, or enjoy for herself that modicum of pleasure in the world which the Creator 
designed should fall to her lot. To this end she should avail herself of the means 
prepared by medical skill to give purity to her blood and preserve her person in all 
its original beauty and glory. And for this the author has prepared his celebrated 
Medicines for the Blood, which preserve and restore the bloom to the cheek, elas- 
ticity to the step, strength to the frame, and consequent vivacity of spirit in the 
discharge of all the varied functions and duties of her life. 



WOMAN'S LOYE NEVER CHANGES : 

It is firm as the everlasting hills — immovable as the mountains. If woman has 
once truly and sincerely \ovi i a man, she can never dislike him. He may ill-treal 



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abuse and misuse her, but she will love him still. He is a magnet of great attrac- 
tion for her — her desire is unto him — she never will forget the object of her young 
heart's i lolatry. And though he be far away at sea or in battle, her anxious heart 
is with him; though he die and be carried from her embrace to the cold and silent 
tomb, she will ever think of him — mourn for him, and steal away from the gay and 
giddy crowd to plant the rose of affection upon his grave, where the gentle breezes 
of heaven come and the birds sing their songs of sadness. She will frequent his 
lonely tomb, and refresh the flowers with her tears of sorrow. Though dead, ho 
live eh in her sweet remembrance. 

Woman is the just pride of a nation — destroy her virtue and the downfall of a 
people is certain ; suffer her health to become bad, and deterioration must ensue 
She keepeth man's love from corruption — she is to him as a fountain of living 
waters, which bringeth forth a continual pleasure. How important, then, that she 
should be kept in health — that in and through her man may be blest and happy. 
How essentially necessary that the greatest care should be taken by all husbands 
to watch over the health of their wives, lest consumption steal upon them unawares, 
and they be borne away by the spoiler Death. Think of this all ye who love and 
care for the chosen partners of your joys and sorrows, and see to it that by a timely 
use of the great remedies of nature you preserve them from the fangs of death, and 
keep them to bless your remaining days. If the first appearances of distemper have 
manifested themselves, lose no time in procuring a remedy against the growth of 
the destroyer. This you may always find among the Circulating Medicines I have 
prepared for the afflicted, by the use of which thousands have already been rescued 
from the cold embrace of the tomb, and the day of dissolution put afar off. For the 
proofs of this, and for the nature and character of the medicines I prepare for the 
diseased, see certificates of cures in another part of this volume. 



INVALIDS IN OFFICE. 

The question of whether invalids should be allowed to hold office, or to be in- 
structors of the people in any capacity, or legislators, or lawgivers, is one, consid- 
ered in a sanitary point of view, as well as an intellectual one, of vast importance, 
though seldom thought of. Every person is aware that, very often, — so often as to 
be the rule rather than the exception, — the ills of the body disqualify the mind ; 
and that a mind to be sound should inhabit a sound body, or rather one which has 
no disease properly speaking. A person may be deprived of an arm or of a leg, and 
his mind not injured thereby ; but if he be constantly suffering from some bodily ill 
that gives continual pain or is a constant source of annoyance, or if his person be 
weak and sickly, it must be obvious to all that his mind is in greater or less degree 
badly influenced thereby. This we know by experience. There be cases, it is 
true, where gigantic intellects rise above and become superior to the infirmities of 
the body ; but these are exceptions to the general rule. How fit is a judge upon 
the bench, when suffering from the twinges of the gout, to give a candid hearing to 
the case before him ? How capable is a man to legislate for his country as he 
ought when weak and enfeebled by disease? 

Considering these things, it ia not absurd 'to ask, if it would not be better that uc 
diseased person should hold office? In my opinion, the cause of human healtl 



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would eventually be greatly benefited by a regulation of this kin<i, and the utel 
lect of the people be also improved : for then all who had aspirations for place foi 
themselves or for their children, would use much more effort and care than now tc 
be healthy themselves and bring up their children in health. There would be 
added a powerful stimulus to the possession of soundness of body to those already 
existing. If persons supposed that they might arrive at station by becoming sickly, 
and could not without, would not that be a stimulus for many to make themselves 
so? And if this is so, surely the contrary would be a much stronger stimulus. 

As it is now, it is fashionable to be sick; sickness, or pretension to infirmity, 
breeds sympathy and obtains place. It is used as a cloak for idleness, and to cover 
disgrace. It will be noticed that physicians seldom feign sickness or infirmity, 
because, if they did so, invalids would say to them, " Physician, heal thyself!" 
By feigning sickness they lose their reputation and their business ; and it would bo 
well if all other stations in society had a corresponding penalty attached. 

If a man infringe the laws of health, and thereby become diseased, detracting 
from his own usefulness and perhaps injuring his offspring, in justice he should 
receive the punishment of disgrace. If it could be known that no man or woman 
could hold a high place in society, or any lucrative office, unless sound in body, tho 
sick among us would rapidly decrease ; we should not have half so many invalids 
as now ; every possible sanitary measure would be put in operation ; nothing would 
be neglected calculated to promote health ; exercise would be sought where now it 
is neglected; houses would be purified and ventilated; food would be taken at 
proper seasons, and of the right kinds ; and the whole race would gradually grow 
healthier, stronger, happier, and wiser. Weakness of body and weakness of intellect 
Would in great measure depart from among us. 



STUDY THE BIBLE— THE GREAT LAW BOOK. 

The Bible is the great law book for man, and a guide to health, to happiness, to 
honor, and to correct action in ajil things pertaining to the welfare of the human 
race. It is the law and gospel of the Father laid down for the governance of his 
children, through obedience to which in all things they may arrive to the enjoy- 
ment of the greatest amount possible of human happiness in the present world and 
secure salvation in that to which this is but the place for preparation. 

Whoever will study the Bible carefully and with an eye to its precepts for the 
obedience of laws that shall give health to the system, will find therein such direc- 
tions and advice from the inspired prophets, and apostles, and teachers, as cannot 
be disregarded without bringing upon the individual the inflictions of disease. The 
wise Creator of all, knowing that man was liable to disease, and that without in- 
struction he would fall into sickness and pain, commanded him, through the mouths 
of his inspired servants, to strive to preserve his health, and indicated certain rules 
which it would be necessary to obey to the end that health should be enjoyed. 
And from these rules whoever departs is liable to sickness and premature death. 
These rules are for physical and moral governance — for the mental and the pi 7sical 
man ; in many things closely connected together, indispensable to and depending 
upon each other; so that he who does wrong morally, physically commits skr 
against his own flesh, ani suffers the penalty therefor in sickness and early decay 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 303 

And in many things, if we would find a law through obedience to which health 
may be enjoyed and length of days increased, we have only to turn to the pages of 
Holy Writ, and it is before us. And so also in law, and in all things pertaining to 
government, and upon rules for the regulation of society. The disposal of riches, 
the necessity for labor, the folly of idleness, the miseries of whoredoms, the evils of 
abominations of every grade, the fruits of intemperance in all things, the punish- 
ments of unholy lusts, the horrors that fall to the self-polluted, the sin of him who 
taketh away the bread of the poor, and of him who enslaveth the people in political 
bondage ; upon these, and upon all things whereon the mind of man has ever run, 
does this great Book of God speak the language of inspiration in the words of 
soberness and truth ; and which, if they were but obeyed, would lead us to hap* 
piness and to health. 

The greatest men of past ages have made the Bible their study and their guide ; 
the best of men have been its disciples and its followers ; and, indeed, no man can 
oe what he should be, without going to this great source of wisdom from the Creator, 
and drinking in its precepts, its teachings, its rules, and its religion. Assured of 
this, I would point my readers to its pages — would urge them to a consideration of its 
truths, and ask obedience to its rules, confident that thereby they would be enabled 
to escape much of evil, and experience less of both mental and ph} sical misery. 
From this you may learn to — 

" So live that when thy summons comes to join 
The innumerable caravan that moves 
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take 
His chamber in the silent halls of death, 
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, 
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed 
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave 
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch 
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams." 



STATE WORKHOUSES FOR THE POOR. 

The subject of the establishment of institutions for providing for the poor is one, 
considered philanthropically or in relation to health, of vast importance. Of the 
expediency and necessity of such institutions there is little use to speak, as it is a 
matter that has received general attention in almost all civilized nations. But the~3 
are connected therewith one or two points, to which I desire to turn attention. 

Commonly, a person who, from any reason whatever, becomes the inmate of the 
poorhouse, is considered a recipient of the public bounty — no matter how much 
labor he may be capable of performing, no matter how much more he may earn for 
the institution than he takes thereirom in board and clothing. There are a great 
many who can and do earn more than they consume. To such, there should be 
adjudged reward ; and for this purpose, every poorhouse should be an industries 
home, where persons out of employment might avail themselves of the facilities ot 
labor offered by the institution, and receive that compensation which they justly 
earned, the same as if they worked for a private individual in any business. 



364 . THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

As now considered, all poorhouses are in a certain sense disreputable, and hfl 
who enters one is in certain manner degraded. If a person has been unfortunate, 
and is without th^ means of obtaining a livelihood, and he apply to the public au- 
thorities for relief Ik is looked at as an object of public charity, and treated as such, 
when, if he were given work under the direction and authority of the government, 
he could not only earn his own living, but also could save a little fund to purchase a 
Aome for the future. Now, all our institutions for the relief of the destitute should 
oe founded upon this principle — they should not be altogether poorhouses, but 
national worJcshops; and every person who earned more than he received should 
have credit and pay therefor. This would keep the man willing to labor always 
above the tyranny of capital, so long as he ,was able to work. But now, if a man 
labors for the state or town in the poorhouse, all his earnings are taken ; he is in a 
measure disgraced ; he sees no hope ahead ; he has nothing in the future to give 
him stimulus, and he becomes dejected, downcast, indifferent, and often reckless. 
There is for him no hope in the future ; and when the hope of man is lost, what can 
there be expected of him but that he will labor the least possible to get his living, 
and decline into that apathy which makes him not much above, in aspirations at 
least, the ox or the swine ? Such a state of things ought not to be. The really un- 
able should be supported, not by the surplus earnings of other poor people, but by 
the state ; and all able to work should be placed at labor, stimulated to industrious 
exertion, shown the road of hope leading to personal competence in the future, and 
then be paid a reasonable compensation. In other words, the general and state 
governments of our country should be employers on a large scale of all the able- 
bodied poor who could not find employment elsewhere. In addition, it ought 
to be the duty of public officers to arrest and commit to these national workshops all 
persons found begging in the streets. If they are able, let them go to work ; if not 
able to labor, send them to the hospital. It is a shame and disgrace to any nation 
or city, that the corners of its streets are infested with beggars, to annoy and impor- 
tune the passer-by with haggard looks, rum-bloated bodies, disgusting and infectious 
sores, filthy forms and disease-breeding rags. Many of these persons are arrant im- 
posters ; others, though poor enough, spend their beggings for bad liquor instead of 
for food and clothes, and ought not to receive charity except through the hands of 
those who know how it is applied. 

Under a proper regulated system of national workshops or state farms, which 
should be industrial homes for the poor and hospitals for those of them not able to 
work, and to which every person found begging should be sent — there to be ex- 
amined by a competent physician, and his ability or inability to labor pronounced 
upon, — where all able to work should be made to earn their living, and all able 
and willing should be paid for all they do over and above a living, pauperism 
would in great degree be overcome. Many of those who now give themselves up 
to despair and idleness, and become burthens to the state, would be stimulated to 
exertions ; and with the prospect ahead of having a little sum of their own to emi- 
grate to the West, or to start in business, would be encouraged to such exertion as 
would rid the tax-payers of the burthen of their support. And through this, also, 
the state would be enabled to erect many of its public buildings at a cost compara- 
tively small, as well as to construct many works of great general utility, which are 
now thrown into the hands of corporations, and can be enjoyed by the people only 
at an expense. 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 365 

Conceiving, as I do, that the health of a people is in a measure dependent upon 
the amount of comfort and happiness which is enjoyed, I cannot pass over remarks 
upon the public institutions of our country, without neglecting matters upon which 
the prevention of disease and premature death in some measure depend. In truth, 
investigation will show us that the general health of a nation will be found great or 
small exactly in proportion as all the causes which lead to disease are removed or 
neglected. Without reference, therefore, to the bestowal of charity, the subject of 
state and national workhouses may be justly considered as worthy of attention, on 
the ground of health alone ; and on that ground should receive the consideration of 
the legislator and the physician. 



FEMALE INDUSTRIAL HOME. 

The immediately preceding remarks have had ■ more particular reference to the 
proper employment of poor men ; but while we are considering their wants, we 
should be careful not to overlook the wants of females. 

If the interest of a poor male population requires national workhouses, the require- 
ment of the same class of institutions for poor females is much stronger. The great 
number of women who find it difficult to procure a sufficiency of work at decent 
wages to live on comfortably, is immense ; they are generally less fitted to rough it 
;n the world, and less capable to enter into competition with the crowding and push- 
ing of modern civilized society ; the result of which is that they suffer longer and 
more acutely, though, perhaps, making less complaint. For this class of females 
there should in every state be provided industrial homes, where, under the direc- 
tion of proper officers, they might labor at some branch of business that would not 
merely support them, but would allow the industrious to lay up something for future 
comfort. These institutions should be separate from the male homes or workshops, 
and the inmates employed upon some branch of labor where females can be most 
lucratively engaged. In other respects, they should be conducted upon the same 
principle as the male houses. 

From institutions of this character there can be no doubt that a vast amount of 
good would flow to the poorer classes of our country ; and that they would greatly 
tend to the banishment of abject poverty from among us, with the concomitant evils 
of disease, mental, and moral degradation, and crime, I most fully believe. In- 
deed, it may be so asserted, without reservation or doubt upon the subject. 

The articles manufactured at these state institutions should be so disposed of as 
to realize the largest profit, instead of being thrown into the hands of speculators ; 
and the surplus proceeds should be distributed for the benefit of the laborers. 



REFORM SCHOOLS. 

The subject of instituting Reform Schools, or State Farms, for the purpose of edu- 
cating in habits of morality, and instructing in useful branches of mechanics, or in 
agriculture, the vicious and criminal youths of a country, instead of putting then" 
between the walls of a prison, and in company with old and hardened men, has en 



366 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

gaged, of late years, the attention of legislators in this country. And wheiever the 
Idea has been carried out, it has proved of the most beneficial character. 

Maine has its Farm School for this purpose, of about two hundred acres, twc 
miles irom Portland, recently established. 

Boston has its " House of Reformation'' for youths, which has been in operation 
for twenty years. The institution has been the means of great good to juvenile 
offenders. They are there educated, and, after a period, discretionary with the 
directors, are apprenticed out to farmers, mechanics, or seamen — and become good 
members of society, a blessing to others as well as themselves. 

Massachusetts has a large State Reform School at Westboro', which has been in 
operation four or five years. The inmates are employed in various ways — some on 
the farm, some put to trades. Many have been apprenticed out, and the reforma- 
tory process has been -beyond the expectation of the most assured friends. 

Providence has also opened a " House of Refuge" for juveniles, with what suc- 
cess I am unable to state. 

Connecticut has also made appropriation for the same purpose, and, I believe, it ia 
thought the institution will soon be in operation. 

New Jersey has an institution of this kind, under an appropriation of about 
$15,000 from the Legislature. It is located on a farm of seventy-five acres, three miles 
southeast of Princeton. It has not been in operation a sufficient length of time to 
judge of its moral results. 

Philadelphia has its " House of Refuge." About two thousand boys have been 
apprenticed from this institution, and without doubt the most of them saved from a 
life of crime. It has equalled the anticipations of its founders. The earnings of the 
boys, in the workshops, are about one-fourth the expense of their support. 

Baltimore and Cincinnati have also established Houses of Refuge. 

New York city established the first institution of this kind in the country, twenty- 
eight years ago. There have been five thousand received into it. At Rochester 
there is another institution of this character, established in 1846. The farm contains 
forty-two acres. 

The number apprenticed from these establishments (being considered as greatly 
improved in their character), is full of encouragement. The proceeds of labor speak 
well for the good habits of industry which the inmates form. The expenses of 
these establishments are but a little more than twice as much as the labor of the 
juvenile delinquents, so lately arrested, so short a time committed, so soon to be ap- 
prenticed, of an average age not exceeding thirteen years, and not long since placed 
in circumstances tending so powerfully to utter ruin. 

Into these places, where they may be reclaimed from viciousness *nd sin, where 
they may be taught virtue, morality, and religion, and educated in the common 
branches, and from whence they may be sent out into the world good and useful 
members of society, every youthful offender of the laws should be put, instead of 
in the prison. In ninety-nine of an hundred cases they will be improved by it. 
And also, all those children who have no parents to take care of them — who have 
no work — no means of education — no stepping stones to virtuous fife,— but are left 
to the society of the abandoned and the vile, to be led down the road of sin — should 
be taken. It would be a great step to prevent much of misery and crime ; and I 
hope we may five to see the day when every State in the Union, and every city of 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 367 

size, will have established a Farm School, or a House of Refuge, as a home for the 
destitute youth, aud a place of reformation for the juvenile offender. 

To send a youth to the state prison for an offence against the laws, can hardly 
fail of being productive of evil. To enter a prison stamps the youth with ineffacea- 
ble and eternal infamy, like the mark of the heated iron upon the living flesh ; 
makes him an outcast from society forever ; sets his mind in enmity against his fel- 
low-men ; accustoms him to the company of the hardened culprit, and fits him for the 
commission of other and more desperate deeds of crime ; so that he comes forth into 
the world, at the expiration of his sentence, having taken unto himself seven other 
devils worse than at the first ; and instead of being reclaimed, and made a respecta- 
ble man of by proper kindnesses and persuasions, he is rapidly hastened forward 
in the downward road of crime, that leads to infamy forever ! Therefore, we should 
establish and sustain reform schools for youthful violators of the law, and other 
kindred meritorious and heaven-pleasing institutions, through which to minister to 
the moral, the religious, the intellectual, and the physical wants of those over whom 
circumstances in life have exercised deleterious effects. 

The only objection of moment that rises up against these institutions is one made 
oy unthinking tax-payers — that it costs so much to support them. Let us cousider 
of and dispel the force of this objection. 

It is indeed true that a reform school for juvenile offenders draws somewhat upon 
the treasury of a state ; but it operates upon just this principle. A man who has 
caught a severe cold, may, by a trifling outlay of trouble and expense, succeed in 
breaking it up, and relieving his system of its injurious effects. But, if he neglect 
it — if, because a dose of medicine will cost a shilling, he suffers it to go on, and 
more to be added to it — the result sooner or later very often is, that a fever is in- 
duced, or a consumption propagated, the which will not only cost the individual 
many dollars, instead of a shilling, but may carry him to an early grave. So that, 
considered in a mere pecuniary view, the shilling for reformation at the outset would 
have been wisely used. Now the vicious boy stands in, the same pecuniary relation 
to society as does the cold t© the human system. If we do not spend a dollar to 
reform him, the chances are ten to one that his after career will cost society, in 
various ways, many hundreds of dollars. He will be likely to become a non-pro- 
ducer ; he will make cost to, other people to watch him ; he will very probably oc- 
casion several trials, before courts ; he will become an expensive man to society 
in numerous ways. So that we may certainly consider that every dollar of taxes 
used for reformatory purpose upon the young, will save the expense of an hundred 
dollars upon that person, which he would incur for us if left to his vicious ways. 
And what is true here, is also true in all matters of like character, and in all 
preventive and reformatory measures, and also in all properly conducted sanitary 
measures for the prevention of sickness. This is a point which should not be over- 
looked ; one which is obvious, and yet one that continually rises up before the phi- 
lanthropist, from the brains of men who do not investigate such matters. 



MAGDALEN ASYLUMS. 

In all large places where prostitution exists, there should be a Magdalen Asylum, 
with a hospital attached 4 Here both body and soul of the abandoned womar 



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should be cared for. She should be restored to health, if possible ; she should be 
instructed in the ways of virtue and religion, and every means taken to restrain 
her from a life of misery and shame, and restore her to the world in some useful, 
honorable and noble capacity, where she may become purified in mind and fitted 
for happiness in eternity. By this method I have no doubt much could be done to- 
wards the suppression of prostitution ; and, at the least, much of the disease that 
grows out of it might be avoided. Upon the subject of Locke Hospitals, says Rev. 
Dr. Wardlaw, in his lectures, " Even on moral and religious grounds, apart entirely 
from the claim which all suffering, whatsoever may have been its cause, has to 
pity, I should conceive it unmerciful to object to such an institution. The disease 
in question, if left to itself would hurry its victims to a wretched end, and thus 
put a speedy close to the possibility of any means for their spiritual and eternal 
benefit — for their rescue from sin and perdition. On this ground, if for no other, 
for the sake of giving them space for repentance, I would plead for the cure of 
their bodies." To this is added the moral necessity of a Magdalen Asylum, so that, 
when restored to health, the woman might find some other way of life than going 
back to the path of pollution ; that there should be attempts to instruct, restrain, 
and save her from further sin, and in time send her forth into the world a useful 
member of society. "There can be no question," he continues, "that a large 
amount of benefit, both temporal and spiritual, has resulted to fallen females from 
the institution of asylums, as places of refuge from the temptations of the world, 
and from the imminent danger to which, in their state of outcast degradation, they 
otherwise stand exposed, of returning to their former courses." 

Every institution of this description should seek to raise the fallen and reform 
the guilty ; and should stretch out the hand of mercy to the destitute and homeless 
female, when no prospect but that of prostitution, from abandonment and want, is 
presented before her. It should also see to finding places of lucrative employment, 
of an honest and fitting kind, for all women desirous of abandoning the life of the 
harlot — after being restored to health. Upon this principle institutions have been 
founded in London, and through their saving influence many thousands of femalef 
have been reclaimed — been reconciled to their former friends, have found good 
places to earn an honest livelihood, and many have married and lived creditably. 

None of us can but be aware of the difficulty that is met with by a female in en- 
'eavoring to return back to respectable society, even after she has committed no 
other fault than that of yielding her person to the caresses of a wily and deceiving 
seducer ; one who, by long protestations of earnest and endearing love, or under 
promise of marriage, has robbed her of purity in the moment of a passion he had 
artfully excited, or won her consent because out of the very kindness and love of 
her heart, she would not deny the importunities of her destroyer. There is forever 
after a mark set upon the woman ; and often, and most unjustly, she is cast out 
into the world by her relatives, and left with little before her but the trade of the 
courtesan. She would come back to a life of virtue and usefulness ; but the desire, 
in our society, if not denied, is so treated that it seldom finds gratification. This 
ought not to be. Places to which the unfortunate and repentant woman may go 
and find a home free from pollution — from whence she may obtain a situation that 
shall afford her an honest livelihood — and be reclaimed back to the world, should ex- 
ist in all large places. Every city of size, and every state in the union, should pos- 
sess and support ?,n institution of this character. Because a woman has once sin 



THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 369 

ned, after being first sinned against and left to shame and scorn, is she therefore 
nast mercy and redemption ? I think not. Our Saviour has taught us a different 
and a better doctrine in his words to repentant Mary Magdalen. That doctrine 
should be ours, rather than the coldness and the scorn that is met with by the re- 
pentant prostitute. When the wicked or the vile would abandon their ways and re- 
turn to virtue and morality, the proper mediums through which they may come 
back to their lost estate should be provided. The cause of health, the cause of mo- 
rality, the cause of religion, and also the pecuniary interests of society (if people are 
to object to Magdalen Asylums upon the score of cost) would be greatly benefited 
by the establishment of these institutions. 



FOUNDLING HOSPITALS. 

There is scarcely a daj- passes by that we may not read in the reports of crimi- 
nal intelligence of the murder of one or more new-born babes by the unfortunate 
and outcast mother. The growing increase of this unnatural crime among us T es- 
pecially m the larger cities, and the fact that the law does not operate to prevent it 
in a great many cases, seems to demand the attention of law-makers to some other 
modes for its prevention than now exist in our country. 

It would naturally be supposed that the love of a woman for her offspring, even 
though it were the child of sin, would forbid its destruction by her hand ; but that 
it does not always do this, facts of every-day occurrence show us. And when we 
recollect that in most instances the females who practice this unnatural crime are 
those whose sin was that they "loved not wisely, but too well," and who have been 
deserted by heartless seducers and left to the scorn and coldness of the world, to 
become disgraced and be cast out from respectable society, it should certainly de- 
tract from the height of our wonder that they sometimes strive to hide their own 
shame and dishonor by leaving the fruit of the womb to death. And we may rest 
assured that, law or no law, while the feeling at present existing in society against 
frail and betrayed woman continues, there will be many who will endeavor to save 
their reputation at the expense of the life of the child, and of their own peace of 
mind on earth and hope of happiness hereafter ; we shall continue to hear of child- 
murders, although not the hundredth part of those committed, nor the thousandth 
part of the abortions perpetrated, will ever reach the ear of the public. 

In other places in this work, and especially under the head of "Abortions," I 
have spoken of early marriages as a most sovereign prevention for the great mass 
of these unnatural crimes. But as early marriage does not generally prevail, it is 
our duty to make other provisions, in the hope of checking the destruction of infan- 
tile life by downright murder. "While people continue to be born with passions 
such as they now and have always possessed, and while the seducer is ready to rob 
the beguiled and amorous woman of her virtue, so long will illegitimate children be 
conceived. About every great city, the depraved libertines will ever congregate, 
and unsuspicious and thoughtless women will ever fall their victims, in abundance. 
And from this class (and perhaps from others) — erring, but deeply-injured woman — 
fobbed of her choicest jewel — keenly feeling that the knowledge of her folly by the 
world will render life no longer worth possessing — seeing herself a scorned and 
perhaps guilty thing — turned out upon the world after ministering to the lust of her 
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betrayer — her system, both physical and mental, weakened by confinement and 
anxiety, the reason of the woman often totters on its throne, and she encounters crime 
in the hope of preserving a position in society which she cannot bear the thought 
of losing. Of cases like this there are thousands that never come to light : and thus 
dees child-murder flourish ! 

If the woman has been guilty of one folly or crime, shall we so leave matters as 
to induce her to commit another and greater, or shall we seek to offer an induce- 
ment which shall prevent the second ? We see that neither fear of discovery nor 
dread of punishment operate to lessen the number of abortions and child-murders ; 
for they are on the constant increase! "We cannot prevent folly, nor passion, nor 
deception in the matter of sexual love ; but we may do something to prevent the 
murder of the child of sin, by eradicating the temptation to incur it ; and this simply 
by availing ourselves of the wisdom of older cities, and erecting a foundling hos- 
pital, where the wretched mother may unseen deposit the illegitimate fruit of her 
womb, and save alike the life of her child and her own reputation in society. And 
thus would both infanticide and prostitution be checked ; for, it is well known that 
the houses of ill-fame find many recruits from those who have been disgraced and 
cast out from society, by a knowledge of their first folly being known to the world 
through the birth of an illegitimate child. Had there been a way whereby the un- 
fortunate mother could have saved her reputation and the life of her child also, 
there can be no doubt that in the great majority of cases she would, instead of 
sinking to the life of the harlot, have learned wisdom from her first folly, repented 
her indiscretion, resolved to sin no more, and becomo a respected, honorable and 
useful member of society. 

Continually does the wily seducer ply his arts to ensnare the unsuspecting wo- 
man. By presents, by delicate attentions, by cautious displays of exciting novels or 
pictures, by moving yet passion-breeding words, and amorous glances and actions, 
by oily persuasions, by rides in the hours meet for love, by protestations of undy- 
ing affection, by promises of marriage, by apparently innocent yet dangerous con- 
tact of the person, and perhaps by stimulating medicines or drugged drinks ; by 
these and by all the ways of seduction, does the man seek to rob the maiden of hex 
virtue. Too often he succeeds ! and then leaves her to shame and misery 1 How 
loag it may be before the maiden yields herself to these enchantments, we may not 
always know ; but as Absalom sat for years in the gates of the city of David, that 
he might win the people to rebellion, so sits the seducer often for years at the feet 
of female virtue before the citadel is surrendered. And then he loathes and despi- 
ses her he has so long labored to win ! he abandons her ! and she, finding the germ 
of a new life within her bosom, beholding disgrace before her in the birth of a child; 
thinking of the kind parents whose hearts will be broken at the knowledge of her 
shame ; and the anguish of brothers and sisters, and friends, and the laughter and 
scorn of a cold and unthinking world — turns to abortion or infanticide to save her 
from ruin ! Is this strange ? And for such is there to be no pity ? Is there no 
hand to be stretched forth to save the innocent babe from death ? There might be, 
if, while importing all the follies of Paris and other European cities, we would im- 
port also sc me of their wisdom, and erect a foundling hospital, at the gate of which 
the child might be deposited, notice thereof given by ringing a bell, and the wretch- 
ed mother be left to go her way unknown, to repent of her folly or crime, without 
adding thereto the sin of murder. In such an institution the child might be reared 



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to a proper age, and from thence be adopted into some respectable family that had 
not been blessed with offspring, and there might be raised to honor and usefulness, 
without bearing with it in the eyes of the world the stain of illegitimacy. Thus 
would good be effected in diverse ways ; the heart of the christian and philanthro- 
pist would be rejoiced, crime would be diminished, and society be improved. 

In this connection I would suggest if it would not be well that with a foundling 
hospital there should be connected an institution to which every woman, the victim 
of the seducer, might repair privately, to be there delivered of her child away from 
the knowledge of the curious and unfeeling world ; and from whence she might go 
back to society without the fact of her seduction being known ; and thus her charac- 
ter be saved, and herself more securely kept from the dangers of falling into prosti- 
tution. It is indeed worthy the consideration of philanthropists, if it would not be 
well that every place of size had its public lying-in hospital, so arranged that every 
inmate should be strictly private — and so that no one might know who was therein. 
"When the daughters of wealthy men have fallen and are with child out of the pale 
of wedlock, it is a matter of every day occurrence that they are sent off to some 
secluded place, for confinement, and return in a few weeks without the fact of their 
having become a mother being suspected. Thus their characters are saved from re- 
proach, and their children from the abortionist — they are secured from shame ; and 
once having passed the ordeal and not fallen in the sight of the world, they learn 
wisdom, and in general are not again led into temptation. Had their shame been 
published abroad, the chances would have been good that they were ruined forever. 
I leave for consideration, if it would not be better for us that the state should make 
provision for a similar mode of rescue for the less wealthy, and consequently less 
likely to escape the infamy that is ever attached to the unfortunate woman who 
becomes the mother of an illegitimate child. Of two evils, would it not be wise to 
choose the least ? 



•' A whip for tlie horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back." 

" Curst be thy weapon, which, to blame or praise, 
E'en like a two-edged * catling,' cuts both ways." 

"WIFE, THIS BOY IS FIT ONLY FOR A DOCTOR!" 

Such is said to be the exclamation of many a father over the most ignorant aid 
imbecile of his sons ; and it is because we have doctors made out of such sons that 
the mass of the physicians of our day are blunder-heads and ignoramuses. 

As the Scripture saith, " Not all that cry Lord, Lord, are fit to enter the kingdom 
of heaven," so do I say that not every physician who declares himself acquainted 
with the lungs and their diseases, is fit to treat the patient when suffering from 
consumption. Ninety and nine of an hundred of the doctors of the present day 
are in reality blind as to the nature, prevention and cure of lung and consumptive 
diseases, and shamefully, often wilfully and doggedly, ignorant upon these subjects. 

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the contractions that arise between members of the same school of physio— the 
difference of their opinions, and the various treatments of different physicians — and 
their guessings and experiments in a case of consumption, or the yielding up of the 
patient to death without an effort to save him ; and a post mortem examination of 
the lungs of one of their patients doubly proves their ignorant blindness, and their 
utter inability to properly treat the consumptive. 

I have been completely through the whole routine of this matter, and speak 
here what I know to be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, to 
wit : That all doctors, whether learned or unlearned, who pretend to treat con- 
sumption under the head and title of colds, are ignorant and medically blind. At 
the same time, they seem to glory in their imbecility and idiocy regarding the 
curability of consumption. I thank God that, though once myself lacking proper 
information upon these subjects, because I had not sufficiently investigated, nor 
invented the Lung Barometer, I now see how and why I was lacking, and I have 
the frankness to acknowledge it. 

Blessed indeed would it be for mankind in general, and for the consumptive in 
particular, if they were left to nature alone to effect a cure for them, rather than be 
killed by ignorant and blindfolded physicians, who pretend to be solons in the heal- 
ing art, but who are no more nor less than legal man-killers. At the present day 
invalids generally had rather trust their lives in the hands of honest mechanics and 
plow-drivers than to be slaughtered by pretendedly scientific but actually ignorant 
" medicine men," many of whom are the refuse of the human creation, crammed 
into the clothes of doctors and fitted with " sheep-skins" as passports for the whole- 
sale slaughter of their fellows. I admire the invalids' discretion, and hope for a 
glorious reform in the field of medicine. 

From the kind and quality of numerous physicians that are every year manufac- 
tured and turned out into the world by our medical colleges, it would seem that the 
poorest of all possible materials had been taken out of which to make them. Ge- 
nerally speaking, they are half idiotic young men whose fathers very rightly judged 
were not fit for any other business nor qualified to get a decent living in any other way. 
And heaven knows they are not fit to make doctors of; they would be scouted at in 
any other profession, and most certainly could never have been educated to make 
even tolerable mechanics. Many of them are bribed through college — pushed in 
and shoved out ; for of themselves they would not know enough to go, and would 
have got through only by being guided in at one door and kicked out at the other. 
They are like the idiotic plow-boy, who could not drive through the bars without 
knocking down both posts ; and it may be doubted if they would know enough to 
get in at a barn door. It is an old and very true saying — so often exemplified as 
to be considered the general rule — that if a rich man has several sons, and one o 
them plainly «?bows that he has not enough of natural smartness to make a respect- 
able figure as a lawyer, minister, statesman, judge, or scientific mechanic, he is 
manufactured into a doctor. And it is out of such base and worthless, cast-off and 
despised material as this, that we have that class of physicians who pronounce 
consumption incurable. The fact is, if these same doctors were fed on anything 
out spoon victuals, they would die of the gout ; being altogether too lazy to exer- 
cise enough to keep off that disease, or to investigate enough to understand medi- 
cine. Independent of a few professors in the colleges, who lead the mass, as tho 
farmer leads his bull, by a ring in the nose, they are excessively dull and stupid 



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aad, like the psychological subject who tastes things sweet or sour, according to 
the will of the operator, or sees a snake in a walking cane, so do these doctors 
taste, see, think and act psychologically according to the will of the professor. 
The sum total of all their worldly knowledge is contained in this arithmetical sen- 
tence — One hundred cents make a dollar. Beyond this they never have seemed to 
think it was possible for medical skill to go. 

If we trace back the history of these men, what shall we find them to be ? 
Here ciphers, unless to be more than nothing is to be worse than nothing — lacking 
in brains and barren of intellect. These pretenders to medical skill may be sur 
rounded by the shadow of knowledge, but its substance they have never possessed ; 
their heads could not contain it ; if ever it went in at one ear it passed immediately 
out at the other, as the wind passes through the cracks and knot-holes of an ill- 
built barn. They were never made to contain information, much less to conceivo 
it and impart it to others. They are like to those officers in a man-of-war who are 
said, in the language of the tar, to have " crept in at the port-holes." As men unfit 
for sailors are smuggled in at the port-holes of a vessel, so are these doctors smug- 
gled into the medical profession through colleges by the gold and influence of their 
fathers. They are not self-made men — they are not the men of science nor of 
heroic renown. These men do not labor and strive against disease — they make 
no regular battle against King Death, but with dainty hands, incased in white kid 
gloves, feed out medicines to their patients, ignorant and heedless of their effects. 

The self-made men of the world — the men of action and worth — the men who 
by glorious deeds have done service to their country and their race, were different 
from these indolent ignoramuses, who fold their hands in quiet, and say to the sick 
and afflicted — Your case is past recovery; we can do nothing for you. David 
dared the powerful and haughty Philistine, and went forth to meet and to slay him 
with an humble sling; Bonaparte scaled the snow-clad Alps to conquer the 
enemies of France ; Washington met the power of the British Hon and gave liberty 
and equal rights to the people of America ; Taylor and Scott endured the burning 
suna of Mexico, and the hardships of camp and war, to bombard the strongholds 
of the Mexicans and bring wooden-legged Santa Anna to terms of peace. These, 
and other glorious deeds have self-made men performed ; but where is the physician 
who has fearlessly gone forth to meet consumption, bombard his forts, scatter his 
armies to the four winds of heaven, and at last capture and bind in chains the 
destroyer himself, that thereby might be wrought out welfare for the afflicted sons 
and laughters of Adam ? No physician has thought this could be done — none 
have undertaken the task, until the author of this work headed the enemy of man- 
kind, conquered and took him prisoner, and declared liberty to the consumptive. 
But the battle has been fought ; victory has perched upon our banners ; and the 
sweats of pure blood, health, happiness and longevity are liberally offered to the 
millions who will follow the dictates of this guide for the afflicted. And thrice 
blessed will they be who read it without prejudice and treasure up its truths. 

The author wishes no higher honor than that of being a servant of the sick, to 
restore them to health and continue them in the possession of that inestimable 
blessing unto a good old age, and without distinction of name or sect, persuasion or 
occupation, in or out of the schools of medicine and science. His warfare is not 
against men, but against disease ; not against medical skill, but against ignorance 
and pretension : not against the welfare of the sick, but to the end that all mav 



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enjoy health and attain to the fullness of days without encountering the waves of 
sickness or the seas of trouble. 




No. 56. — Health for the Sick. 

CUBE OF CONSUMPTION. 

" The fault is not in the physic, out in the rude and indiscreet handling of it * 

Doctors generally pretend that consumption is incurable, because they cannot 
cure it themselves ; but this does not make it true. Many mechanics will work on 
a job all day, and after doing nothing but to spoil the material, they will tell you it 
never can be done in the way you want it. But by applying to a better workman- 
one who thoroughly understands his business — you will get your work accomplishec 
in shape. 

In this respect, there is the same difference to be found in all trades and profes- 
sions. The bunglers in mechanism, in the arts, in law, in theology, and in physic, will 
say such and such things cannot be done. And it is very true that they could not 
be if all men were like themselves. But, fortunately, there is another class of men ; 
and these, when they take your case in hand, do the job as you want it, or restore 
you to health — according as is your desire. "We have only to remember this fact to 
understand why one physician should pronounce that incurable which another can 
cure. In mechanics, we sometimes find that by the possession of superior means, 
by some new invention, of which he has the sole use, or by the greater ingenuity of 
his mind, one person will make or do what no other one can. Exactly it may be so 
in physic. And this is the very reason why I have had such great success over all 
others in the treatment of consumption. By having the original genius, by pos- 
sessing the Lung Barometer, which enables me to clearly determine the nature of the 
disease, and by having such remedies for consumption as no other physician ever 
had, I make bold to say, that I have, and can, effect cures of this disease beyond 
the reach of any other man. To prove this to have been the case, I might give 
you numbers upon numbers of certificates from men and women given over to the 
p:rave, but who were rescued and restored to health by the persevering use of my 



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remedies for consumption. But it is not necessary for me to do so here ; for the fact 
of one man being able to do what another cannot, will be evident to all who read the 
illustration preceding. If the consumptive wishes further proof than this, I can 
only say, come and satisfy yourself by trial of my skill in the cure of your com- 
plaint, or read certificates of cures. 




DR. H. K. ROOT, M.D., 

THE SEVENTH SON, AND CELEBRATED DOCTOR OP THE BLOOD, 

Standing in the midst of a constellation of great and rare geniuses, as the 
Wonder of the Age in the Healing Art, 

The number seven has in all ages been considered as a remarkable number, and 
as containing great mystery and power ; and those coming under its influence have 
been noted for remarkable possessions and natural gifts. 

Among the Jews, seven was a sacred number, and supposed to contain many 
mysteries. The cause of the veneration may be traced to the hallowing of the 
seventh day at the creation of the world. The Jewish traditions also ascribe to it 
a mystic holiness, from its being composed of the sacred numbers three and four — 
threo referring to the mystery of the Trinity in unity; and four to the ineffable 
name of Jehovah, as written with four letters in the Hebrew. Seven was also re- 
garded as the perfect number, because in that number of days God perfected the 
work of creation. 

The sacredness of the number seven may be traced throughout all Scripture 



876 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

Besides the seventh day of creation, there was the seventh consecrated year nf 
jubilee ; the clean beasts were admitted into the ark by sevens ; the seven lean and 
J;he seven fat kine, and the seven ears of wheat in the dream of Pharaoh ; the seven 
Branches in the golden candlestick, which were typical of seven lights, a perfect 
ministry in the Church ; the seven bullocks and seven rams offered in sacrifices ; 
the seven priests, who with their trumpets encompassed Jericho seven times ; seven 
days, in prophetical language, meaning seven years, or a week of years ; and very 
many other instances. 

In the New Testament we read of the seven loaves with which Christ performed 
the miracle of feeding the multitude ; and of the seven baskets of fragments that 
were left. Here, indeed, was the fullness of the number seven shown. In Reve- 
lation, there is made mention of the seven churches of Asia, seven spirits before 
the throne, seven stars, seven kings, seven golden candlesticks, seven seals, seven 
thunders, seven trumpets, seven angels, seven mountains, seven golden vials, seven 
last plagues, the lamb with seven horns and seven eyes, and the dragon with seven 
heads and seven crowns, and the seven lamps of fire, which are the seven spirits of 
God. 

The Jews walk around the body of the dead seven times, repeating prayers, that 
the sacred number may drive away evil spirits from the corpse. They mourn seven 
days for the dead, after the manner of Joseph, who mourned seven days for Jacob. 
In the book of Kings, we read that Elisha sent Naaman, the leper, to wash seven 
times in the waters of the Jordan. In Isaiah iv. 1, it says : — " Seven women shall 
take hold of one man." In 1 Samuel ii. 6 — " She who was barren hath borne seven 
children." In Amos it is often repeated, " I will not pardon the seven sins of Da- 
mascus," &c. In Proverbs xxvi. 16, " The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, 
than seven men that can render a reason." "We read, also, that Jesus cast seven 
devils out of the woman ; and of the man who took unto himself seven devils 
worse than at the first. 

A veneration for the number seven has also existed in the heathen world, arising 
from the seven hallowed days, and connected with the seven planets, believed to 
make celestial harmony. The Sabians believed that the earth was governed and 
fructified by seven planets, and performed their devotions seven times a day. Pytha- 
gorus taught -this number to be above all the most proper in religion, and Apuleius 
recommended dipping the head seven times in the sea for purification. In classical 
mythology, the seven-stringed lyre of Mercury bears an allusion to the seven-toned 
celestial harmony ; and seven often occurs as a sacred or remarkable number. 

It is remarkable that the power of the number seven seems displayed in the 
human form in the SEVENTH SON. King David was the seventh son, and one of 
the greatest of men. Numerous other cases might be cited, in which the seventh 
child has seemed to be gifted with peculiar and striking powers. The late distin- 
guished Henry Clay (the seventh child) is an example in illustration of this point. 
The seventh son is endowed by nature with peculiar powers and perceptions ; and 
for thousands of years it has been observed that the seventh son is a natural born 
physician, gifted with those particular mental qualifications requisite for the scien- 
tific medical man, and possessing them to a much greater extent and power than 
other persons. Of this the observations in the past leave us no room to doubt ; they 
compel the admission, by all candid persons, that the seventh son is a natural physi- 
cian; and, as such, much better fitted for a doctor than anyone else can possibly bo 



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The author of this book is a seventh son, a natural physician — gifted both with 
qualifications to become renowned in the great art of healing the sick, and appoint- 
ing length of days unto the despairing. He was born with two veils over his face — 
and gifted with a rare and peculiar insight into the causes, character, modes of pre- 
vention, and cure of diseases of the human frame, and with a natural controlling 
power over them. To this natural gift he has added the results of long study and 
practical observation — having probed the very secrets of disease, and become pos- 
sessed of the power to ascertain their cause and their workings; and has also 
studied the views of the various schools of medicine in the country, and become 
intimate with every manner of treatment. 

All men are not endowed by nature with the same peculiarities of genius. Of 
this the most common observer may become aware, by looking about him in the 
most limited locality. "Were it so, there would be no diversity of talent — no diver- 
sity of action, or of invention. In one man we see manifested a natural adapta- 
bility to mechanical pursuits, which, if rightly cultivated, renders him famous in the 
world of invention ; in another is as clearly shown a mathematical talent, which 
works out wondrous problems, and leads to new discoveries of planets in the realms 
of space ; in yet another there is evident a correct and artistic taste in the arrange- 
ment of colors, and of lights and shades, and in him we behold the natural painter ; 
a fourth is gifted with great venerative and reverential feelings, and in him we see 
the natural born instructor of tho people in things spiritual and holy ; still another 
manifests wondrous critical and investigating mental powers, and we may see him 
as the learned and honored judge upon the bench ; yet another has a natural gift 
for music, and ere the days of his infancy are past, he is making harmony in sweet 
sounds ; another has his genius attuned to song, and he is immortal in the realms of 
poetry ; and another is gifted with a peculiar physiological and mental combination, 
leading him into the great science of medicine, where, and where only, the natural 
bent of his inclination has found satisfaction in its pursuits. 

It is, indeed, true, that a man without any mechanical talent may be a mechanic, 
by dint of long study and experience ; but he will always be a second or third rate 
one ! No amount whatever of education or polish will ever bring him to that emi- 
nence in his occupation, which is easily attained by the man of natural gift that way. 
This is true in all occupations and professions ; it is not less true in medicine, than 
m mechanics, or in painting, or in music. There may be expended upon a block ol 
granite a large amount of labor, to polish and render it beautiful ; but howsoever 
much there be, the block will remain granite ever — it will never become marble ; 
nor will ever be susceptible of that high state of finish and perfection to which the 
marble, with much less of labor, may be brought. And the man who was destined 
of nature to mould and form the parts of the steam engine, may by study become a 
physician ; but he will never be a skillful physician : the same amount of study by a 
man born for that profession will make him as superior to the other as is the marble 
to the granite. The one was intended by Nature to doctor machinery — the other as 
obviously to doctor the human system ; and these two, nor any two, should ever ex- 
change fields. But this is often done — and hence there be bunglers in both the 
mechanic arts and in medicine, as in all other occupations and professions. 

Speaking of this diversity, the Apostle Paul holds forth for our instruction — " For 
to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge, 
to another faith, to another the gifts of healing, to another the working of miracles, to 



378 THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL LIGHTHOUSE. 

another prophesy, to another divers kinds of tongues, to another the interpietatioi 
of tongues." "And God hath set some — first, apostles; secondarily, prophets; 
thirdly, teachers ; after that, miracles ; then gifts of healing, helps, governments, di- 
versities of tongues. Are all apostles ? are all prophets ? are all teachers ? are all 
workers of miracles ? have all the gifts of healing % do all speak with tongues ? do all 
interpret ?" — [See 1 Oor. xii.] 

So not only do reason and observation show to us that some are born with natu- 
ral adaptability to become physicians, but even the words of the Scriptures bear tes- 
timony to the truth. And as the author of this work was unmistakeably pointed out 
from his very birth, as the seventh son, to become a physician, he but obeyed the 
voice of Nature and of Revelation in entering the field of medicine for the benefit of 
the suffering of the human race. To attest the truth of this, everything conspires ; 
and with full faith in his calling being of omnipotent design, he embraced and culti- 
vated the Healing Art, with what success the thousands who have been cured at 
his hands, through the providence of God, will bear witness, as they rejoice in the 
health they enjoy. " And as I have been lifted up," the sick have been drawn to 
me. Therefore, " "Walk while ye have the light" of medicine before you, lest ye 
walk in the darkness of ignorance : " for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not 
whither he goeth" — he stumbles in sickness, and falls straightway into death. 



QUESTIONS TO INVALIDS. 

DR. ROOT is happy to inform invalids living at a great distance, to whom it might 
be inconvenient or impossible to personally wait upon him, that a letter, post-paid, 
with the usual fee of one dollar enclosed, describing their complaints according to 
the following formula of questions, will receive prompt reply, advice, and medicine, 
either by letter or express : — 

What is your name, age, occupation, and residence ? what country a native of? 
robust or delicate constitution ? wasted in flesh, and how much ? what is your ori- 
ginal weight ? slender or stout ? do you stoop ? chest open and straight, or bent and 
contracted ? ribs lapped ? Give the measure of your chest. Married or single ? 
how long married ? what age when married ? have you been disappointed in love ? 
marry the object of your love and affections or not? marry to suit parents or friends, 
or yourself? compelled to marry a person you did not love ? have children or not ? 
how many ? 

Family Complaints. — Parents long or short lived ? living or dead ? what disease 
die with? consumptive, scrofulous, cancerous? hereditary deafness, blindness, dumb- 
ness, or any other complaint ? have brothers or sisters ? are they healthy or sickly ? 
are they consumptive? are they dead? and if so, at what age did they decease, and 
of what disease ? 

Read. — Aches in front, top, or back of the head ? sick or periodical aches ? dizzi- 
ness, or noises in the ears ? suspect grub in the head ? blur before the eyes ? ca- 
tarrh — much or little ? ear without wax, or have humoral discharge ? cancer or po- 
lypus in the nose ? glanders, resembling catarrh ? 

Neck. — Swelled neck or tonsils ? throat tuberculous, cankery, ulcerated, or fes- 
tered ? suspect worms in the throat ? have tickling in the throat ? tongue coated 
with mucus? if so, what color? — is it white, yellow, grayish, or black? have 
hoarseness? voice weak? loss of singing or voice? cancer of the tongue or tonsils 
of the neck? — if so, what kind, and ho w long standing ? scrofulous or venereal 
sores, internally or externally, of the throat or neck ? 

Pain. — In side— left or right? in head, neck, or collar-bone? between the shoul- 
ders, under the blade, in back, loins, che3t, pleura, bowels, stomach, spleen, womb, 
rectum, bladder, or pit of the stomach? flying pains, or hot flushes? pain in kidneys 
©r heart ? pain stinging, dull, or spasmodic ? 

Cough. — Always had it, or recent ? is it constant ? had it how long ? little hack- 
ing cough ? most at mornings or nights ? on exercise or laughing ? is it a teazing or 
tickling cough ? much, littfe, or by fits ? 

Expectoration. — Raise much, little or none? what quantity per day or night? is it 
coughed or vomited up ? is it thick, watery, stringy, or frothy ? white, yellow, blu- 
\l\ black, or bloody? raised blood? — how much at once? will the matter rise or 
sink in water? is it salt, sweet, or fresh tasted? suspect grub in either lung? 

Heart. — Palpitate, stoppage, trembling, enlarged, rheumatic, cancerous, dropsical, 
softened, or ossified ? suspect grub in the heart ? any gnawing, or sharp, stinging 
pain ? spasms, or paralysis of the heart ? nervous ? have frightful dreams of any 
kind? have bad sleep? 

Breath. — Short, out off, free, hurried on exercise, or by going up hill or up stairs? 



380 QUESTIONS TO INVALIDS. 

asthmatic? bad by spells? all or parts of nights? how long had it? endure to walk 
well, or run a foot race ? He best on right or left side, or back ? 

Chills. — Night sweats? how long had them? fever daily? hectic fever? flush 
of the cheeks ? chills daily ? chills like water running down any part ? 

Stomach. — Appetite good, craving, or poor ? have sinking, trembling, or all-gone 
feeling at the stomach? sourness? food rise or distress you ? have wind in the stom- 
ach? nauseous, when coughing? subject to vomiting? faint, sick, or sleepy after 
eating ? headache after eating ? stomach irritated, inflamed, or cankered, by poison- 
ous liquor or tobacco? taken any poisons accidentally, injuring the stomach? have 
bitterness or gall in the stomach, periodically ? how many meals do you eat a day, 
and at what hours ? how many fasting days in a year, month, or week ? 

Bowels. — Costive, regular, sluggish, or weak? have looseness or diarrhoea? can- 
cerous ? suspect grub of the liver ? copious and sudden discharges from the liver 
and bowels ? bowels bloated ? ridge across the bowels from either side ? any piles — 
blind, bleeding, or external ? pain after stool ? have colic ? falling of the rectum ? 
round worms, pin, or tape worms ? suspect snakes, frogs, or lizards, in stomach or 
bowels? ruptured — in right or left side, or at the navel? fistula of the rectum — in- 
ternal or external? more than one? — have you been operated upon for fistula? 

Liver and Spleen. — Liver large or small ? active, healthy, or diseased ? hardened, 
tumorous, or cancerous ? have sharp, stinging pain of the liver ? gall stones ? ob- 
structed gall ? gnawing or dull pain ? liver adhere to the lungs or chest ? spleen 
hardened, tumorous, cancerous, or grubby ? occasionally swell ? skin yellow or dark- 
spotted? blood bluish and weak? 

Womb. — Have falling, bearing down, or swelled womb? courses regular? toe 
often, too late, too much or too little? painful? have they stopped, or not com- 
menced? suspect ulcers, cancers, tumors, grub or polypus of the womb or ovaries? 
had miscarriages? if so, how many? how far advanced in pregnancy? have 
healthy or sickly children? or had none at all? are you fruitful or unfruitful? 

Kidneys. — Healthy or diseased? too large or too small? suspect giant strongle, 
grub or stone in kidneys ? are they ulcerated or cancerous, or wasting away ? does 
the water scald ? is it thick, or limpid ? have too little or too much ? is it bloody ? 
filled with sediment — red or white ? troubled about holding the water ? is it high- 
colored or offensive? bladder gravelly, irritated, or ulcerated? had strictures or 
venereal disease ? any spinal disease or curvatures ? 

Feet and Hands. — Cold, hot, or swelled ? any sores or pimples ? — what kind ? 
numb, rheumatic, gouty, or paralytic ? varicose veins ? had them broken or ampu- 
tated? 

Face. — Freckled, pale, yellow, brown, rosy, red, pimpled, scrofulous, venerous, or 
grubby? have erysipelas, or burning of the face? cancers on the gums, lips, 01 
nose ? — rose, spider, wolf; bloody, or black scaly cancer ? the ears, eyes, or mouth 
cancerous ? — if so, how long standing, and how much consumed ? 

Eyes. — Weak, inflamed, or sore ? lids red ? lost either eye ? blind ? eyes been fill- 
ed with powder, steel, or sand, by blasting? eyes blue, gray, hazel, or black? grubs 
or worms in the eye ? erysipelas or humors ? have you worn spectacles ? 

Temperament — Sanguine, nervous, bilious, or lymphatic ? hair red> black, brown, 
auburn, light, sandy, or gray ? 

Skin. — Clean, freckled, thick, or thin? dark, or light? rough, or smooth and soft? 



CHARGE FOR MEDICINES AND AUVICE. 381 

any cracking, itching, or burning? have salt rheum, scrofula, erysipelas, itch, or lepro- 
sy, white, red, or black ? skin scaly ? 

Doctored ? — much or little ? taken any mercury ? had hard fits of sickness ? 
typhus, bilious, lung, scarlet, or ship-fever? had ague and fever? measles, small- 
pox, putrid erysipelas ? had fits of any kind ? — if so, how often, and how long stand- 
ing ? light, cramping, or frightful ? does the fit deprive you of memory ? has it im- 
paired your mind, threatening idiocy ? 



CHARGE FOR MEDICINES, ADYICE, AND EXAMINATION& 

TERMS CASH, IN ALL CASES. 

Advice and examination, in ordinary cases, personal or by letter • . $1 

In difficult cases, requiring more time and attention 5 

Course of medicine, with treatment, at my office or by letter, two 

months or less 20 

Obstinate, dangerous and difficult cases .30 

Cases of cancers, tumors, and fistulas, with attendance, three months 

or less, from $30 to 100 

Dangerous, obstinate and difficult cases 100 to 500 

Charges for visits to patients will vary according to the distance, time occupied, 
and the nature of the disease. 

As in justice due to my own reputation, and for the best interest of the patient, I 
shall hereafter take no cases under my charge to give medicines, treat, and feel a parti- 
cular interest and responsibility in, for less than a course of medicines, costing $20 ; 
and must charge more, if the nature of the case and the welfare of the patient 
demand a more expensive series of prescriptions, in order to restore the invalid to 
health. 

Persons wishing to treat themselves, at less cost, and who are willing to depend upon 
their own judgment as to the nature of the complaint, and to assume the responsi- 
bility of their own lives, can obtain my circulating medicines, for individual or 
family use, carefully and especially prepared for each and every class of complaints, 
and accompanied with full directions for use, which will do all that is possible for 
such kind of treatment. Terms, cash in all cases. The medicines can be obtained 
at my office, or can be sent by express to any part of the country, on reception of 
the money by letter. 

By this arrangement, all persons who obtain my book can know my charges in 
the different cases of sickness much quicker than to write for prices of medicines, 
&c, await a return of letter, then order what they desire, and wait again its arrival 
by express, subject to detentions and the like. In this latter way, often the invalid 
dies before the medicines can reach him, when he might have been saved if they 
had been obtained earlier. 

When I enlist my services and medicines in behalf of invalids, I want to feel and 
know that I have a chance to do all for them that can be done, without calling on 
them constantly for additional fees for medicines ; which troubles and perplexes the 
patient and often prevents a cure. The mind of every invalid should be at once at 



382 CHABGE FOR MEDICINES AND ADVICE. 

ease upon the matter of the expense ; and under this arrangement I can give or 
send immediately such additional remedies as the case of the invalid may require to 
restore a state of perfect health. Again, I wish invalids to feel that if they manage 
their own cases, they alone are responsible for the good or bad management of 
them ; and that if they confide themselves to me, I shall perform my duty to them 
faithfully, punctually and skillfully, in all that pertains to the science of the heal- 
ing art. 

The prices of my Circulating Medicines may be found attached to the notices of 
each article. 



DOCTOR WILL YOU WARRANT A CURE? 

i 

This is a question every day asked of every physician who has much practice. It 
Is a startling question ; and one which, if the patient would recollect that death is 
appointed unto all, and that sooner or later every one must go down to the tomb, he 
would never ask of man. I do not pretend to know how other physicians answer 
this question, but for me, I will say that life is not in my power to give nor death in 
my power to always stay. Those who ask this thing of men, ask what only God 
can give or withhold ; though often physicians pretend to guarantee a cure, when 
the invalid is exacting. 

I often have this query put to me by persons who have been through the treat- 
ment of other physicians, and been by them pronounced past all hope of recovery. 
And though I have rescued hundreds of this class, and restored them to health, I 
cannot always depend on the faithfulness of the invalid, to check the ravages of 
the disease. Though life is pretty much in man's own hands for a goodly number of 
years, and though he may, by obeying all the laws of health, put afar off the day 
of death, it does not, therefore, follow that man is never to die, however skillful 
the medical treatment he may receive. But the cases are so many in which men, 
even after they are sick, do not do as they ought to, to attain health again, that no 
physician should risk his reputation by warranting them a cure. Such a thing as 
knowing that you can cure a man, when perhaps in an hour from the time he leaves 
you he is doing something that will be of injury to his health, is altogether out of 
the question. Therefore, no man can warrant a cure. Nor should any physician 
say to his patient, in many diseases, that he will guarantee to cure him ; for the 
effect of this often is that the patient will relax all efforts of his own, grow careless, 
and depend altogether upon his physician — a result much to be deplored, and which 
is frequently fatal to the patient. 

Another reason why we cannot warrant a cure is, that many invalids are care- 
less, and so soon as they get a little better, they neglect themselves, go back into 
bad habits, and fall into an incurable relapse. Others will not suffer an inconve- 
nience, or abjure' a luxury, or take a medicine which is not pleasing to their palates. 
Others still are too penurious to procure for themselves even the necessaries of life, 
and the comforts which a sick man should have, much less to purchase the medi 
cines necessary to restore health. Still others are influenced by their near friends, 
who oppose all efforts at recovery unless the physician employed happens to be 
some one whom they exactly like ; or because the invalid has a large property to 
leave behind. These are a few, and sufficient reasons, why no physician can war- 
rant a cure. 

If an invalid has not full and entire confidence in a physician, and a preference 
for him, he should not apply to that physician nor take his medicines ; because 
usually the patient will not improve so fast under the treatment, (so powerful is the 
effect of the mind upon the body,) and the physician will lose his reputation. An 
honest, candid and skillful practitioner will tell his patient he will do all he can for 
him ; and at the same time he will urge the patient to do all he can for himseli by 
obeying the laws of health, and by using care and caution. And when both par- 
ties do this, and attendants do their duty, the rest must be left at the disposal of 
Providence. An invalid should never ask a physician to warrant a cure, for that is 



384 DOCTOR. WILL YOU WARRANT A CURE? 

beyond his power. Let them take the medicines as prescribed, feeling a confidence 
in the skill of the practitioner, then take good care of themselves, and their chances 
for recovery will be much better than if they took medicines doubtfully. 

To invalids, who would apply to me for aid, I would say, if you have not confi- 
dence in me, and in my skill, do not apply to me. I do not desire any patient to 
come in that way, although I have cured hundreds of this class ; for every one who 
knows what is the effect of the mind upon the body, will readily see that patients 
who take medicines doubtingly, are quite likely never to get well, and thus my name 
and reputation are lost, and my prospects for being useful to my fellow-men de- 
stroyed ; because, no sooner does the skillful physician lose even a single patient, 
no matter what circumstances surround him, than he is assailed by blustering and 
ignorant quacks, who would feign reduce his reputation to a level with their own. 
I desire the patronage of only those invalids who are well-disposed, who have faith 
and hope; who are persevering; who are content with having reliable scientific 
treatment ; who will take medicines as prescribed, follow the advice given, and do 
all that is in their own power to recover their health. 



" HAD I ONLY KNOWN OP OR SEEN DR. ROOT, MY FRIEND MIGHT HAVE BEEN 

saved from A Consumptive's Grave." — This is the exclamation I almost daily hear 
from those who have recently consigned to the tomb some relative closely connect- 
ed to them by the ties of consanguinity and love. What a pity that any should 
suffer for the want of skillful aid. Too often the invalid hears of the healing physi- 
cian when there is no hope of getting his services or his medicines, in time to save 
him from the tomb. Others apply to me, who, from some reason or other — the per- 
suasions of friends or other causes — do not take my advice and use my remedies ; 
and, when they are dead, their friends regret in agony of heart the neglect that 
proved the ruin of the consumptive. 

Let the sick and the afflicted remember that there is a physician skilled in the 
cure of the various kinds of consumption, who can sympathize with them, and lend 
a helping hand to those who are in distress. A " still small voice" often speaks to 
the invalid, pointing to the healing physician, and urges the danger of delay ; but 
too often it is turned away unheeded until it becomes too late to receive help. 
Thousands have lamented their neglect to consult me, and become acquainted with 
my skill in the cure of consumption. They were led by false doctrines to believe 
there was no help for them. How pitiful that it was so. 

When you havo read this book, send it to your friends, lest they too should fall 
victims to consumption — which the teachings herein presented would prevent, if 
followed and obeyed. From the light which it throws on the nature and cure of 
consumption, it will be received with grateful hearts by thousands. It will be a key 
to the cure of all diseases — the secret of health to the sick. 



THE LUNG BAROMETER. 




No. 58.— Lung Barome- 
ter. 



This invaluable article, which, after several years of labor 
and investigation, I brought before the public for the benefit 
of consumptives, is an indispensable invention for the detec- 
tion and designation of pulmonic and other kinds of con- 
sumption. Its uses have been alluded to previously in various 
parts of this work ; but some additional remarks seem needed 
in this place. 

It is my candid opinion that no case of diseased lungs can 

possibly be understanding^ treated by any man without the 

aid of the Lung Barometer. It is true that a cure may bo 

effected without first using this instrument ; and again it may 

not j for only by this can it be determined with certainty what 

is the condition of the lungs : therefore, all cures performed 

The above is a repre- without it are rather accidental than skillful ; for if a mistake 

sentation of that truly be made as to the exact condition of the organs of respira- 

wonderful and highly ^ on ^ t ^ e ver y me( ii cmes w hich in one case would cure, would 

,, , . , ' . . . ' in another hasten the patient to the tomb. To proceed 
Root's celebrated mfal- r r 

lible Lung Barometer, surely, it will be obvious to every one, that we must proceed 
for examining the chest under standingly. If we proceed in the treatment of a patient 
and lungs. a ft er having a perfect knowledge of his condition, we are as 

the man who walketh at noon-day, and does not stumble, because his eyes see all 
the difficulties that beset his path ; and, beholding them, he is guarded against 
falling over th«m. But if we treat a patient without first being fully acquainted 
with his state, we are like him who walketh in the shadow of midnight : he seeth 
not the stumbling blocks that are in his path, and ere he be aware of their presence, 
he is precipitated headlong over them, and tumbles into the ditch. Now the man 
who treats the consumptive, after an examination with the Lung Barometer, is as 
the man who walks in the fight of the day ; he who treats one without first using 
this article, is as he who walks in the darkness of the night. And it is only after 
making use of this instrument that we can determine what treatment the lungs 
require. 

Without the test of the Lung Barometer, we cannot determine whether or not 
the lungs are receiving too much or too little air for their strength. This article 
tests the strength of the lungs ; it measures the cubic inches of air they inhale ; it 
indicates the progress or the decrease of the disease ; it gives the exact locality of 
the disorganization ; it tells us whether the lungs should receive more expansion or 
not ; and by symptoms, points out the different kinds of consumption, and indicates 
tubercles, ulcers, or grub ; and whether there i3 or is not disease of the lungs, heart, 
or liver. 

Expansion of the lungs by inflation of air, with exercise of those organs, has been 
made use of in almost every age for the cure of pulmonic affections. The medicinal 
effects in strengthening the lungs, and curing their diseases, was in great repute 
among the Greeks. They instructed the weakly to inflate their lungs, and then 
hold their breath, and walk, lift, and jump ; bend forwards, sideways, and back- 
wards ; and throw the arms and shoulders forwards and backwards. Afterwards, 
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386 THE LUNG BAROMETER. 

improvements wer? introduced upon this system, by talking, shouting, hooting, 
singing, clamoring vehemently, and with change of voice. This exercise of the 
lungs and muscles was designed to strengthen and expand the lungs ; innate and 
open the air cells ; diffuse new air and life throughout the lungs ; cleanse the ulcers ; 
suppurate those not ready to discharge ; and thus operate beneficially upon the 
lungs, blood, and general health. 

The system of inflation and exercise of the lungs has been practised to considera- 
ble extent in Germany, Italy, France, and England ; and before its introduction into 
this country, Laennec, a celebrated French physician, advocated it strongly, as bene- 
ficial in pulmonary complaints. Dr. Ramadge, of London, established a hospital, 
chiefly for the relief of lung and chest diseases, which met with great success, 
owing mostly to the practice of inflation and exercise, whereby good air was co- 
piously admitted into the lungs. This inflation and exercise was introduced into the 
United States by Dr. Howe, a celebrated dentist, and has since been made success- 
ful use of in many cases by several physicians. The most of these, in inflating the 
lungs, have, for the sake of making money, used a catch-trap called the " inhaling 
tube," which is no more nor less than a humbug, inasmuch as all necessary inflation 
can be just as well, and even better performed, through the natural organs of respi- 
ration. If you wish to inhale an extra amount of air, you have only to close the 
mouth, stop one side of the nose, by placing your finger on the outside, and you can 
fill the chest and lungs to their utmost capacity. By this simple movement, you 
nave a natural inhaling tube, much better for your purpose than any artificial one 
ever yet manufactured, or that ever will be. I say a better one ; for you not only 
can thus fill the lungs and the chest with air, but you have the advantage of having 
the air which is taken into the lungs filtered from a large amount of dust by its pas- 
sage through the nose : whereas, if you breathe through an inhaling tube into the 
mouth, every particle of dust in the air you breathe is taken into the lungs, and to 
the great injury of those organs — creating irritation and inflammation. 

But inflation of the lungs, whether by the use of the inhaling tube or otherwise, 
if not governed in some way, often proves dangerous, instead of beneficial. Extra 
inhalation of air, without a guide, is much like a. steam engine, without its regulator 
and safety-valve. There is danger of a collapse ! This I considered in examining 
and testing the inhaling tube ; and I saw that without a regulator and guide, infla- 
tion of the lungs beyond the natural breath must often prove injurious ; whereas, 
with a guide, it might at times be beneficial. Therefore, I determined to invent 
something winch should indicate the proper periods for inflation — which should tell 
when to commence and to leave off extra inflation, and show whether or not the 
lungs could bear more air than was taken at the common breath, and how much 
more. I am slow to adopt any system in the cure of disease, until satisfied that it 
is more beneficial than hurtful ; and, once having adopted a system of treatment, I 
always desire some rule by which to be governed, and some compass to guide my 
operations. In inflating the lungs, I could not find this compass until I first brought 
tho Lung Barometer into being. Now I have an infallible guide ; and after having 
examined my pv* -»nt, can tell him what to do. If inflation is needed, as is some- 
times the case, 1 give him the necessary and proper directions ; and by this treat- 
ment, and the aid of my medicines combined, tubercles are made to suppurate and 
discbarge ; ulcers are healed ; grubs dislodged ; the air-cells enlarged ; the blood 
supplied with plenty of good, pure air; new life and vigor is imparted to the lungs 



THE SUSPENDER AND SHOULDER BRACE. 38? 

and blood ; expectoration is made free and easy ; coagulated and diseased blood in 
the lungs is rendered pure, or forced out ; a rapid circulation of pure blood insti- 
tuted ; bleeding at the lungs prevented ; no blood allowed to remain in the lunga 
to coagulate or putrify, and disease and ulcerate them ; and many otner benefits 
derived. 

By the invention of the Lung Barometer, I have been able to save at least 80 per 
cent, of those consumptive cases given up by other physicians, and pronounced in- 
curable. I am happy in knowing that through this consumption is made a curable 
disease ; and take pleasure in being able to say, that I seldom fail in restoring a con- 
sumptive patient to health, when he is persevering, and faithful, and honest, in tak 
ing the remedies prescribed. [For further knowledge of the Lung Barometer aad 
its uses, see other articles in this book.] 

Since the invention of the Lung Barometer, and its introduction, a number of years 
ago, before the public, by the author, numerous persons have made repeated unsuc- 
cessful attempts to imitate the article, and have endeavored to deceive and mislead 
the unsuspecting by asserting that the contrivances they possess are exactly like 
the Lung Barometer of Dr. H. K. Root. I deem it a duty to the afflicted to say, 
that tne asseverations of these unprincipled men are base falsehoods. It is a fact well 
known that the first instrument of the kind ever introduced to the public was 
brought out by the author ; and as its principles and mechanism have always been 
kept secret with the inventor, and no one has been allowed to examine the article, 
all imitations of it must be base and worthless. There have never been but three 
Lung Barometers constructed : two of these are now and always have been in the 
possession of the inventor ; the third is deposited in the Patent Office at Washing- 
ton. Every article called a Lung Barometer, with the exception of the three made 
by the author, is no more than a Mow-pipe — and all of them are entirely destitute 
of the peculiarities of internal construction which characterize the Lung Barometer 
of Dr. Root. They are no more capable of testing the condition of the lungs than 
would be so many tin whistles. 

As the value of the Barometer of Dr. Root has become widely known, and as the 
fact that $100,000 were offered the inventor for the patent right of it has transpired, 
it is not at all surprising that designing men should endeavor to imitate the inven- 
tion, in order to make money. Cupidity is the inducement of base and vicious peo- 
ple. Therefore, in order that the public may not suffer from the deception of false 
lights, I take this method of placing them on their guard. Remember that the only 
Lung Barometers ever made are the three of Dr. H. K. Root — that one of these is in 
the Patent Office, and the others are in possession of the inventor ; and that only by 
applying to him can you have your lungs accurately examined. Should the Lung 
Barometer of the author ever be introduced for sale, the public will be informed ac- 
cordingly, and instructed as to where they can find the genuine and perfect article. 



SUSPENDER AND SHOULDER BRACE. 

This article is of great importance in expanding the chest, and strengthening the 
chest and spine. I have invented a Suspender and Shoulder Brace combined, which 
serves a double purpose ; and which is pronounced by those who have used it to be 
altogether superior to any other now in use. The object of it is to counteract the 



888 



THE SUSPENDER AND SHOULDER BRACK 



tendency to round shoulders and contraction of the chest, strengthen the spine, e v 
pand the chest, and give play to the lungs ; and to give an upright and graceful figure, 
conformatory to the laws of life and health. 

The Suspender and Shoulder Brace will support the pantaloons with much more 
ease and freedom than the common suspenders. I am confident that many con- 
sumptive cases have been in great measure induced by the use of India rubber elas- 
tic suspenders, which are constantly acting to produce round shoulders and contrac- 
tions of the chest, and to stop healthy action of the ribs ; and these result in small lungs, 
capable of containing but little air ; and this, in its turn, results in debility, disease, 
and death. Suspenders, and straps on the bottom of the pants, have caused the 
death of many people. 

Ladies wearing my Shoulder Brace, attach their skirts to it, thus relieving the 
bowels of the weight of those garments. Many cases of falling of the womb, mis- 
carriage, continual menstruation, green sickness, or whites, and other female com- 
plaints, might be prevented by the use of the Suspender and Shoulder Brace. 

The power of the Brace can be regulated, as well as the set of the skirts or pants, 
by means of buckles, which let out or take up the Brace at your pleasure, so that 
every one may be perfectly fitted. Exact symmetry of the person is obtained by the 
use of this article ; while it has no pads, belts, steel-boards, or India rubber, to cause 
weakness, as many braces do. 

No brace, belt, suspender, or strap, should be allowed to hinder the action of the 
chest in respiration. All persons, in whatever pursuit of life, should wear a well- 
adjusted brace, to give proper symmetry to the chest and shoulders, and strengthen 
the spine. "Where one shoulder or one hip is higher than the other, this article will 
be found excellent. 

A well developed, large, round, and erect chest, we may consider as an excellent 
basis of good health, as it indicates large lungs, perfectly expanded in every part — 
every cell filled with air at each respiration. "Without this the lungs will tend to 
tuberculous and ulcerated conditions, ending in death of the patient by consumption. 
The evils of poor braces were so manifold and great, that I found myself compel- 
led, in the treatment of some cases of consumption, to invent a brace which should 

be exactly right, and would answer all 
the purposes required, without in the 
least injuring the health. Tho result 
of my labors in that direction was the 
production of the Suspender and 
Shoulder Brace which I now offer the 
public. 

One of the annexed figures repre 
sents a person who has used the Sus- 
pender and Shoulder Brace, which 
has given him an erect and full chest, 
such as nearly every person can ob- 
tain by attending to this matter. The 
other that of a man of stooping form, 
and small chest and lungs, who has 
never applied proper braces, nor taken 
any pains to expand his chest, but 




No. 59.— Flat Chest. Full Chest. 



SUSPENDER AND SHOULDER BRACE. 



389 




No. 60. — Contracted and Well-Devei> 
oped Chest. 



contracted habits that lead to the contrary. Such a person would be addicted to 
disease of the lungs, heart, and stomach, and would naturally be a short-lived 
person because his lungs, heart, and liver will be contracted and smalL 

One of the figures annexed is that of 
a lady who has worn the Brace. The 
ladies of Furope will be found to pos- 
sess this figure more generally than the 
ladies of this country, because they take 
more interest and pains to cultivate a 
fine, full chest. I would recommend 
their example as worthy of imitation ; 
for a full chest not only gives better se- 
curity for health, but is also much more 
beautiful. A well-developed chest is a 
glory to any woman. A person of the 
other form would most surely be an in- 
valid, with weakness throughout the 
lungs and chest, and would also have 
that soreness and sinking at the pit of 
the stomach, which is always produced 
by stooping forward. 

The ladies will find my Suspender and Shoulder Brace excellent for their use, it 
being light, elastic, and easily adjusted, so as to support the weight of the under 
garments, and secure them in their proper position. The figure and attitude of the 
ladies of this country is sadly neglected. How few of the young and beautiful walk 
erect with dignity and grace. They contract a habit of bending over while engaged 
in their various occupations, and this is not counteracted by any system of physical 
development. One might suppose the object was to contract the chest, and thus 
deform it and provoke disease, while it should be to develop that portion of the human 
system, and thereby not only beautify the figure, but give strength and vigor to the 
whole system. How often the remark is made, M She is a beautiful creature, but 
what a pity she stoops :" or, " how feeble her constitution." Every one should 
know that stooping and round shoulders are alike destructive to both elegance and 
nealth, and that " a perfect and noble chest is the grand basis of all good health." 

In this country symmetry of figure is almost entirely overlooked by every class of 
people. Considering the high intelligence of the people generally, the universal ne- 
glect of this important subject seems almost unaccountable. From the great negli- 
gence of the best principles of health and symmetry in our person, result many dis- 
eases which awfully shorten human life. At a very early period, with scarcely a 
thought of its bad consequences, either upon health or elegance of figure, a great 
many persons allow the habit to creep upon them in a most insidious manner, oi 
stooping and allowing the weight of the shoulders to press forward upon the collar 
bones, breast bone, and ribs, which materially contracts the chest, compresses the 
lungs, heart, and stomach, (the most vital organs of the human body,) and thus bring 
on some of the most fatal diseases. 

The price of the Suspender and Shoulder Brace for ladies or gentlemen, varies 
from $1 to $2 per single one. Terms cash. They can be sent by express or other 



390 PREVENTION" SAFE AND POWDER. 

wise, according to direction, to any part of the country, or may be had at my office, 
512 Broadway, New York. 



FRENCH MALE SAFE, AND FRENCH MALE PRETENTION POWDER, 
FOR THE PRETENTION OF CONCEPTION. 

The French Male Safe is an invaluable and indispensable assistant in the main- 
tenance of health. The gentleman should use it in all cases where the wife is la- 
boring under poisonous mucus discharges from the uterus, or ovaries, produced by 
cancers, ulcerated tumors, venereal or leucorrhceal poisons, or menstruation; be- 
cause the male being electrified by the female during the act of sexual intercourse, 
he partakes sympathetically in greater or less degree of her disease, and thereby is 
made sickly. 

The Safe should be used if either party be in a state of intoxication, or excited 
by strong drink, and persists in cohabitation at this period, for the reason that ij 
conception take place at this time, the semen will be electrified with the influences 
of that intoxication or excitement, and the effect upon the offspring will be lament- 
able. The child will be very likely to be foolish, or be gifted with an irrepressible 
desire for the intoxicating cup. Also, if either party is under the influence of any 
strong excitement, the Safe should be made use of. In this connection I would 
quote from Plutarch's Morals, where he says : "I would advise that no man keep 
company with his wife for issue sake, but when he is sober — as not having before 
either drunk any wine, or, at least, not to such a quantity as to distemper him ; for 
they usually prove wine bibbers and drunkards, whose parents begat them when 
they were drunk : wherefore Diogenes said to a stripling somewhat crack-brained 
and half-witted, ' Surely, young man, thy father begat thee when he was drunk/ " 

It is remarked by Burton, in his Anatomy of Melancholy, that " if a drunken 
man gets a child, it will never, likely, have a good brain." 

Combe remarks "that the faculties which predominate in power and activity in 
the parents, when the organic existence of the child commences, determine its fu- 
ture mental disposition." Of this he gives several striking instances. And it was 
remarked by the celebrated Esquirol, "that the children whose existence dated 
from the horrors of the first French revolution, turned out to be weak, nervous, 
and irritable in mind, extremely susceptible of impressions, and liable to be thrown 
by the least extraordinary excitement into absolute insanity." 

The Safe should be used in every case where the male has any disease of the 
genital organs, so as not to impart it to the female ; also, if he have poisons in his 
blood, to prevent conception till his system is purified from them. Also it should 
bo used during the nursing months, to keep the food of the child from being injured. 
Every lady is aware that nursing does much to prevent pregnancy ; and if so, it is 
obvious that the secretion of milk for the child must be disturbed, and will perhaps 
be poisoned, by cohabitation without the Safe. What parent is so blind to cause 
und effect as not to notice the uneasy, nervous and pale condition of the nursing 
child, with sickened stomach and impaired digestion, arising from the impurity ot 
its natural food, often made- so by sexual intercourse ? From this cause many an 
innocent child has been hu*ried to the grave in the nursing months, and many more 
rendered unhealthy througi 1 life. While prostitution abounds, there is no security 



PREVENTION SAFE AND POWDER. 39] 

for J J fe and health but in the use of the French Male Safe. Thousands of the human 
family are every year being corrupted in their blood, by poisonous humors trans- 
mitted from one to another in sexual intercourse, and by cohabitation while suffer- 
ing from diseases of the womb and organs of generation, all of which might be 
avoided by the use of the French Male Safe, and can be in no other way. 

The Male Safe should also be used in all cases where the wife has any malforma- 
tion which renders the production of offspring dangerous to her life, or is in any 
other way so situated or constituted that the birth of a child endangers life. Thero 
are many ladies who could not pass through child-birth and live ; and where this is 
the ca.se, surely no man who has any regard for his wife would risk her life in that 
manner. Therefore it is best, in these cases, to always make use of the Safe or 
Powder, and prevent a conception. It is the only security ; and those who do not 
avail themselves of it, may repent over the corpse of a loved wife in sackcloth and 
ashes. Indeed, there are instances constantly recurring, where it is the part of 
wisdom in both parties to make use of these articles. 

The prevention of conception is in many cases not only due to the woman as re- 
gards her health and life, but is truly a religious duty. Would it not be sinful in 
the sight of man and in the sight of heaven, to let conception take place, where 
there was almost a certainty that it would cause the death of the woman, and per- 
haps take from a family of children their mother and their guide ? He who would 
not avail himself of the discoveries of science, in such a case, is not deserving the 
joys of the married life. In all cases of malformation, in those of inability to bear 
children without obvious danger to life and health, in cases where the female has 
contracted a habit of miscarrying, and in many cases of consumption, it is the duty 
of both parties to avoid a conception. Physicians generally have neglected to 
guard their patients against death in this particular ; and the result is that thou- 
sands have been carried to an early grave whose lives might easily have been 
saved, to be the joy of husbands and children in after years. And those physicians 
who, being acquainted with these matters, do not open the door of salvation to the 
wearied, are guilty of a most grievous sin of omission. 

To wives and husbands situated as I have noticed above, the French Male Safe 
offers full security to health, to life, and to the proper state of the infant's food, by 
preventing conception in all cases, and by avoiding any impression upon the genital 
organs of the mother ; while, at the same time, it allows of perfect enjoyment in co- 
habitation, and thus saves the risk of consumption incurred by many husbands by a 
suppression of the semen. To prevent conception, merely, the French Male Pre- 
vention Powder may be used with entire safety. Both these articles are designed 
for the male. They operate to prevent conception, but not to disturb the foetus af- 
ter conception has taken place. 

In relation to the matter of conception and of prevention, Dr. Hollick has the 
following remarks : M It is well known that there are many severe diseases to 
which females are subject, that can never be removed while they conceive ; but 
77b>li, if uncured, are sure to become fatal, and probably also descend to their 
children. Some females also have deformed pelvises, and can never bring forth live 
children, while others are certain to die if the child remains in the womb till it is a 
certain size. Besides these cases, how many there are that remain in constant ill- 
health and suffering from continued child-bearing, without the possibility of relief 
or escape 



392 PRETENTION SAjTE AND POWDER. 

"It is not generally known that it is the regular custom in medical practice, when 
a female has a deformed pelvis, or is otherwise incapable of being delivered at the 
full term, to produce abortion. This, however, is the invariable custom ! and it is 
done because it is thought better to sacrifice the foetus only than to let both die, ag 
they assuredly would if the gestation were allowed to proceed. Now it may well 
be a question hi such cases, whether it would not be better to teach how to pre- 
vent conception altogether. I am confident that much of the horrible practice 01 
procuring abortion, now so prevalent among married people, is caused by the want 
of simple and reliable means of prevention. 

" There are few persons except medical men who have any idea of the extent to 
which the revolting practice of abortion is now carried, nor of the awful conse- 
quences that frequently follow from it. Every female who undergoes any of the 
disgusting operations practiced for this purpose does so at the risk of her life, and to 
the almost certain destruction of her health if she survives. Those that take drugs 
are also equally exposed to risk. Every female may be told with truth — and, in- 
deed, every one ought to know — that there are no safe means of abortion. It is true 
that some few may undergo the ordeal in safety, but none can depend upon doing 
so, and the chances are ten to one that death, or the evils referred to, will follow 
A general knowledge of this fact would do much to prevent the practice, but it 
would not do away with it altogether, unless some reliable means of prevention were 
known, and in many cases it must become a choice between abortion and preven- 
tion. 

" Some people will say that it is possible for persons to avoid having a family 
without using preventive means. But the deprivation required will not be under- 
gone by the great mass, and cannot be undergone without the most immoral conse- 
quences. It is sheer absurdity to suppose that the promptings of nature can be to- 
tally unheeded; and illicit intercourse and vicious habits of self indulgence would 
certainly follow a total deprivation of the marital right in most instances. 

The most obvious means of prevention is that alluded to in the Bible, as having 
been practiced by Onan. But this is not advisable. It is a mere act of masturba- 
tion, — unsatisfactory and injurious. It is extremely hurtful to the male. A por- 
tion of the semen remains undischarged at the time, and escapes slowly afterwards, 
giving rise to a weakness and irritation of the urethra and seminal ducts, which in 
time becomes permanent, and lays the foundation for involuntary losses and final 
impotence. I have known many married men much injured in this way, and am 
confident that much female exhaustion and nervous irritation result in the same 
way. The use of caustic or mineral injections after association, to destroy the 
semen, has led to serious evils. Nor are they always effective, though doing seri- 
ous injury to the vagina. Suitable vegetable decoctions are far preferable, in all 
respects, being both healthful and certain. Very many I have met with serious^ 
injured by the constant use of mineral injections; besides this, they in a short 
time destroy the sensibility of the parts entirely, and lead to total indifference 
and sterility. The introduction of a sponge, as is sometimes the case, prevents 
the contact of the womb with the male organ ; and this contact is often necessary 
for the production of a proper state of excitement, without which there is simply 
an injurious irritation to the female, without any gratification. 

Among some a plan is adopted more injurious than any of the above — it con- 
sists in forcibly compressing the male organ just previous to emission, so that the 



PREVENTION SAFE AND POWDER. 393 

semen cannot escape. In all cases where this is done the emission is as com- 
plete as if nothing of the kind had occurred, only it takes a different course. 
The semen passes into the urinary passage, and enters the bladder, and is ex- 
pelled with the urine. The consequence of this is that it soon begins to take that 
course always whether compression be practised or not, and the man becomes 
sterile in consequence, and is liable to inflammation of the urethra, vera mon 
tanum and bladder, and suffers from spermatorrhoea, till eventually his powers 
ire lost altogether. Masturbators who practice the same thing are liable to 
the same difficulties. It is a most destructive practice. 

Females who are in the habit of taking a dose of quack prevention pills, 01 
powders, as often as having sexual intercourse with the opposite sex (which is 
not unfrequently from two to six times per week), will deeply repent in the 
hours of sickness, poor health, and consumption, such foolish imprudences (so 
dangerous in the extreme) of preventing conception, as well as the destruction 
of health, with such nostrums. Ladies should never take any internal medi- 
cines whatever, by the mouth and stomach, or otherwise, as it is unnecessary, 
and uncalled for in the prevention of pregnancy. The idea is absurd ; and for 
a woman to dose her life and bowels out with the most poisonous drugs — 
immediately after one, and every intercourse, which is sufficiently debilitating 
— is totally abusive. The prevention of pregnancy is a great moral and vital 
subject, of importance to the incompetent to bear child, which concerns, and 
should claim the prompt attention of the male sex, that man may be able to 
protect the woman with safety, should such prudences be deemed necessary 
by the parties respectively concerned. 

As some may be ignorant of the method referred to, it may be prudent to 
state that the French Prevention Powders are not taken internally, like all 
other obnoxious preventions (by the mouth and stomach), but are a simple, 
pleasant, and effectual remedy against the prevention of conception, without 
causing any irritation, inconvenience, or ill effect to the sexual organs — ana 
used only by the male. But aside from these valuable preventions (and they 
lead all other like discoveries, heretofore known), the wisdom and science of 
the age adds a still more important secret and revelation respecting this same 
great subject, whereby even the Male Safes and the Male Prevention Powders 
can be dispensed with, if desired ! The discovery is of a late modern date, and is 
so near perfection that a more superior prevention will never reach the annals 
of medical science. This last discovery does away with the use of any inter- 
nal medicines whatever, pills, powders, caustic washes, and of all such expen- 
sive and useless nostrums, — allowing the gratification of the passions in their 
most full and natural enjoyments. This wonderful discovery was made by the 
Author. On the receipt of $10 by letter, post-paid, or otherwise ordered, full 
particulars and directions will be given to any lady or gentleman in regard to 
the new and valuable discovery of preventing conception. 

The price of the Male Safe is $5 per dozen ; $3 per half dozen ; $1 the single 
one. Of the Prevention Powder, $5 a box. These articles must be ordered 
direct, and if by letter, the money must be inclosed. They can be sent by 
mail to any part of the country, at common letter postage, and with perfect 
safety. No agents allowed to sell them ; so that there can be no counter- 
feiting, and the articles may be perfect. All letters considered confidential, 
and promptly attended to. Directions for use accompany the articles. 



DR. H. K. ROOT'S SIXTEEN VEGETABLE BLOOD REMEDIES. 

WHAT IS LIFE? 

A twisted yarn — a whirling flood — 
A curious web of circulating blood. 

" For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed." — Joel iii. 21. 

DR. ROOT'S BLOOD RENOVATOR, 

For the speedy and permanent cure of General Debility, Female Complaints, Scro- 
fula, Erysipelas, Salt Rheum, Nale Humor or Itch, Cancers, Tumors, Ulcerated Sores, 
Fistula, Scurvy, Tetter, Scald Head, Ring Worm, Pimples, Blotches, Piles, Deafness 
and Discharge from the Ears, Blindness, and all Diseases of the Skin, Head, Lungs, 
Liver, Spleen, Stomach, Kidneys, Womb and Blood. 

The perfection of any art or science depends upon the certainty, or truth, of the 
principles upon which it is based. Many pursuits are dignified by being called arts 
and sciences that deserve no such names, because they are based merely on as- 
sumed facts, or hypotheses, and have neither truth nor stability. Astrology and 
magic were once called sciences, but not being based on true principles, or facts, are 
now neglected and despised. So of that branch of medical science, called the 
"Regular," which being based on the deference paid to antiquated authority, 
cramps the mind, blinds by bigotry, warps by prejudice, deals with isolated facts, and 
scorns an investigation into first principles. The consequence is inevitable — the 
system and men of the lancet, mercury, calomel, and dangerous mineral poisons, and 
horrible and useless butchering operations, are losing caste, and may be soon mat- 
ters of history. 

In Genesis, chapter ii. and fan verse, we read : — 

u And the Lord God formed man out of the dust of the ground, and breathed into 
his nostrils the breath of life, and he became a living soul." 

This passage proves that air is the real and first grand cause of primary human 
<vetion. We also read, that: — 

"The life of the flesh is the blood thereof." — Gen. ix. 4. 

"For the blood is the life." — Deuteronomy xii. 23. 

"For the life of the flesh is in the blood." — Leviticus xvii. 11. 

" For the life of all flesh is the blood thereof." — Leviticus xvii. 14. 

Blood, therefore, forms the body. Air keeps it in circulution. Blood alone is 
the producer of every part of the body while in the womb ; it is only after birth, 
when the lungs are expanded, that air becomes a primary element for the continu- 
ance of existence and health during the period of life. 

Dr. Root's theory is, that as all diseases have their origin in the blood, through 
the blood only can the cure be effected, and the science of life and the art op 
health understood. All diseases, I believe, take place, either: 1st. The seeds are 
sown before birth by the constitution of the parents. 2d. From touch, introduction, 
inoculation, collection of impurities, poison3 and costiveness. 3d. By the diet, 
habits, treatment of disease in youth, or carelessness, which begin to lay the foun- 
dation of bodily misery ; but still every person has within him the germ of pure 



DR. ROOT'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS. 395 

I)lood, which being purified of its dross, as a machine, when cleansed of the materials 
which have clogged its movements, goes as well as ever, so also does the blood 
course freely and purely along its arterial avenues when under the influence of the 
Blood Renovator. 

De, Root declares health and long life to be within the reach of all. 

Price of the Blood Renovator $1,00 per bottle. 



Orders for single bottles or by the quantity filled by Dr. H. K. Root, 512 Broad- 
way. Terms cash. All letters must be post-paid, to receive attention. 
Country dealers supplied by Dr. Root, or by wholesale druggists in New York. 



DR. ROOT'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, 

For the prevention and cure of Oostiveness, Bad Breath, Indigestion, Acidity in the 
Stomach, Jaundice, Sallow Complexion, Liver Complaint, Piles, Summer Complaint, 
Grub of the Liver, Spleen and other organs of the system, and all humors and impu- 
rities of the llood, &c, &c. 

Nothing has stimulated the curiosity of man, nor tasked his intellectual faculties, 
ntore than the art of preserving health and preventing disease. We have innumer- 
able remedies for different disorders, but hitherto nothing has been discovered for 
their prevention, and for the removal of the cause when they make their attacks. 
Indigestion is a great cause of human maladies, but although Abernethy knew 
this fact, he could not discover a remedy for it. Nebeus, the ancestor of Hippo- 
crates, confessed, that if an antidote could be compounded to the first cause of ill- 
ness, the skill of the physician would seldom be required, and Hippocrates made 
the same admission. It was a saying of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius to Galen, 
that medical men satisfied themselves with lopping off the branches, and then the 
trunk of a disease, but never went to its root. This complaint has been reiterated 
in our own time; but fortunately for the suffering world, the invention of Dr. 
Root's Anti-Bilious Pills has remedied the evil. They are the most beneficial 
discovery for mankind th^t ever was made ; a few pills taken weekly will nerve the 
frame against every complaint — and those whose constitutions are already impair 
ed by disease will find in them a panacea which will restore them to the bless- 
ings of health, until the decay of nature puts a termination to their lives. What 
renders them more valuable is the fact, that being strictly botanic and vegetable, 
they may be taken without hindrance of business, or danger to the body, either 
of man, woman or child. The epicure may gratify his appetite without dan- 
ger of incurring apoplexy, or other results of over-eating, by the use of these 
pills. Another remarkable feature possessed by these Pills, is, that, in addition 
to prevf¥ting or removing disease, they enrich the llood and strengthen the 
body I 

All other pills weaken the frame, produce debility, and physic and reduce the 
blood, so that they are worthless and hurtful rather than real blessings to the in- 
valid. 



396 DR. ROOT'S HEART REGULATOR 

Dr. Root's Anti-Bilious Pills are healthy agents, and combine a two- fold opera- 
tion in their wonder-working powers ; they are purgative and tonic at the same time, 
and only operate to strengthen ; just as we melt the brittle ore previous to harden- 
ing it in the same furnace. The most feeble constitutions become repaired and for- 
tified by them. All therefore that need be added, is a recommendation to every 
family to possess themselves of them, which, if done, the whole country would 

BE FREED FROM ALL DISORDERS. 

Our Vegetable Anti-Bilious Pills we unhesitatingly pronounce superior to 
any pills ever before offered to the world, for every possible purpose for which pill? 
are ever taken. They cause no pain, sickness or griping. They are easy, safe, and 
efficacious. They are purely vegetable. Not one particle of mercurial or mineral 
poison enters into their composition. They are the result of immense study, pains, 
and expense, to bring them to their present perfection ; and the public may be cer- 
tain that these pills are the ne plus ultra of all purifying medicines. Besides, they 
are more than three times as cheap as any others ; inasmuch as one pill is sufficient 
to thoroughly cleanse the system, and ordinarily half of one ; whereas from three to 
four is the ordinary dose recommended of all the pills of the greatest celebrity that 
are now offered to the public, so that in purchasing one box of the Pills at twenty- 
five cents, you get in quantity, to say nothing of their superior quality, what in other 
pills would cost you one dollar. 

Individuals and families have only to try them, to be astonished at their redeem 
ing qualities, and to adopt them instead of any others. 

Retail price per box, 25 cents. Single boxes can be sent by mail to any part of 
the country. 



Orders by letter from merchants m any part of the country, addressed to Dr. H. 
K. Root, 512 Broadway, or to any wholesale druggist in this city, will receive im- 
mediate attention, and the Pills will be forwarded by freight or express. 

No medicines forwarded from Dr. R. till paid for. 

All letters must be post-paid to receive attention. 



DR. ROOT'S HEART REGULATOR, 

Permanently cures Palpitation, Spasms, Stoppage or Debility of the Heart, Ossi- 
fication of tlie Heart, Veins or Arteries, Rlieumatism, or Water about the Heart, Fits, 
Nightmare, or Stagnation of the Blood, Sinking, and All-gone feeling of the Chest, &c. 

How many and sudden the deaths caused by Heart Disease ! Ladies and gentle- 
men, men of every occupation, are more or less afflicted with dreadful diseases of the 
aeart. The merchant, the professional man, the clerk, the mechanic, the day laborer, 
the mariner, and ladies in all the varied walks of society, are alike liable to affections 
of or about the heart; and when once this great vital engine of life has become dis- 
eased, there ; s no security against the individual at any moment falling mto the jaws of 
sudden death, unless he gives proper attention to his health, and uses the means 
which scientific research and profound study have collected to restore the diseased 



DR. ROOT'S LUNG CORRECTOR. 497 

organ to its original state of health and strength. Physicians have in tin es past 
considered diseases of the heart to be beyond the saving skill of medicine ; but by 
the invention of Dr. Root's celebrated Lung Barometer, and the discovery of hia 
Heart Regulator, he has th& pleasure to announce that they may be cured, when 
All other means have proved of no avail. The grand starting point — the difficulty 
<>f ascertaining the true state and nature of the complaint — has heretofore been the 
/eason of the unsuccessful treatment of these diseases, which is now overcome. 
We must know the nature of the disease, then the appropriate medicine for that 
disease can be safely given, without experiment or failure. 

Never be without this invaluable and redeeming Heart Regulator, as it has saved 
its thousands from sudden death. Keep it in your bed-rooms — take it with you on 
journeys, and as you value your life, which is above all price, never for a moment 
be without it at your command. Keep the heart healthy, and the blood pure, and 
you will live to old age, and die with the natural decay of the body, like the vege- 
tables of the fields or the trees of the forest. 

Heart Regulator, per bottle ...... $2,00 

Terms cash ; can be ordered direct from Dr. H. K. Root, 512 Broadway, or from 
any wholesale druggist in this city, and be sent by express, or as freight with othor 
goods, to any part of the world. 



DR. ROOT'S LUNG CORRECTOR, 

For the speedy and permanent ewe of irritated, inflamed, ulcerated and tuberculous 
or bleeding Lungs ; Grub of the Lungs or Liver ; Bronchitis, ulcerated or tuberculous Sore 
Throat; Loss of Voice; Chronic Catarrh; Tickling Cough; Night Sweats; Hectic 
Fever ; Croup, Asthma, and Expectoration of a thick, watery, white, yellow, bluish, 
greyish, or dark colored matter, and all Pulmonary affections. 

Tears of the severest trial, instead of in the least impairing the confidence in 
this medicine of those who have used or known it, has gained for it an enviable 
reputation, far beyond the most sanguine hopes of the proprietor. Nothing but 
intrinsic merit, as manifested in the cure of thousands of persons, could have gained, 
and so long maintained for it, the great appreciation which at this day it enjoys. 
While hundreds of quack nostrums, put up by ignorant pretenders, and thrust upon 
the public with an eye single to pecuniary gain by unprincipled men, have had 
their brief day and gone out like the light of a farthing candle, because there was 
no virtue in them ; the Lung Corrector has lived to gain new friends at every trial, 
and to effect cures too remarkable to be ever forgotten, and too numerous to be 
recorded. 

As the passage of time spreads wider and wider these undeniable facts, the Lung 
Corrector is becoming to be the standard and reliable medicine in all the complaints 
for which it is prepared, in all classes of society, from the humblest laborer to the 
most renowned statesmen, theologians and men of science. Throughout the length 
and breadth of the land, from the regions of the Aroostook to the banks of the 
Rio Grande, from the shores of the rock-ribbed Atlantic to California's golden 
sands, this remedy for all lung and kindred complaints is taking the lead and be- 



398 DR. ROOT'S GERMAN OINTMENT. 

coming to be considered the very perfection of medicines for pulmonary complaints , 
and hundreds of the most eminent physicians now employ it in all dangerous afifeo 
tions of the lungs, as well as in milder cases, and among children. In common 
practice, in the navy, in the army, in public institutions, in hospitals, and in fact 
everywhere, the Lung Corrector is considered an indispensable medicine. 

The Lung Corrector is a choice selection and concentrated medicine from the 
doctor's numerous invaluable pulmonic preparations, to meet the general wants of the 
consumptive, and is put up under the direction and supervision of the doctor, who, 
having personally treated more than 23,000 consumptive cases, in every condition 
and form of consumption, knows perfectly well the wants of the sick ; so that if 
people guard themselves against counterfeits, they may rely with safety upon the 
efficacy of every bottle. To physicians this medicine is an agent on which they 
can depend for good results in the treatment of their patients, and to the afflicted 
it is a remedy that never fails to afford relief 

Prepared and sold by Dr. H. K. Root, 512 Broadway, New York. 

Price, per single bottle, $1, which can be sent by express to any part of the 
country. 

Dealers in the country will be supplied direct from the proprietor, or they can 
order of any wholesale druggist in this city. 

All orders to Dr. Root must be accompanied with the cash, and if sent by mail 
must be post-paid to receive attention. 

In case you cannot get the Lung Corrector in your neighborhood, writ© imme- 
diately to the proprietor, Dr. H. K. Root, 512 Broadway, New York. 



DR. ROOT'S GERMAN OINTMENT, 

For Inflammation in any part of the Human System, or in any stage of disease. 
Inflammation in the Head, Eyes, or Sore Eyes of any kind, Lungs, Bowels, Breast, or 
any part ; Burns, Scalds, Fresh Wounds, Felons, Biles, Cold Feet, Sprains, Lame Back, 
Erysipelas, putrid or not; Pain in the Side, Chest or Heart; Broken Breast, or Sore 
Nipples ; Rheumatism in any form ; Black Tongue, Fevers, Dryness of Skin, Scald 
Head, Files, and any Unusual Dryness of the Skin, or Unusual Heat of the System — 
is Inflammation, one name and one remedy. 

Inflammation locates in a hundred different parts of the system, but can no more 
tx\st under a due application of this ointment, than fire can exist in the elements 
ot water, or the composition of gunpowder can exist in an atmosphere of fire ; for 
it is Nature's own remedy, and its application safe. 

In all cases where the bronchial vessels or orifices have become contracted,, 
swollen or obstructed, they are caused to discharge their putrid matter, the ob- 
structed perspiration is made to pass off free, and the inflammation to escape 
through the pores, by the use of The German Vegetable Ointment. 

Nature has provided appropriate remedies for all our diseases ; Nature's calls can 
be amply supplied by means of the Vegetable Kingdom. Deprive her of this 
source, and death will deprive you of your near and affectionate friends. The art 
of healing had its origin in the woods, and the forest is still the best medical school 

The German Ointment is Nature's infallible remedy for inflammation of 



DR. ROOT'S CATARRH SNUFF. 399 

every name and kind that affects the human system, arising from a sudden tran- 
sition from heat to cold, or by the pores of the flesh being closed, and the insensible 
perspiration being stopped; or, in other words, the retaining of the worn-out blood 
and other juices in the system, which should be continually expelled through the 
pores, to give place for new. Hence, when these sources become stopped, fevera 
and inflammations of the bowels, lungs, eyes or kidneys supervene ; or sore eyes, 
liver complaint, consumption, rheumatism, or some disease of the head, lungs or 
throat immediately follows ; or it takes the form of scrofula, erysipelas, salt rheum, 
or other cutaneous eruption. For all these diseases the Ointment is one of Na- 
ture's remedies, and performs its office like a perfect workman. 

The German Ointment is really one of the wonders of the age, for an external 
application of it will reduce inflammation of the bowels, and produce a passage of 
them, when the whole army of internal cathartics, calomel and oils of the most power- 
fill nature prove ineffectual. In many cases which have been pronounced incurable, 
the patient has been relieved in one half hour by a plentiful application of the Ger- 
man Ointment on the bowels and sides. For constipation, it is invaluable, leaving 
the bowels in a healthful condition. For cold or colicy bowels, or in cases of 
worms in children, it gives speedy relief. Physicians and parents should know this 
fact, and avail themselves of the benefits of this ointment. 

Bathe the bowels of children troubled with worms or colic, and the child will 
laugh and play in five minutes. It will save your getting up at night with your 
child. One general expression of all that use this ointment, (and it is used in every 
State in the Union,) is, that it surpasses in efficacy and utility all the external re- 
medies, and is the best ointment in this lower world. No lady will ever regret its 
invaluable and redeeming power in the relief and cure of inflammation of the 
breast, or broken breast, and womb diseases. A word to the wise is sufficient. 
Office 512 Broadway, New York. 

Price, per bottle . . . . $0,25 



Orders for single bottles, or by the quantity, accompanied by the cash, will be 
filled by the proprietor, and the ointment sent by express to any part of the coun- 
try. Country dealers supplied by the proprietor, or by wholesale druggists in New 
York. 



DR. ROOT'S CATARRH SNUFF, 

For tlie permanent cure of Catarrh, Deafness, Discharge from the Ear, Loss oj 
Taste, Loss of Smell, Headache, Dizziness, Loss of Memory, Grub in the Read, Offen- 
sive Glanders in the Head, &c. 

This snuff should be used by consumptive persons having a cough, expectora- 
tion, bronchitis or cankered sore throat. 

Catarrh is one of the most offensive and often one of the most dangerous difficul- 
ties with which we are afflicted. It not unfrequently coats the mucous membrane, 
extending from the nostrils to the mouth, the eyes, the ears ana the lungs, thereby 



400 BK. ROOT'S CANCER ERADICATOfL 

obstructing the passages and causing loss of taste, smell, hearing and sight. Ca- 
tarrh is also a fruitful cause of coughs and pulmonary affections. It coats and ob- 
structs the bronchial tube and air cells of the lungs, thereby shutting out the air 
from those passages necessary for oxygenizing the blood. By this means the blood 
comes to the lungs and returns without being purified by the air, (which Is the life 
of the blood,) and hence arise humoral impurities, by which both mind and body 
are affected, and fall into emaciation, weakness and decay. 

To guard against the approach of these evils, the catarrh should be speedily and 
permanently removed. For this purpose there have been offered the public nu- 
merous remedies, most of which are taken with but little effect ; and never have I 
known of any preparation capable of reaching and removing grub in the head ex- 
cept the Catarrh Snuff, which I now offer the afflicted. It is well known that the 
grub affects the head of the human being, as well as that of the sheep and other 
beasts, causing insanity, dropsy in the head, and other kindred complaints. Dr. 
Root's Catarrh Snuff has been taken with never-failing success in thousands of 
cases; and wherever it has been used, and its virtues become known, no other 
remedy is sought after or bought. This of itself is sufficient recommendation of its 
efficacy. So great has been the demand for it that it has sometimes been impos- 
sible (by reason of the difficulty in obtaining one of the chief ingredients from its 
native soil at the sources of the river Amazon, in Central South America) to supply 
the orders for it. 

Price, per bottle . . . . . $0,50 

Terms, cash. Orders filled by Br. H. K. Root, 512 Broadway, and the medicine 
sent by express to any part of the country. Country dealers supplied direct, or by 
wholesale druggists in this city. 

All letters must be post-paid. 



DR. ROOT'S CANCER ERADICATOR, 

For the cure of Rose, Spider, Wolf, Bloody, Bone, Sleepy, Fissure and Black Scaly 
Cancers ; Fungus Tumors, Polypus, or Bleeding Tumors of any kind. 

This medicine speedily eradicates the Cancer, whether on the head, face, neck, 
limbs, or other parts of the system — externally ; or internally, in the womb, liver, 
bowels, stomach or other internal organs. 

The Cancer Eradicator has been used by Dr. Root with uniform success in hun- 
dreds of well-attested cases. The horror and dread with which cancers were for 
merly regarded need no longer be felt ; for, by the timely use of this sovereign 
specific, all cancerous poisons are speedily driven from the blood and a cure easily 
effected. 

[For particular description of cancers and their causes, prevention and cure, see 
article on Cancers in this work.] 

Price, $3 per bottle, 

Orders for single bottles, or by the dozen, filled by Dr. H. K. Root, 512 Broad- 
way, and sent by express or as freight. Terms cash. All letters must be post- 
paid. 

DeaWs supplied bv the proprietor, or by wholesale druggists in this city. 



DR. ROOT'S WATER REGULATOR. 40* 



DR. BOOT'S FEMALE WASH. 



Thes invaluable preparation should be in the possession of all females troubled 
with Leucorrhcea, Whites, or Mucus Discharges from the uterus or bladder, Scalding 
of the water, Itching or Burning of the water, and Cancers or Ulcerations of the Uterus. 

It is a safe, efficient and valuable remedy ; and never fails to cure. It is a pre- 
paration of the greatest celebrity, and is in use by thousands of ladies throughout 
the country. 

Price, 50 cents per package; 

Orders for single packages or by the quantity filled by Dr. H. K. Root, 512 Broad- 
way. Single packages can be sent by mail. Terms cash. All letters must be 
post-paid. 

Country dealers supplied by the proprietor or by wholesale druggists in this city. 



DR. ROOT'S WATER REGULATOR, 

For the cure of Gravel, Stone in the Bladder or Kidneys, Scalding or Burning heat 
of the Water, Thick or difficult holding of the Water, too much or too little Water, red 
or white Sediment in Water, Offensive Urine, Irritation of the Neck of the Bladder, 
Grub of the Womb, Kidneys or Ovaria, Strictures of the Water Passages, Ulceration 
or Wasting Disease of the Kidneys, Seminal Emissions, Giant Strongle or Kidney 
Snake, Dropsy of the Limbs, Abdomen, Chest, Heart, or Brain, and other kindred af- 
fections arising from an improper and unhealthy Watery Secretion from the Blood. 

Hundreds and thousands of our fellow-beings are every year carried suddenly 
down to the cold embrace of the tomb by diseases of the kidneys and bladder, and 
often without fully knowing the exact character of the complaint that afflicts them ; 
and thousands of others have implanted in their systems- the seeds of a slow consump- 
tion from the same fruitful causes. Without a proper regulation of the water health 
cannot be enjoyed ; for all improper secretions arising from a derangement of the 
water, whether manifesting themselves in the form of dropsy, gravel, stone, or 
otherwise, must, unless attended to, sow the seeds of death in the blood, and finally 
carry the victim to the grave. 

For the benefit of sufferers from kidney, bladder, and womb diseases, Dr. Root's 
Water Regulator has been prepared, and is offered to the public with confident 
assurance of its powerful efficacy in affording relief and finally restoring the secre- 
tions to a healthy condition ; thus saving the patient from excruciating pains, years 
of suffering and untimely death. 

Although ancient physicians, and many of later times, were aware of the exist- 
ence in the human system of the grub, all efforts to obtain a medicine' which should 
reach and destroy it have been without success ; until, by the scientific researches 
and labors of Dr. Root, this desirable result has been obtained. It followed as a 
consequence of their inability to find a remedy, that the fact of the existence of the 
(?rub in the human system was lost sight of for many years ; but the Water Regular 
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402 DR. ROOT'S HAIR PRODUCER. 

tor having reached and brought them away, the fruitful cause of msuiy deaths not 
theretofore known is explained and Understood. To reach the grub in the womb, 
kidneys, or ovaries, or the kidney snake, there is no other medicine than this 
upon the face of the globe. The Water Regulator kills and dislodges them from 
their seats in these organs, and they come away whole or in pieces, and the patient 
is rescued from the jaws of death. 
Price, $1 per bottle, 

Orders for single bottles, or by the quantity, filled by Dr. H. K. Root, 512 Broad- 
way, New York, and sent by express to any part of the country. Terms cash. 

All letters must be postpaid. Country dealers supplied by the proprietor, or by 
the wholesale druggists in New York. 



DR. ROOT'S HAIR PRODUCER, 

To soften and beautify the Hair, and to keep it from falling off; loss of the Hair by 
fever, Baldness, &c; to remove dandruff and scurf from the head; to cure humoral 
eruptions on the scalp ; loss of hair by scald head and dryness of the h&vr ; also for 
keeping the hair in dressing and imparting to it a beautiful glossiness and lustre. 

\ 

The thousand nostrums put up by unprincipled men, and palmed off upon the 

public as certain guarantees against baldness, and warranted to produced a growth 
of hair upon the barren scalp by a few applications, and which utterly fail to give 
the satisfaction hoped for by the purchaser, have placed people upon their guard 
against quacks and pretenders, and finally wrought out this good — that the public 
will no longer trust the safety of their hair to any preparation unless it be known to 
have emanated from some physician of scientific attainments, who thoroughly un- 
derstands the laws of the whole system, and has devoted his time to the study 
necessary to produce an article for any given complaint or affection that shall cer- 
tainly work out the desired results. The day of quack hair nostrums, that kill the 
hair and ensure its certain loss, has gone by — the public will no longer be humbugged. 
Henceforth, only preparations prepared by men of scientific attainments, who tho- 
roughly understand the philosophy of the growth and decay of the human hair, 
will be purchased by those troubled with diseases of the scalp, or who fear the 
Loss of their hair, or have already become bald. 

Assured of this from observations he has made, Dr. Root now offers to the world 
his Hair Producer, in confident expectation that it will be hailed with joy by 
thousands who have been deluded into purchasing the vile and filthy nostrums 
thrust in their faces by ignoramuses and charlatans. The Hair Producer is a 
compcT£id of powerful but harmless vegetables and oils, and is chemically prepared 
with a certain knowledge of the wants of the hair, to keep it in a soft, healthy and 
proper condition. When used according to directions it will keep the hair from 
falling off; and persons already bald may soon dispense with their wigs if they will 
persist in its use for a length of time sufficient to have the scalp become softened, 
opened and restored to a healthy state. 

As a dressing for the hair and an article for the toilet table for ladies, Dr. Root's 
Hair Producer is unrivalled. No article ever offered to the public can compare 



DR. ROOT'S EYE WATER. 403 

with this to give a beautiful silken gloss to the fair locks that adorn the heads of 
America's daughters. 
Price, 50 cents per bottle; 

Orders for single bottles, or by the quantity, Med by Dr. H. K. Root, 512 Broad- 
way. Terms cash. All letters must be postpaid. 

Counjtry dealers supplied by the proprietor or by the wholesale druggists in this 
city. 



DR. ROOT'S EYE WATER, 

For the cure of Weakness, Soreness and Inflammation of the Eyes, Egyptian Sore 
Eyes, Grub in the Eye and Optic Nerve, and for every affection of the organ of sight 
which can be reached by an external application. 

Dr. Root's Eye Water has been prepared with great care, from an experience 
gained in the treatment of a large number of cases — some produced by outward 
causes, and some arising from a diseased state of the blood, or from fits of sick- 
ness. The knowledge gained by a successful treatment of hundreds of cases in all 
the various affections to which the eye is liable, has enabled him to compound from 
his remedies an eye water that he unhesitatingly offers to the public as having 
the power to do all for the diseased visual organ that it is possible for an outward 
application to perform ; and the uniform success which has attended its use gives 
him the gratifying assurance that his labors in behalf of those suffering from weak 
and sore eyes have been crowned with the just reward due those who strive to 
impart health and comfort to their fellow men. 

In the loss of that great and inestimable blessing, sight, we suffer an indescriba- 
ble affliction. Only those who have once enjoyed the sweet blessing of beholding 
the beautiful things of earth, and then been cut off from the light of the day, to live 
in darkness deep as night, where the faces of relatives and friends, the flowery gar- 
dens and the green fields beautified and made gorgeous by the fructifying showers 
of nature, the glorious works of art, and all that instructs, amuses, and gives happi- 
ness and pleasure to the mind through the outward vision, can adequately feel the 
keenness of affliction that follows the loss of sight. Imagine yourself returning 
from some distant land after years of absence, to visit the home of your childhood, 
and the green fields, the shady woods and the meandering streams where you sport- 
ed in the sunny days of youth ; and to be again with those near and dear friends, 
made nearer and dearer to the heart by the flight of years ; and then picture to 
yourself the sensation that would cast a saddening sorrow over all anticipated joy, 
by the recollection that utter darkness was upon your vision, and that you could never 
more see the beautiful things you had hoped to behold, nor the kind faces of those 
whose society you would again enjoy ! How would it detract from your happiness ! 
And yet this, and worse than this, (an inability to give attention to ousiness and 
procur3 for yourself and family the necessaries and comforts of life) may follow from 
your neglect of weak and sore eyes. When once the delicate organs of sight are se- 
riously affected, it is difficult to preserve or restore them to health. Therefore, you 
should be wise in time. If your eyes are weak, or inflamed, or sore, from any cause, 



404 DR. ROOT'S EAR LOTION. 

whether outward or inward, you should immediately take steps for their recovery. 
Not a single day should be lost. As an outward application, Dr. Root's Eye Wa- 
ter is now used by many practising physicians and by thousands of the afflicted. 
In cases where weakness or inflammation of the organs has been induced by sick- 
ness or by a diseased state of the system, the German Ointment, Blood Renovator, 
Catarrh Snuff and Anti-Bilious Pills should be used in connection with the Eye Wa- 
ter ; for where loss of sight arises from internal causes, the blood and system must 
be purified and restored to health before any outward application will produce the 
desirable effect. 
Price of the Eye Water, $1 per bottle, 



Orders for single bottles or by the quantity filled by Dr. Root, 512 Broadway. 
Term cash. Will be sent by express to any part of the country. All letters must 
be post paid. Country dealers supplied by the proprietor, Dr. H. K. Root, or by 
wholesale dealers in this city. 



DR. ROOT'S EAR LOTION, 

For the cure of Deafness, Humoral Discharge from the Ear, Dryness or loss of Wax 
of the Ear, Buzzing and Roaring Noises in the Ear, Ear-ache, and other affections of 
the organ of hearing. 

Although perhaps not so great a loss as that of sight, no person who has been 
deaf but will feel keenly that it is no slight deprivation to lose the power of hear- 
ing. To be cut off from listening to the sweet sounds of nature and the pleasant 
voices of loved friends, which afford often the most exquisite enjoyment ; to hear 
qo more the soothing words of solace, spoken in affection and love — is indeed an 
Affliction to all upon whom it may falL But not in reference to pleasure alone is the 
loss of hearing to be considered ; for chiefly it is to be looked at in a point of utility. 
How useful to man is this sense I will not undertake to describe ; those only can 
appreciate the blessing of a good hearing adequately who have been deprived of 
that sense. The inconveniencies and annoyances to which the deaf person is sub- 
jected are too well known to require a rehearsal 

Against this affliction every person may guard himself, by the use of Dr. Root's 
Ear Lotion, a truly invaluable article to prevent deafness and to restore the hear- 
ing after it has been lost. Hundreds of persons, who had been deaf for years, and 
who had abandoned almost all hope of recovery, have had this sense restored by 
the use of the Ear Lotion, taken in connection with some of my other medicines. 
People who had for long months been obliged to make use of an ear trumpet in or- 
der to hear anything, have cast that instrument aside as no longer needed, in an 
exceedingly short time after applying the Ear Lotion. 

In ear aches, so distressing, and often so violent as to almost make the person 
crazy, the Ear Lotion will afford miraculous relief. And in cases of buzzing and 
roaring sounds in the ear, loss of the wax in the ear, or in humoral discharges, fre- 
quently the forerunners of deafness, the Ear Lotion will be found invaluable, nevei 
failing to remove these affections and prevent deafness ensuing. It has given the 



DR. ROOT'S WORM KILLER. 405 

most perfect satisfaction in every instance where it has been used, and has relieved 
thousands from miseries indescribable. 

As deafness, and all other affections of the ear, are in most cases the results of 
some internal disturbance, it will generally be found necessary to use the Blood 
Renovator, Catarrh Snuflj Anti-Bilious Pills, or German Ointment, in connection 
with the Ear Lotion ; and in some cases, all of these will be required — in order that 
the system may be entirely purged of all those disturbing causes from which deaf- 
ness or other trouble in the ear has arisen. 

Price of the Ear Lotion, $1 per single bottle ; 

Orders for single bottles or by the quantity filled by Dr. H. EL. Root, 512 Broad- 
way. Terms cash. "Will be sent by express or otherwise to any part of the coun- 
try. All letters must be post paid. 

Country dealers supplied by the proprietor, or by wholesale dealers in New 
York. 



DR. ROOT'S WORM KILLER, 

Sbr destroying the life of and expelling from the human system Tape Worms, Bound 
Worms, Thread Worms, Pin Worms, Evets, Frogs, Snakes, and every living thing, 
of whatever kind, that may be existing in the stomach or bowels. 

The Worm Killer is the result of many months of close application, and long ex- 
periment, to procure an article which should be certain death to worms of all kinds, 
and at the same time do no injury to the system of even the most delicate person or 
the smallest infant. And, after faithful trial of this vegetable compound, as I now 
prepare it, I am prepared to say that it will be found a never-failing remedy in 
all cases of worms, whether in children or adults. A single dose of it will en- 
tirely purge the system of these destructive agents, when all ordinary remedies 
have failed to produce any effect whatever. Tape Worms are invariably expelled 
by it. Also, Evets and Frogs have been dislodged from the stomach by its use, 
and in several cases Snakes, drank in with water when small, and retained in the 
stomach till they attained a large size, have been removed by the power of the 
Worm Killer. 

It is well known that many children die from the effects of worms. All the pre- 
cious lives thus lost might be saved, by the use of a single bottle or less of the 
Worm Killer in each case. I have received hundreds of certificates from parents, 
informing me of the restoration to health of their children by the use of this 
medicine. 

My Worm Killer being a compound entirely vegetable, its use does not leave in the 
system any of those deleterious effects arising from the administration of the poi- 
sonous drugs usually employed to expel worms. In this respect it stands alone. I 
do not know of another single article for this purpose but contains for its chief in- 
gredient some drug most deadly to the human being, when taken without the 
greatest caution. At the same time, my Worm Killer will be found far more effica- 
cious than any drug ever administered for worms. 



H)6 DR. BOOT'S DYSENTERY SPECIFIC. 

No family where there are children should be without a little of this article ir, 
the house. 
Price of the Worm Boiler, per bottle 50 cts. 



Orders for single bottles, or by the quantity, filled by Dr. H. K. Root, 512 Broad- 
way, New York. Terms cash. Will be sent by express, or otherwise, to any part 
of the country. All letters to be post-paid. 

Country dealers supplied by the proprietor, or by wholesale dealers in New York. 



DR. ROOT'S INHALING FLUID, 

For use in cases of Pulmonary Consumption, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the 
Throat or Lungs, Sore Throat, Hoarseness, Asthma, Checked Expectoration, Dry- 
ness in the Throat, Catarrh in its first stage, Influenza, Debilitated state of the Air Passa- 
ges, Relaxed state of the Lining Membrane of the Langs, and other affections of the 
Throat and Lungs. 

This article is skillfully compounded from a number of ingredients used in inhala- 
tion for diseases of the respiratory organs, and is so varied that the patient, by 
simply stating the nature of his complaint, can be supplied with an article exactly 
suited to his wants, and which will prove* of the greatest benefit. Used in connec- 
tion with my other circulating medicines, it has aided in the permanent cure of nu- 
merous cases of confirmed consumption, asthma, bronchitis, and other complaints 
above mentioned. When administered according to directions, it does not irritate 
or inflame the lungs, but soothes, invigorates, cleanses and heals. By being skillful- 
ly combined, all the deleterious effects of articles used separately for inhalation are 
destroyed, and their virtuous and healing qualities retained. 

Price of the Inhaling Fluid, $1 per single bottle ; 

Orders for single bottles or by the quantity filled by Dr. H. K. Root, 512 Broad- 
way. Terms cash. Will be sent by express or otherwise to any part of the coun- 
try. All letters must be post paid. 

Country dealers supplied by the proprietor, or by wholesale dealers in New York. 



DR. ROOT'S DYSENTERY SPECIFIC, 

Fbr the Prevention and Cure of Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Clwlera Infantum, Dysentery, 
Diarrhoea, Summer Complaints generally, and any Looseness of the Dowels, 

This article, if taken according to directions, in connection with the Anti-Bilious 
Pills, is a sure and certain guarantee against all attacks of bowel complaints ; like- 
wise, it cures these diseases in almost every instance where it is applied ; being supe- 
rior to any other article for the same purpose now before the public. Many cases 
of the most violent dysentery or diarrhoea have yielded to the peculiar healing powers 
of the Specific; and by it many valuable lives have been saved. 



DR. ROOT'S NERVINE. 407 

Among the numerous diseases that afflict the human race, there is nono, con- 
sumption, perhaps, excepted, that carries more to the grave than the class that comes 
under the general head of bowel complaints. Athough in general but little feared, 
it is indeed a most dangerous and highly fatal form of disease, as all may see who 
will notice the number that it annually carries to the tomb. How important, then, 
that every person, and particularly those who are subject to attacks of this cha- 
racter, should avail themselves of the discoveries of medical science to ward off its 
approaches, by placing the system in such condition as will leave nothing for it to 
fasten upon. This may be always easily done by keeping constantly on hand, and 
occasionally taking, Dr. Root's Dysentery Specific and Anti-Bilious Pills, according 
to the directions that accompany the articles. Let those who would guard against 
death in this form be wise in time, and follow the advice herein given. 

Price of the Dysentery Specific, per single bottle . . . . $100 



Orders for single bottles, or by the quantity, filled by Dr. H. K. Root, 512 
Broadway. Terms cash. Will be sent by express, or otherwise, to any part of the 
country. All letters must be post-paid. 

Country dealers supplied by the proprietor, or by wholesale dealers in New York. 



DR. ROOT'S NERVINE, 

For the relief and ewe of Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Irritability, Uneasiness, Twitch 
vag of the Nerves, ResUessness, drawling Feeling of the Flesh, and Nervous Affections 
generally. 

This article has been in extensive use in my practice, and always with the most 
pleasing and favorable results. Its efficacy in the relief of the affections above- 
named is truly extraordinary. One package has cured the very worst cases oi 
nervousness, and restored the whole nervous system to a state of health and 
quietude. Every person troubled with uneasiness, or difficulty of sleeping, should 
make use of this article ; and from it the most beneficial results will be experienced 

Price of the Nervine, per single package $1 00 



Orders for single package or by the quantity, filled by Dr. H. K. Root, 512 Broad- 
way. Terms cash. Will be sent by express, or otherwise, to any part of the coun- 
try. All letters must be post-paid. 

Country dealers supplied by the proprietor, or by wholesale dealers in New York 



408 ADDRESS TO THE SICK. 

DR. ROOTS ELIXIR OF LIFE. 

For use in cases of Nervous Debility, loss of Nervous Electric and Procreating Energy % Nsu 
ralgia, Nervous Headache, Hysteria, effects of Masturbation, Nocturnal Seminal Emis- 
sions, Impotency, Barrenness, Mental Imbecility, diseases of Ladies incident to decay of 
propagating functions, &c, &c. 

That involuntary loss of physical energy which occurs during sleep, so harass- 
ing, and productive of so much mischief to the nervous system, is speedily re- 
strained by the use of this article. The mental and physical symptoms of disease 
vanish together under its influence. The stooping, trembling victim of depression 
and debility, becomes a new man. He stands erect, he moves with a firm step ; 
his mind, which was previously sunk in gloom, or an almost idiotic apathy, 
becomes bright, buoyant, active ; and he goes forth fresh, regenerated, and con- 
scious of new vigor, to his accustomed occupations. Married people, or others, 
conscious of inability, from whatever cause, will find this Cordial, after they use 
a bottle or two, a thorough regenerator of the system. Where want of offspring 
is a cause of regret, it is of inestimable value. In all directions are to be found the 
happy parents of healthy offspring, who would not have been so, but for this ex- 
traordinary preparation. And it is equally potent for the many diseases for 
which it is recommended. Hundreds of young men have been restored to vigor 
by using it, and not in an instance has it failed to benefit even those in the last 
stage of disease. 

Price, $3 per bottle ; Orders for single bottles, or by # the quan- 

tity, filled by Dr. H. K. Root, 512 Broadway. 

ADDRESS TO THE SICK. 

Opposite is a correct representation of Dr. Root's permanent residence and office, 
512 Broadway, directly opposite the St. Nicholas Hotel, New York, where advice 
and consultation can at all times be obtained, on the various diseases — particularly 
in Pulmonary and other kinds of Consumption, Diseases of the* Liver, Heart, Kid- 
neys and Spleen, Scrofula, Cancer, Dropsies, Fevers, Ulcers, Eruptions, and all 



diseases of the blood, and where remedies exclusively vegetable, for the treatment 
of those complaints, can at all times be had, prepared by Dr. Root's own direction, 
and under his superintendance, and upon scientific chemical principles. 

Dr. Root's practice, experience and investigation, have elicited the truth, that 
there must be first principles in medicine as well as in philosophy, which, though 
simple, are yet invariable and incontestible, and like the needle and stars to the 
mariner, conduct the physician to the origin and cure of diseases 1 Accidental suc- 
cess in the administration of Sarsaparillas, "Whale, Seal, Cod-Liver, Sassa- 
fras, Croton, and Castor Oils, does not compensate for the multifarious dangers 
arising from the blind and incautious administration of some specific remedy. 
Human nature cannot, and does not endure the violences done to her by these pana- 
ceas, prescribed generally by individuals utterly ignorant of the functions and laws 
of the body, the most beautiful and complicated of God's machines ! 

DR. ROOT therefore addresses the children of humanity of every degree, inform- 
ing them that he is prepared to promulgate health, long life, and happiness to 
alL Through him the silvery paths of happiness, and even fortune, are thrown open 
—the intricate windings in the mazy labyrinths of life made straight and clear to 
all ; by a magic touch unknown to the ignorant or unphilosophical, man may hence- 
forth walk in the Creator's paths, and drink at the fountains of Hope. 



ADDRESS TO THE SICK. 



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No. 61. — Dr. Root's Office, 512 Broadway. 

[PRINCIPAL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OFFICE for the sale of DR H. K. ROOT'S 
Superior FAMILY VEGETABLE BLOOD MEDICINES, adapted to the wants of the sick and 
afflicted ; composed of the best ingredients that this and foreign lands can produce, and ten 
times cheaper, purer, stronger, and more effectual than any Medicines used.] 



The medical and mechanical genius of the Doctor, and his successful triumph over 
Consumption, have elicited public admiration. His wonderful invention for correctly 
ascertaining the condition of the lungs, together with his unequaled practical advan- 
tages in the examination of over 23,000 invalids, leaves him without a competitor, 
— the Champion of the Healing Art. He invites the attention of those laboring 
under any of the various characters or forms of disease— such as Consumption, Can- 
cers, Tumors, Diseases of the Heart, Langs, Liver, Stomach, Spleen, Kidneys, Bowels, 
or Womb, Dropsy, Gravel, Fluor Albus, Ulcerated Sores, Fistula, White Swellings, 
Worms, Fits, Tic Doloreux, Deafness, Blindness, Debility, Sterility, Nervousness, Pa- 
ralysis, Spinal Deformities, Diseases of Ladies and Children, and Infeciant Humors 
of all hinds, — to call and consult him, or to address him by letter. His system of 
treating diseases does not make sick to make well — or restrain in diet or exercise. 
If you were starving, it would be a long time to wait six or twelve months for food 
to satisfy your hunger I "Why wait as long for medicine to eradicate diseases ? The 
Doctor would be happy to cure all who suffer with sickness or pain, that no cherished 
nopes or friendships should be sundered by disease and death. 



410 ADDRESS TO THE SICK. 

The great blessing, health, may be attained by using the remedies and following 
the advice of Dr. H. K. Root, a physician who has studied in the school of nature 
for twenty years, and who, from his youth, has been gifted with a rare and peculiar 
Insight into the cause and character of diseases, and possessed a controlling power 
over them, which has sometimes seemed wonderful even to himself. 

To the healthy, the world is full of beauty and happiness, and flowers cheer such, 
even to the end of time. But to the poor invalid, worn down by disease, and almost 
shut out from the light and beauty of the world, there is no comfort, no joy. But let 
him not despair, for health may yet be restored ! and the happiness of life be again 
enjoyed. 

For the benefit of the sick and distressed, I have devoted many years to seeking 
a knowledge of diseases and remedies, and am now prepared to accomplish wonders 
in restoring health to the sick, beauty and freshness to the emaciated and sunken 
cheek. I have prepared remedies for diseases known in the various sections of the 
country, North, South, East, West — and thousands who have tested their virtues, 
stand ready to testify of their efficacy. It is my candid opinion that there is a re- 
medy for every disease which flesh is heir to ; and the idea of giving up to die so 
many of the young and strong, just because consumption, or some other disease, has 
fastened upon the system its fangs, is a disgrace to the medical profession in this age 
of enlightenment and scientific progress. There is ample room for hope for each and 
all, as my patients in every section, cured of the worst forms of the most obstinate 
diseases, are living monuments. Therefore, do not despair ; but visit Dr. Root, and 
be restored to health and happinc 



DR, ROOT'S LECTURES. 

This work of 150 pages, large size, has met with a heavy sale yearly since its 
publication. It consists of a series of 

LECTURES ON HEALTH, 

By DR. H. K. ROOT, the SEVENTH SON AND DOCTOR OF THE BLOOD 
respecting the great Principles OF Life ; wherein his distinguishing views are 
clearly stated and defended ; together with the great and unparalleled success which 
l^as attended his method of treating all manner of diseases, arising from loss of me- 
chanical equilibrium and poisonous humors of the blood ; the whole illustrated 
by numerous engravings ; together with an Appendix, containing many rare and 
valuable Receipts and Directions for individual and family use. 

The Lectures comprise the following : — 

1. On the Preventives of Poor Health, in which the best and most approved means 
to accomplish the end, are distinctly stated and demonstrated. 

2. On the Causes Productive of Poor Health, Disease, and Death ; from which it 
is shown, from Physiology, Reason, and Scripture, that there can be no possi- 
ble escape, unless the producing causes be removed. 

3. On the Evils to Mankind, arising from Disturbed Organism. 

4. On the Remedies for Disturbed Organism and Poor Health; embracing a range 
of remedial agencies, new to the American people, and astonishingly efficacious 
in removing all manner of diseases and weaknesses with which mankind are 
afflicted. 

5. General Yiew of Diseases common to Mankind, and their Symptoms. 
This work can be sent by mail to any part of the country. 

Price 25 cents. 

Address Dr. H. K. Root, 512 Broadway, Now York. 



TESTIMONIALS 

OP THE 

SKILL AND SUCCESS OF DR. E K. ROOT. 



From among an enormous mass of testimonials I have received from my patients 
in various parts of the country, who have been cured by my treatment and medi- 
cines, the following have been selected at random. They tell a tale of truth that is 
the best advertisement the physician can have. In most instances the full name oi 
the party has been appended. In those cases where only the initials are given, the 
full name has been omitted at the desire of the person sending the certificate. I 
would take occasion to say here, that in any case where a person is desirous of send- 
ing to me a certificate of cure, as an expression of thanks, he or she need not be re- 
strained on account of not wishing to have it made public in a notice; for if the 
person will have the kindness to say that the testimonial is intended for my own 
pleasure, or for those who may wish to see it at the office, the desire will be care 
fully attended to. In all cases of receiving a testimonial from one whom I have 
had the pleasure of restoring to health, where it is intended as private, I do not 
make public use of it : of this class of testimonials I have received thousands. 

The certificates following are published with the consent of the parties, and in 
many instances at their desire : — 



CURE OF CONSUMPTION IN ITS LAST STAGE. 

To Dr. H. K. Root — Sir: I beg leave to send you my public and most grateful 
thanks for the wonderful cure I have received from the adoption of your advice and 
remedies. 

It is now above five years since I was first afflicted. I have had the best advice 
ana treatment, from the first of the faculty ; I have expended vast sums of money 
to no good purpose ; I have been treated for consumption in its last stage ! and when 
considered hopeless, was given up for death, my friends having taken (what they 
conceived) their last leave of me. Kind Providence, however, decreed other and 
better things for me, by directing the special means, through my perfect recovery 
from this declared incurable state, of sounding your praises to all distant times. 
The fame of your wonderful powers having caught the attention of my friends — a 
cure well known here, having boen published, similar to my own — diseased liver. 



GRUB IN THE SPLEEN— CANCER. 413 

consumption, stoppage in my breast, chest and throat— everything appearing to drop 

into some unnatural hollow space, from which my medical advisers concluded that 

I had an inward abscess, of an alarming nature, from which they led me to hope for 

no cure. From this peculiar similar case to my own, I was induced to request an 

interview with the " Great Natural Physician," who from the first cheered me with 

hopes of ultimate recovery, and, not less to the astonishment of myself than to my 

numerous friends, those heavy afflictions, which had borne me down for years, gave 

way in a few weeks 1 and, by perseverance, I am happy and proud to declare, before 

all the world, thus publicly, and ready to enter into more particulars than can here 

be expressed to any number of applicants who choose to give me a call, that I am 

now in full health and vigor, and from the power and influence of your inestimable 

remedies alone. I hail, with joy, your success in this state and neighborhood. My 

gratitude to you can never be fully expressed. 

I am, however, your devoted and sincere advocate, 

Catharine Hutchtns. 
New York, March 10, 1849. 

ENLARGEMENT OF, AND GRUB IN THE SPLEEN. 

Dr. Root — Sir : You will recollect that when you were in this city last winter, I 
called upon you to have an examination in my case. Previous to that time, I had 
been troubled with a sort of disease for about three years, but what it was none of 
the physicians here, (of whom I consulted not less than a dozen,) could tell me. It 
would be impossible for me to tell you what were the feelings I experienced during 
this period — they were indescribable ; no words of man could convey an idea of 
them. You promptly told me that I had an enlargement of the spleen, and proba- 
bly grubs in that part. Undoubtedly you were correct ; for in three weeks after I 
commenced taking the medicines you gave me, I began to feel better, and by the 
first of May, I felt that I could say — i" am entirely well. Since then, I have no return 
of my bad feelings, and believe I am cured. In justice to you, and to return my 
thanks, I write this letter, that you may make public my case for the benefit o* 
others. 

With many thanks, 

Orrin Sumner. 
Boston, July 2, 1851. 

DREADFUL CASE OF CANCER CURED. 

This may certify, that seven years ago, my wife, Mrs. E., had a cancerous tumor 
in the left breast, for which every possible means were used for its removal, without 
the slightest benefit. It continued to increase both in size and painfulness, until 
all hope of saving her life, but by a painful operation, was abandoned, which, after a 
consultation with several eminent physicians, was performed, and the entire breast 
was removed, and after examination of the tumor, was pronounced by all present a 
cancer of the most malignant character. In about three months, after enduring in- 
credible sufferings, she was enabled, though broken in spirit, to get about again 
She remained feeble, and her general health was exceedingly bad, as indeed it had 
been for several years before. 

Five years after her breast had been removed, a painful tumor again made its ap- 
pearance immediately over the part formerly occupied by the nipple of the right 



414 SPINAL CURVATURE— CONSUMPTIVE ASTHMA. 

breast This tumor steadily increased for several months, and became so painful as 
to deprive her of rest. Finally, another tumor appeared in the right breast. It 
was evident that an operation would not now save her life, and the physicians dc- 
clareu she would die of the cancer. But hope never deserted us, and we consulted 
other physicians, and among them Dr. H. K. Root, who thought my wife might be 
saved. We procured some medicines of him, and commenced to use them. The 
tumor continued increasing in size for about six weeks, and was at times very pain- 
nil, when the pain suddenly ceased altogether, and the tumor swelled out at the 
base, and became soft, and then began to diminish, and continued gradually decreas- 
ing until every vestige of disease was removed. The tumor in her left breast was 
also dispersed. No cancerous or scrofulous tumors ever appeared afterwards ; and 
her general health, which had been so bad for fourteen years as to make life a bur- 
den, was effectually and permanently restored. 

E. H. E. 

East Tenth-street. 
New York, January 6, 1852. 

SPINAL CURVATURE CURED. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir: I write to say that my daughter, who has been 
afflicted with a severe spinal curvature for eight years, for which we consulted many 
physicians in vain, has been at last restored to health by the use of your Medicines, 
and Suspender and Shoulder-Brace. Her affection, as you know, was very bad in- 
deed ; she was bent over upon one side to a frightful degree ; she could not stand 
up straight; her lower limbs were without power, her chest was becoming con- 
tracted ; and in short, her condition was one of extreme misery, both to herself and 
friends. But, thanks be to a kind heaven, she is now, through your skill, restored 
to uprightness, to health, to strength, to beauty, and to happiness. "We shall never 
forget you in our daily supplications before the throne of grace. 

HORATIO BOND. 

Providence, February 28, 1851. 

CURES OF CONSUMPTIVE ASTHMA, ETC. 

To Dr. Root — Sir : For the benefit of the afflicted you are at liberty to make 
known to the world a case and a cure from a consumptive asthma, which has 
afflicted my son for the last three years, he being now in the 23d year of his age. He 
had declined in strength daily, until supported five nights out of seven with pillows 
in his chair, not being able to lie prostrate in bed, for fear of suffocation, when he 
was given up for death, as in the last stage of consumption. "Where, however, four 
medical gentlemen could give no relief, your inestimable advice and remedies, have, 
under your prompt and judicious labors, performed a perfect cure, in the short space 
of six weeks. In addition to this miraculous preservation of my son's life, I have 
also to state, my husband has been sorely afflicted with eruptions, asthma, &o. &c, 
for many years, who has received relief instantaneously from your invaluable reme- 
dies. 

"With our best wishes for your continued success, 

I am, sir, your devoted friend, 

Anna Maybtjry. 

Albany, January 9, 1848. 



FEYER SORE— CONSUMPTION— FITS. 415 

FEYER SORE CURED. 

Db. H. K. Root : In the spring of 1849, I obtained from you a course of medi- 
cine, being then confined to my bed, without sleep, for a week, occasioned by a 
violent pain, from a regular fever sore, of long standing, on my right leg. My phy- 
sicians advised me to have the limb amputated, saying it was the only means likely 
to save my life. After using the medicines one week, the pain began to subside, 
and in three weeks I was able to transact my regular business. By the time I had 
finished the course, I was as well and sound as I ever had been. I have no hesita- 
tion in saying that your prescriptions were the means, under Providence, of saving 
my limb, and I doubt not my life. I most cheerfully recommend them as the best 
article extant for the purification of the blood. 

Tours, most respectfully, 

Wm. Lathrop, Jr 
Rochester, April 22, 1851. 

ANOTHER CASE OF CONSUMPTION. 

I am disposed to state that Dr. Root cured me of consumption, which was evi- 
dently in its last stage. I had a deep, hollow cough, expectorations purulent, much 
streaked with blood, &c, pain in my right side, diarrhoea, night sweats, no appetite, 
restless, greatly emaciated, &c. My attending physician had given me up long be- 
fore I applied to Dr. Root, and so had other eminent doctors whom I had consulted. 
Seeing one of Dr. R.'s circulars, I resolved to call on him at all hazards. It was a 
great exertion. I was nearly exhausted when I arrived at his office. Upon exa- 
mination, the Doctor gave me but little encouragement ; but I resolved to make one 
more trial ; and I owe my life, health, and all in this world, to that determination. I 
did not take his medicine more than a week, before I perceived a marked change in 
my symptoms for the better ; my night sweats had almost entirely ceased, diarrhoea 
much abated, cough less aggravating, breathing much easier, and my feet and hands 
began to feel warm and natural I took Dr. Root's medicine twelve weeks, and 
found myself in a good state of health, so that by proper care I attend to my bu- 
siness. Too much cannot be said in favor of Dr. Root's skill in removing chronic 
diseases. I am knowing to other wonderful cures which he has effected, and I can 
heartily recommend him to the afflicted everywhere. 

S. B. F., 

Member of Congress* 
WASHiNaTON, March 2V, 1852. 

CURE OF EPILEPTIC FITS AND CONSUMPTION. 

To Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir : I should not do justice to you, or to my own 
feelings, were I to withhold from the world, for the sake of sufferers like myself 
the wonderful cure I have derived from the use of the " Yege table Universal Me- 
dicines," and, with them, the restoration of the greatest of blessings — health. 

For upwards of ten years, I have been subject to epileptic fits, in constant suc- 
cession, and to an alarming degree, attended with all the horrors of nervous and 
debilitating affections, usually concomitant with that dire disease. It is impossible to 
explain the depth or extent of my sufferings. Physicians and doctors could with 
more ease sound the depth of my pocket than they could that of my disease, and left 



416 CONSUMPTION— NEURALGIA. 

me to end my weary career in what they termed a confirmed consumption. I war. 
never safe without a friend to attend me >n all my movements. My last serious at- 
tack was on a coach from Falmouth. With great difficulty I was conducted home, 
and having heard of the great " Natural Physician," I was induced, as an almost 
hopeless resort, to put myself under your judicious directions, being cheered by not 
only hope of relief, but of certain cure. I have no hesitation in saying, that, from 
the first hour of my adopting your advice, I never felt the least symptom of those 
horrid spasmodic affections which had for so many years so dreadfully oppressed 
me ; and that, in short, one month's continued use only, effected a complete cure, 
to the surprise of all my acquaintances who had known me through the long course 
of my sufferings. I have now been eight months a perfectly sound man, and en- 
joying a better state of health than I ever had in my life, and attended with a flow 
of health and vigor which few men can boast of, as is evinced by the well-known 
fact, that I have absolutely gained forty pounds in weight since I first commenced 
taking your medicines. For the good of the afflicted, I have long been anxious to 
publish my extraordinary case and cure, and have only been restrained by my fa- 
mily, who wished to be certain of no relapse taking place. In the mean time, I have 
not been silent, and I am happy to learn that many who have heard of my mi- 
raculous restoration, have applied to you with the same happy results. 
I remain, sir, your highly indebted friend, 

W. J. P., Merchant 
Jersey City, Jan. 24, 1849. 

CASE OF NEURALGIA CURED. 

Dr. Root came to the city of Providence in the month of January last. At that 
time I had been afflicted with a bad humor for several years, which brought upon 
me liver complaint, dyspepsia, and general nervous prostration. I was troubled 
with cold feet and hands, my hair fell off; restless, extreme pain through the fore- 
part of my head, and across the small of my back, pain in my right side, &c. I was 
attended by a skillful practising physician, but all to no purpose. Large doses of 
laudanum were resorted to with no advantage ; my case became one of confirmed 
neuralgia. I was hardly able to walk into Dr. R.'s office, after being carried to the 
door. The doctor saw me but about ten minutes, and gave me medicine, which did 
me more good than anything that I ever took before in my fife. I did not take a 
drop of laudanum after taking the doctor's medicine. I am now in soundness of 
health. I give this certificate to Dr. Root, because I feel for those who suffer as I 
have suffered, and hope that the above statement will give the afflicted confidence 
in his skill, and that they may apply to him, where they will obtain those remedies 
which an all-wise Providence has created to restore the sick to health. My case is 
not all that I am knowing to that he cured in this place. Miss Hannah Willis has 
been cured of the wcrst kind of fiver complaint by Dr. Root's healing medicines. 
I can recommend him to those afflicted with chronic diseases, above any other phy- 
sician that I ever saw. 

Jane A. Bolles. 
Providence, April 12, 1851. 



SCROFULA— -CATARRH— DROPSY— JAUNDICE. 417 

SCROFULA CURED. 

Dr. Root cured my little girl of scrofula, which no other physician or nostrum 
could do. She had two ulcers on her neck, and one under her left arm, when I 
took her to Dr. R. She took the doctor's medicine about two months, and was en- 
tirely cured. There is no swelling about the neck, and the sores are entirely healed. 
She is now the picture of health. 

James Melville. 
Utica, N. Y., July 29, 1851. 

CURE OF CATARRHAL AFFECTION. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir : I have been afflicted for seven years with the catarrhal 
affection, producing bronchitis, combined with great soreness, which has fre- 
quently prevented me from following my usual avocation. I had applied to my 
physicians and tried many remedies, without any beneficial effect, until I very for- 
tunately applied to you, and obtained advice and a course of medicine, which gave 
me the most perfect relief; which I had not known for seven previous years. I was 
also enabled to enjoy a good night's rest, which I have not before been blessed with. 
I most cheerfully recommend your system of practice to those who are similarly 
afflicted. 

Henry Zeinger. 
New Yore^ Oct 24, 1850. 

ANOTHER CONSUMPTIVE RAISED. 

Dr. Root — Sir : I have been laboring under a disease of the lungs for the last 
two years, and became so far reduced that I was unable to speak above a whisper, 
or raise my head from the pillow without assistance. No one supposed I would 
live a month. I had several able physicians, and was constantly under their care 
until they gave me up. I used the popular medicines also, but none of them did 
me any good. While in this low and perilous state I sent to you for advice and a 
course of medicine. I am now at my work, and my health is restored. The 
change wrought in me is indeed wonderful. Few would credit that a woman so 
sick as I was with consumption of the lungs, could be restored to health by any 
medicine, or in so short a period. But such is the fact. I glory in making it 
known; and I also feel willing to testify to the world that yours were the medi- 
cines that cured me. I have no wish to deceive any person on this subject, and I 
shall therefore be glad to communicate with persons similarly afflicted, who will 
take the trouble to call on me. 

Sarah Jane Hull. 
New York, Nov. 8, 1851. 

DROPSY, JAUNDICE, AND CONTRACTION OF LEG-. 

I DO hereby certify that I was grievously diseased with a dropsical swelling, 
jaundice, and contraction of my left leg, owing to a fail which severely wrenched 
my back, and the interior part adjoining. I called in two physicians, but my health 
still continued to sink rapidly away, so much so that they told me they could do no 
more for me. In this state, I heard of Dr. Root, and o { his remarkable cures. I 

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418 BACHELOR CURED— REMARKABLE INSIGHT. 

sent to him for advice and medicines, and in about two months I was rostcred to 

health. I firmly believe that but for him I should now be in the grave. 

Susan Sparks. 
New York, Nov. 20, 1850. 

REMAREA.BLE CURE. 

After living a bachelor for forty years, having lost my health in youth, I acci- 
dentally saw Dr. H. K. Root's notice, and gathered new hope from the manner in 
which he spoke of treating disease. I called on him in New York ; he examined 
my case, and said if I would follow his advice strictly, he would prescribe for me, 
and make me a well and sound man. I felt the importance of health, and agreed 
to do as he directed. He said to me, " Select the most amiable and lovely young 
lady in the circle of your acquaintance, marry her immediately, and let her love 
and purity be your guide. Cherish her, and her only, and within two years, (with 
this little package of medicine,) you will be blessed and happy, and enjoy good 
health," I did not think this was a very bad prescription, although somewhat 
surprised. I immediately followed it, and the most salutary effects ensued, so that 
within two years I was perfectly well, as happy as any mortal may hope to be, 
and blessed with one of the most beautiful and lovely children the city could boast. 

# H. B * * * s, 2d. 

Albany, 1st Jan. % 1850. 

REMARKABLE INSIGHT. 

COPY OF A LETTER FROM MR. JOHN BALDWIN. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir : I know, and realize now, the truth of my case, as 
stated to me by you. One physician told me one thing, and another one would 
contradict it, until I lost all confidence in all physicians, believing them all to be a 
set of ignorant, doubtful humbugs. God knows I had come to the determination to 
give you the only and last trial to restore me to health. I admit I was cross and 
saucy to you, from the ill-treatment I had received at the hands of other physicians, 
but you began an examination of my case, which, in fact, astounded me, as every 
question probed every disease from my head to my feet ; and it did seem somewhat 
miraculous that your examination should bring to light every sore and diseased spot. 
But it was so. I began to think before you had got through my examination, that 
my whole body was transparent, and that you saw where every diseased spot in my 
body was, and touched them with your fingers as you went along. I frankly ac- 
knowledge that I never had any physician look through me before, or one that I 
Delieved could do it, until your examination. Allow me to say to you, that I have 
never valued the twenty-five dollars I paid you, and if you call on me I have twen- 
ty-five more at your service. I am now well, and on my legs again, and hope to 
cmain so for many years, from my present soundness. 

I remain your humble servant, 

John Baldwin, 

98 Greenwich-street, 

Nbw York, Dec. 6, 1849 



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CURE OF SHORT BREATH. 

To Dr. H. K. Root — Sir: Jacob Hinds, gardener, New Jersey, ninety-two years 
of age, returns Mr. Root his best thanks, (with some vegetables for his acceptance,) 
for the cure of his cough, and shortness of breathing, which had been very trouble- 
some for some months, and appeared of a settled character. Under your judicious 
treatment he is completely restored to health, and again enabled to walk twenty 
miles a day. His sight and hearing are perfect, and yet his age is ninety-two. 

July 30, 1848. 

CURE OF OBSTRUCTION IN THE AIR TUBES OF THE LUNGS. 

Dr. Root — Sir : "With grateful thanks to God, I take the liberty of informing you 
the benefit I received from taking your valuable remedies. I was afflicted with an 
obstruction in the lungs for upwards of three years ; I was attended by doctors, but 
they could give me no relief; not knowing my disorder, I, like many others in this 
country, tried the water doctors, who all prescribed, and put me to a great expense, 
all to no service. I was in as low a state as man ever was — no one ever thought I 
could live a single day longer, nor did I expect myself ever to be better. But pro- 
videntially one of my friends, who had reason to remember the efficacy of your in- 
valuable "natural remedies," persuaded me to see you: for which interview I 
shall ever remain thankful, as from that day I began gradually to mend, and in one 
month was completely restored to health and vigor. I hope this will be made public 
for the good of my fellow-citizens. Trusting that the earth's choicest blessings may 
attend you in your works of mercy, 

I remain, Sir, yours ever gratefully, 

Henry J. Lovelace. 
Brooklyn, L. I., October 20, 1848. 

A CURE OF TUBERCULOUS LUNGS. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Sir : I feel it a duty I owe you, through whose instrumentality 
I am restored to health, to lay my case before you, which, for the benefit of the pub- 
lic at large, I authorize you to make what use you think proper of. 

From excessive blowing on every kind of wind instrument, as leader of bands in 
the navy, with the heavy duty of master-at-arms, my health and general constitu- 
tion has been considerably impaired. 

Attacked with tubercles and ulcers in the lungs, general debility followed, so that 
I was compelled to lay aside the operative part of my profession, and sought for a 
remedy to my growing disease, which I found could not be effected by the bracing 
medicine given me by the doctors : when, by the blessing of heaven, I met with you, 
and, to my astonishment, received great relief from the first week I took your re- 
medies, and after following your advice for three weeks, I was perfectly restored, 
and capable of going through all my old exertions with confidence and ease ; and 
what is best of all, I feel assured of having secured my health, (barring all accidents,) 
to a good old age. 

"With the conviction that your system of purifying the blood, and thereby securing 
health by means of "natural remedies" only, is correct, 
I am, Sir, your debtor for my health, 

Most sincerely yours, 

George Horlack. 



420 INWARD HUMORS— SWELLED NECK. 

BLEEDING LUNGS CURED. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir : Knowing that too much testimony cannot be given 
in favor of one who justly merits praise, I wish to inform you of the benefit I have 
received from the use of the course of medicine sent me, and from following your 
advice. I was greatly reduced by frequent bleeding from the lungs ; I usually dis- 
charged near half a pint of blood at a time. I was obliged to relinquish my calling, 
and thought myself quite past recovery. I employed a number of the most eminent 
physicians in city and country, to whom I paid a large amount of money, without 
receiving any permanent benefit ; they at length despaired of affording me any re- 
lief; and advised me to visit the South, and try the influence of a warm climate ; but 
having fortunately seen the lungs pierced with a dirk, in one of your papers in the 
hands of a friend, I was made by it to hope that I might be saved. I sent to you 
$25 for a course of medicine. Before I had taken them up, I was restored to health, 
I now have a good appetite, have regained my flesh, and feel myself well, and have 
resumed business again. I do most earnestly recommend your mode of treatment 
as most salutary and effective. 

Yours in the bonds of christian love, 

RODOLPHUS BOGART, 

Minister in the M. & Chwch. 
Louisville, Ky., Oct 10, 1851. 

INWARD HUMORS, STIFFNESS OF JOINTS, NUMBNESS, GENERAL DE- 
BILITY, &c, CURED. 

One year ago I was suddenly attacked with a severe sore throat ; the pallet seemed 

to be ulcerated ; and after trying many remedies which had been recommended to 

me, without any relief, I employed several physicians, without receiving but little 

benefit from their prescriptions or medicines. Soon after this I began to feel quite a 

soreness and distress in my stomach, and all over my system, together with a stiffness 

of joints, and numbness, and general debility, and much distress from my food; and 

being fully satisfied that all these complaints proceeded from an inward humor, I 

was induced to apply to Dr. H. K. Root for a course of his Blood Medicines, having 

heard them highly spoken of for the cure of difficulties arising from a bad blood. I 

was five weeks taking up the articles he gave me, and at the end of that (now three 

months) I declare I was completely delivered from all the distressing symptoms that 

had afflicted me. I would commend his remedies and practice to all troubled with 

disease. 

John B. Forbes, 

Machinist 
New York, March 8, 1849. 

SCROFULOUS SWELLED NECK. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir : It is with great pleasure that I inform you that youi me- 
dicines have been most astonishingly successful in completely removing from my 
daughter's throat and neck, a large scrofulous tumor or swelling, which we first ob- 
served about ten years ago, and which continued to grow and increase in size till it 
became as large as a person's fist, producing great deformity, and uneasiness by its 
pressure upon her throat, so that many times it was almost impossible for her to get 



GOITRE— SUPPRESSED MENSTRUATION. 421 

her breath; your medicines have, however, happily removed it, and now not a ves- 
tige remains to be seen. It was nine months from the time she commenced using 
your remedies till the swelling was completely destroyed. 

With great respect, 

Eliphalet T. Barro* 
Concord, N. H., Sept 1, 1850. 

ENORMOUS BRONCHIAL GOITRE CURED. 

Dr. Root — Sir : Enclosed I send you the certificate of a lady who has been inv 
der treatment by you for a goitre, or derbyshire neck. You will see that she has 
been perfectly cured. We regard it as a most astonishing case, for the lady had 
previously consulted many physicians and taken a large amount of medicines, all 
to no purpose. Mrs. H. is a married lady, next neighbor to me, so that I know her 
certificate to be true. 

Yours, &c. Jonas Hale, Merchant 

Toledo, Ohio, June 12, 1851. 

I hereby certify that I have been afflicted with a very large goitre, or swelled 
neck, of the most alarming kind. It was for ten years gradually but constantly en 
larging, until I was unable to do any kind of needle work ; I had no hope left me, 
but was constantly in dread of suffocation from the rapid enlargement of the tumor 
Happily, however, a friend recommended me to write to Dr. Root, of New York. 
I did so, and ordered from him a course of medicine, thinking I would try onci 
more, though I had but faint hopes of experiencing any benefit. But soon after ] 
commenced using his remedies, the swelling began to go down. I was encouraged, 
and persevered in the use of his medicines, (taking four full courses in all,) and now, 
I am most happy to say, I am entirely cured of the goitre, as well as much improved 
in my general health. This cure was effected in 1849, and though two years have 
now elapsed, my health is still good — nor is there any sign of a return of the swell- 
ing. 

Mrs. Jake Havens. 

Toledo, Ohio, June 9, 1851. 

CASE OF SUPPRESSED MENSTRUATION. 

Dr. Root — My Dear Sir : My daughter has received the most astonishing bene- 
fits from the use of the remedies you sent us — so truly astonishing that I cannot 
forbear to return you our sincere and heartfelt thanks. Indeed, it does seem to me 
that my dear daughter has been rescued as it were from the very grave ; for I had 
given up all hopes of her recovery to health till recommended to you. For six months 
the natural flow to which unmarried females are subject was suppressed ; and un- 
der the effects of this truly alarming derangement, she fast declined in health, till 
her former bloom was replaced by a lodk more resembling that of a corpse than a' 
living person. She could not walk across the room alone, and I expected to soon 
mourn her snatched from a mother's arms. I applied to several physicians in this 
place, but none of them afforded my daughter any relief At last, when it seemed 
that one foot was already in the grave, we wrote to you. And row, through the 



422 HEART DISEASE— DROPSY— DYSPEPSIA. 

saving power of your remedies, she is restored to full health and to her former beauty. 
Truly the heart of a mother is rejoiced ; and I know not how to thank you suffi- 
ciently for saving my dear daughter's life. As she is to be married next week, 1 
thought to inform you of the wonderful cure in her case, that you might rejoice 
with us. 

With a mother's warmest thanks, 

I am, dear sir, gratefully, 

Your obliged servant, 

Mrs. C H. B . 

Chickopee, Mass., August 9, 1841. 

A COMMON CASE. 

Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Albany \ 

My Dear Sir : — My wife has been perceptibly sinking for some three years or 
more, in consequence of her great anguish and suffering some months before and 
during her confinement ; every successive one more and more debilitated and pros- 
trated her, putting her life in imminent danger, and which was, on the last occasion, 
iespaired of. I supposed that this state of things was inevitable, and resigned 
myself to meet the worst. Fortunately at this time, (now a year ago,) I was told 
that you could give me such advice as would save the life of my wife. You will 
remember that I called upon you ; and I cannot express the relief your words af- 
forded to my distressed mind. They opened a prospect to me, which I little con- 
ceived was possible. But for this, ere another year would have passed over my 
head, in all human probability, my wife would have been in her grave, and my 
children left motherless. Now, thanks to you, my wife is well and happy, spared 
to me and to our children, to be a comfort and blessing to us all 
"With the most unbounded thankfulness, 

I am, dear sir, your obliged friend, 

J H. W . 

Albany, July 6, 1852. 

HEART DISEASE, DROPSY, DYSPEPSIA, &c, CURED. 

I had been troubled with dyspepsia for over thirty years, and had made a trial of 
all nostrums advertised for the cure of that disease, and had applied to several emi- 
nent physicians, but could obtain no relief. I could eat nothing without distress, 
and my food tasted more like sand than anything eatable. Once in about a week, 
I had colic pains of the worst kind, that would last me sometimes twenty-four 
hours. Fortunately one of Dr. Root's circulars was thrown into our house. I was 
at once struck with the rationality and beauty of his theory. I, with my wife (who 
had been afflicted over twelve years with a heart difficulty, dropsy, strangury, &c), 
immediately consulted the Doctor at his office. He at once told us that he could 
t cure us, and we accordingly procured medicine, which had the most wonderful effect 
with us both. I did not have a colic pain after commencing with the Doctor's 
medicine ; it has been some time since I have taken any, and am now perfectly 
well. I can eat anything without the least pain, and everything tastes good. My 
wife's dropsical swelling has entirely ceased ; she can now go up stairs without get- 
ting out of breath, and her other difficulties have entirely left her. "We are nov* 



ASTHMA— DEEP CONSUMPTION. 423 

both of us in the enjoyment of good health, of which we have been deprived tho 

best part of our lives. Our cases are few among many whom the Doctor has cured 

to my certain knowledge. "We have the greatest veneration for his truly remarka 

ble skill, and would say, if you are sick, go immediately to Dr. Root, who will cure 

you. 

Harvey J. Bliss. 
Boston, May 8, 1852. 

CUKE OP ASTHMA, PAIN IN THE HEAD, &c. 

To Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir : The remedies you recommended to Mrs. Harri- 
son when we providentially met you, whilst journeying to Leicester, I have taken 
myself, as we thought it better for me to commence, that we might observe their 
effects previous to their being administered to her, in the afflicted state you saw 
her. 

For the last nine years I have been afflicted with an asthmatic complaint, attend- 
ed with a constant pain in the head, noise in my ears, dimness of sight, and dread- 
ful nausea, arising from the disordered state of my system, which I believe was 
choked with the impure humors of the blood ; and in proof of what I now state, 
am persuaded that it has been rapidly spreading for some time. From these dis- 
tressing forms of disease I never expected relief ; but now I declare I am perfectly 
cured. Gratitude to the Almighty, as the dispenser of all good, with duty to you 
and my afflicted fellow creatures, dictates the step I have now taken in publicly ac- 
knowledging the benefit received. 

Tours in gratitude 

Jacob Harrison. 
Baxter-gate, Loughborough, March 9, 1848. 

ANOTHER CURE OF A DEEP CONSUMPTION. 

To Dr. H. K. Root — Sir: Residing in France, where I had long labored in a 
hopeless state of consumption, from which I could get no relief from the first of tho 
faculty, a friend in New York who was well acquainted with your abilities in eradi- 
cating all diseases from the blood, prevailed on me to come to America, and as a 
last resort to put myself under your care and directions. I came — we met, you 
gave me hope at the first interview, and in the extremely short time of two months, 
performed a perfect cure, for which I can never sufficiently express my eternal grati- 
tude. 

It is now five months since my recovery, and as I have had no indication of a 
relapse, I now give my case for publicity. I am about to return to France, where 
I shall carry self-evident proofs to the afflicted of the well attested efficacy of your 
remedies. 

Accept, sir, my profound regards, and highest sense of gratitude, for this new 
ufe you have given me, and believe me ever, 

Tour obliged and humble servant, 

Menu* Sanchi. 

Jem. 16, 1848. 



424 RHEUMATISM— DYSPEPSIA—SCROFULA. 

DESPERATE CASE OF RHEUMATISM. 

I do hereoy certify that I was grievously diseased with the iheumatism foi 
over eleven years. During that time my right leg became two inches shorter than 
the other, by reason of the pain in my right hip. At the end of eleven years :t 
became much worse, and settled in both legs and every joint in me, so that I could 
not stoop down and pick anything from the floor. My knees were thrown asunder, 
so that I could not bring them together within seven inches. My feet, legs, and 
hips became so cold, that in winter I very often burned them in trying to get them 
warm. My appetite began to fail, and my activity forsook me. After trying every- 
thing that was ever thought of, I gave up all hopes of ever being any better. But 
seeing the advertisements of Dr. H. K. Root in the Boston papers last winter, I de- 
termined to try once more. Accordingly I sent to him, and received a course of 
medicine, with directions. I commenced treatment, and in six weeks I was com- 
pletely relieved and restored to perfect health. If any one thinks that this is not 
true, let him call on me, and see for himself 

Philip Hale 

Chelsea, Mass., June 6, 1851. * 

CASE OF SIXTEEN YEARS' STANDING, 

Dear Sir — It is now sixteen years since I was first troubled with the dyspepsia, 
and derangement of the stomach. I have taken advice of the best physicians in 
this city and New York, in London, Paris, Germany, and Italy, followed their pre- 
scriptions, and visited the several sulphur and other springs in this country, the 
watering places of Germany, and elsewhere in Europe, and had found no relief 
Since taking your medicines, I have never had a return of the dyspepsia, which 
daily troubled me of late years to a very great degree. My appetite has returned ; 
the extreme flatulence, severe constipation of the bowels, general debility, and 
sleepless nights under which I suffered, have entirely left me. Having found so 
great relief from this most discouraging disorder, I have recommended a trial of 
your medicines to many of my friends, who are now using them to great advantage. 
And I cannot refrain from writing to you in their favor and praise, for the good you 
have bestowed upon the community ; and trust that what little is in my scope to 
offer in extending the circulation of your remedies, will be done with grateful plea- 
sure at all times. 

Yours, very respectfully, 

J. B. O'S., Clergyman. 

Philadelphia, Aug. 8, 1851. 

CASE OF SCROFULA ALL OVER. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir : The effects of your system of practice in this vicin- 
ity have been truly surprising, for I have not heard of a single instance in which it 
has not done all that was expected, and one case is particularly worthy of note. It 
is that of a lady, who has suffered from a scrofulous affection for thirteen years, 
during which time she has tried medicines innumerable, and been under the care of 
the most celebrated physicians of this and other States, without obtaining relief 
Indeed, such had been the ravages of the disease, that her face was at times an 



LADY SATED— GRUB IN THE LITER. 425 

entire sore, and the sight of one eye had oeen lost for many years. Her body was 
broken out with scrofulous sores in every part. Such was her condition last spring. 
At that time, by my advice, she sent on a description of her case to you, with 
money for medicines to relieve her. During the summer she took three courses of 
your medicines ; before the first was finished, there were decided signs of improve- 
ment. To all appearance she is now cured. The sores are entirely healed, she has 
in a great measure regained the sight of her eye, her general health is good, 
and her flesh is acquiring its natural color. This wonderful cure i3 known in all 
the immediate neighborhood, and it has added to your reputation. There are 
several other hard cases here, which I hope to induce to apply to you, that they 
may be cured. 

Respectfully, 

Henry J. Spaulding. 
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 9, 1851. 

SATED FROM DEATH. 

To G. D. H., Esq., Hartford, 

My dear Brother : — It affords me the most unfeigned pleasure to be able to 
state that I now consider the life of your sister, my dear Jane, safe from the death 
I had long feared would finally be hers. When our last child was born, now three 
years ago, through the carelessness or ignorance of her attending physician, my 
wife was so injured that thereafter she was not able to retain the fruit of the womb, 
but, when about three months with child would be subject to abortion, causing the 
most frightful bleedings, which, as you are well aware, have no less than four times 
placed her life in the most imminent danger. But, thank heaven, through the ad- 
vice of a friend, she is now safe I I was told to write to Dr. Root, 512 Broadway, 
New York. I did so, stated the difficulty to him, and have found the means ot 
safety at last, for which I am truly thankful. If there ever was a blessing to 
females to preserve life and health, it is found in the articles I received from Dr. R. 

J. H. P. 

New Haven, Oct. 8, 1851. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir : I enclose to you a letter from my brother-in-law, in New 
Haven, which you are at liberty to use, publicly, provided you choose to do so over 
initials only. Enclosed are $5, for which please to send me by return of mail, the 
saving remedies alluded to in the letter enclosed. 

With respect, 

G. D. H. 

HERTFORD, Oct. 20, 1851. 

CASE OP GRUB IN THE LITER. 

Dear Sir : — I send you a statement of the effect produced in my case, by your 
treatment, which you can publish for the benefit of those similarly afflicted. Foi 
three years previous to my writing to you last spring, I had been troubled with a 
strange sensation in the region of the liver, which I could not adequately explain 
in words, and which my attending physicians seemed to know nothing of, telling 
me simply that I had a liver complaint, probably consumption of the liver. They 
prescribed for me, but their medicines did no good. I gradually grew worse and 



426 VAGINAL POLYPUS— DRIED UP LUNG. 

worse, the strange sensation becoming every day more and more horrible to bear 
At this point I chanced to see one of your circulars, speaking of grub in the liver 
I immediately wrote to you describing my case, and received an answer which irk 
duced me to send for a course of your medicine. Thank God I did so ; for I have 
no doubt but that for what you sent me, I should be in the grave, whereas, I am at 
this time entirely relieved from my difficulty, and in the possession of a degree of 
health greater than I have enjoyed before in many years. In two weeks after I 
commenced taking your medicines the strange feeling I have alluded to entirely 
departed, and from that time I continued to improve, till now I weigh thirty pounds 
more than I did last fall. Truly thankful that you have saved my life, 

I am, respectfully yours, 

Oscar Davis, Palmer, Mass. 
To Dr. H. K. Root, New York. 

TAGINAL POLYPUS CURED. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir : The medicines you sent us for the difficulty with 
which my wife was troubled, have produced the most astonishing result. The 
tumor, or polypus, has disappeared, shrinking up gradually until it no longer causes 
the slightest trouble. My wife suffered for two years with this polypus, but we did 
not dare to have it removed by a surgical operation, fearing it would cost her life, 
for an immediate neighbor of ours, who was troubled with a polypus in the vagina, 
and who submitted to an operation three years ago, died the following day from the 
effects thereof, which was a warning to us. We tried many medicines, but in vain, 
and we were almost in despair, when a friend handed me a copy of the " Medical 
Adviser," in which we noticed that you spoke of cures of the vaginal tumor. 
This induced me to write to you for medicines, and truly they have proved them- 
selves worthy the name of infallible. Myself and wife send you our heartfelt thanks. 

With due respect, 

0. B. P. 

Portsmouth, N. H., May 1, 1850. 

CASE OF DRIED UP LUNG. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir: You will recollect that when you were in this city last 
winter, I procured from you a course of medicine for an acquaintance of mine, who 
was thought to be near his end with quick consumption. He was then unable to 
rise from his bed, and was extremely feeble. His physician informed him that his 
right lung was completely destroyed, or dried up, and that the left one was badly 
diseased. His friends believed he must soon die, unless relief could be obtained for 
him, and I induced them to give you a trial. After procuring the medicine, I im- 
mediately left town, and you may judge of my surprise on my return, to meet him 
in the street on my way home from the cars, and find he had entirely recovered. 
Eight weeks from the day he commenced taking your medicine, he was at work at 
his arduous trade of a carpenter. Although this may be a strong case, it is not the 
only one in which, to my certain knowledge, your skill has wrought almost miracles, 

Truly yours, 

Jonas C. Miller, 
Boston, May 10, 1852. House Builder 



LOSS OF SMELL—ASTHMA. 427 



LOSS OF SMELL RESTORED. 



This will certify, that, for one year previous to last spring, I was entirely deprived 
of the power of smell, resulting from a violent and long-continued catarrh. During 
this time, I applied to three of the most eminent physicians in this city, but they 
not only did not afford me any relief, but expressed an opinion that I would never 
be restored to the use of the sense. Finally I went to New York and applied to 
Dr. H. K. Root. He said he could cure me ; and though I somewhat doubted it, 
I paid him $20, and got a course of medicine. I commenced to take the remedies, 
and in four weeks my catarrh had entirely disappeared, and my sense of smell was 
restored as acute as it ever was, and has so continued to this time. 

Artemas B. Rich. 

Albany, July 10, 1852. 

CURE OF ASTHMA. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Sir : Having been a great sufferer from asthma, for twenty 
years, and lately derived so much benefit from a few weeks' use of Dr. Root's reme- 
dies, I feel grateful in making the acknowledgment, hoping it may lead others to 
the same means, and happy termination. 

During the above period (twenty years), I have been under various medical treat- 
ment in different parts of Europe and South America, but to no purpose. I now 
enjoy rest at night, relish my food, and with cheerfulness attend to business. 

I am, sir, yours respectfully, 

Arthur Clare. 
New York, Sept 6, 1851. 

CURE OF ASTHMATIC AFFECTION. 

Mr. H. K. Root — Sir : It is with great pleasure and satisfaction that I now ad- 
dress you, the purport of which is, to state to you my late distressing case, and to 
request, for the benefit of others, that you will make it public, and my cure, from 
your " universal natural remedies." I was ill for some time, by reason of taking a 
severe cold, which fell upon my chest and lungs, attended with a cough and hoarse- 
ness, and also with a great deal of expectoration, to a serious extent, for which I 
applied to several medical men, and took medicine for three months regularly, but 
without any change of my distressing symptoms, until I became weary of their pre- 
scriptions, and their protracted hopes of doing me any good. I was at length pre- 
vailed upon to apply to you. I found but little relief the first two or three weeks, 
but at the end of the month I began to feel great relief, both in my cough, hoarse- 
ness, and expectoration ; and in a week or two more, I was delivered of my com- 
plaint in a wonderful manner, by the blessing of God and your instrumentality, 
and have continued so for several months. I have the happiness to enrol my testi- 
mony in the long list of your miraculous performances, and am conscientiously 
recommending my fellow sufferers to your advice and sympathy. 

Sir, yours in gratitude, 

T. Jones, Jr. 
New York, June 2, 1849. 



428 SALT RHEUM— INVOLUNTARY EMISSIONS. 

CURE OF SALT RHEUM. * 

To John H. Mosely, Augusta, Me. 

Dear Friend — Three years since, I was attacked with salt rheum upon my 
right leg. The eruption was at first very trifling, but exceedingly troublesome ; 
being attended, as usual, by a burning, itching sensation. Yery soon, however, it 
began to spread, and in the course of a year, very nearly encompassed the limb, 
about the knee, until the flesh became raw, to more than the bigness of both of my 
hands. A copious discharge of a watery humor had long compelled me to keep it 
bandaged, both day and night. The irritation continuing and increasing, rendered 
me, at times, unable to walk without limping. Being entirely ignorant of the nature 
of the complaint, I dared not apply any remedy to heal it, and became alarmed at 
the possible result of the difficulty. At this stage of the disease, I happened to 
read in a newspaper, a statement by Dr. H. K. Root, to the effect that he could 
cure the worst and most obstinate eases of this disease, when all other methods of 
treatment had failed. Though I had my doubts about the truth of such a statement, 
T nevertheless sent a description of my case to him, and received by express a 
course of medicine. I commenced to take them immediately, and before I had 
finished, was completely cured of the salt rheum, and experienced a general renova- 
tion of my health. From my own experience, and what I have since learned 
from my acquaintances, I have perfect confidence in Dr. Root's, medicines to curs 
the most inveterate humors ; and as you tell me that you are now troubled with 
the complaint that once afflicted me, I send you these facts, that you may know 
where to apply for relief 

With respect, 

A B. S , 

Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, 

Portland, Me., April 18, 1851. 

CASE OF INYOLUNTARY EMISSIONS. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir : I write to you to return my thanks for restora- 
tion to health. Six months ago, I did not • believe that at this time I should be 
among the living; but, thanks to your skillful treatment, I am now well, and, what 
is further, I feel that I can now with safety enter the matrimonial state without 
fear. What a change I Six months ago, through the emissions I could not prevent, 
the results of a habit contracted in youth, and before I was acquainted with its hor- 
rible effects, I was a skeleton in body, and a miserable being in every way. I felt 
myself an outcast from society ; I looked forward only to the grave, and often me- 
ditated suicide. Strange that my friends did not know what it was that was has- 
tening me to the tomb. But, thank heaven, one of your circulars fell into my hand, 
and by that I was instructed, and also induced to apply to you for relief. Now I 
glory in being a man, saved from the grave, and placed in the road to happiness, 
through your skill. In six weeks from this I expect to be married — a consummation 
of joy that once I never expected to realize. 

That you may live long to save others, like myself ignorantly led astray, is the 
fervent wish ot 

Your humble friend, 

N. 0. K 
New London, Conn., March 17, 1850. 



OVARIAN TUMOR—PARALYSIS. 429 

AN OVARIAN TUMOR CURED. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir : Agreeably to your request to keep you informed of the 

progress of Mrs. W s, I write to state that, happily, we now consider her cured 1 1 

Eight months ago, I would not have believed any medicine that the skill of man 
could compound would ever destroy that frightful tumor ; but that it has disap- 
peared under the effect of your medical treatment, there is no room for doubt. 

I give you liberty to make this letter public ; and, for the benefit of others, will 
state more explicitly the case of my wife. Three years ago, there appeared a 
swelling upon one side of her abdomen, which increased in size for eleven months, 
when her physicians pronounced it to proceed from an ovarian tumor. At tho 
same time, she was unfortunately with child, and five months thereafter was put to 
bed in travail. When the physician arrived, he found that it was impossible for the 
child to be delivered alive, in consequence of its head, in descending, having forced 
the tumor into the passage in such a way as to not only prevent delivery, but to 
nearly fill the entire strait. "We dared not have the tumor extirpated by operation, 
fearful of destroying the life of my wife, in consequence of bleeding ; and so the 
child had to be taken away piece-meal, by instruments. Determined not to incur 
Jhe risk of having to perform another such horrible operation, I took a separate 
chamber, which I have continued to occupy till within the last four weeks. As all 
the physicians with whom I consulted agreed in saying that the tumor could be got 
rid of only by a surgical operation, we did not administer medicines, until I met 
you in "Worcester, when you said it could be overcome ; and now, nine months 
later, I write to say that your words have been verified, and that the tumor has 
disappeared. 

Gratefully yours, 

J. H. W. 

Norwich, August 1, 1851. 

CASE OF PARALYSIS CURED. 

In July, 1849, now two years ago, my eldest daughter was thrown from a wagon, 
striking upon her side, which accident finally resulted in an almost total paralysis 
of the left side. Her periodical evacuations were entirely suppressed, and she had 
lost the power either to retain or expel the urine, and involuntary discharges were 
the consequence. One side was so completely paralyzed that she could not move a 
muscle. In this condition she suffered for over a ye%r. We tried several doctors 
in this time, but none of them did her any good. I then applied to Dr. Root, of 
New York, who gave me a course of his medicines, and a Magnetic Compass. This 
treatment proved more successful than I had reason to expect, for in about three 
weeks afterwards, the periodical suppression was entirely removed, and the invol- 
untary discharge of urine ceased to annoy her, and in the course of three months, 
both sensibility and the power of voluntary motion returned. His remedies seemed 
to work as if by magic ; and but that we knew the recovery of our daughter was 
the effect of human skill, we might well have believed a miracle had been performod 
by some being higher than man. 

D. C. B. 

Greenfield, Mass., July 10, 1851. 



430 PALLING- OF THE WOMI>— ERYSIPELAS. 



A CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. 

Dr. H. K- Root — Dear Sir : Without detailing the horrors of miud and body of 
a consumptive invalid, surrounded with friends, with bright prospects of future hap- 
piness, soon to be blasted by death, allow me to say to you, my dear sir, your in- 
genious examination into the true nature of my case, the life-giving power of your 
medicines, your kind directions in the recovery of my health, have effected my 
great cure of consumption. My heart is filled with tenderness and love for your 
future prosperity and success. Accept my best respects, and believe me to be your 
devoted friend and advocator. 

¥m. H. "Wright. 

North Providence, R. I., April 4, 1849. 

CASE OF FALLING OF THE WOMB. 

I have used the abdominal supporter, and a great, variety of medicines, for 

falling of the womb, etc., but could find no relief But accidently hearing of Dr. H. 

K. Root, of New York, I called to see him; he gave me a little package of herbs. 

and I took four or five doses, which cured me. 

Mrs. Elizabeth oook. 
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 20, 1850. 

CURE OF ERYSIPELAS. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir: I desire to give my testimony in favor of your celebrated 

Blood Medicines, in the cure of erysipelas. And this I do from my own experience. 

My family physician said I could not live. A council of physicians pronounced me 

in a dying state. Both my limbs, from the knee down, were so swollen that the 

skin was cracked open in many places, and of so dark a purple color, that it was 

supposed they had commenced mortifying. I could not move except with the 

greatest difficulty on crutches. I obtained a course of your medicines, and now, at 

the end of eight weeks, I am perfectly cured, and am as well and hearty as any man 

of my age, which is 13 years. The cure in my case is considered in this vicinity 

truly the most remarkable ever known. 

With the highest esteem, 

j h. W , 

Ex- County Judge. 
Charlestown, Mass., Mamh 28, 1851. 

TESTIMONIALS OF TWO LADIES. 

Dr. H. K. Root has, by his great intuitive knowledge, ingenuity and perseve- 
rance, in detecting and fully ascertaining the secret of life and health, achieved the 
highest honor of his profession. He is a perfect, accomplished, Lady Doctor — 
skillful, successful, kind, sympathizing and obliging in the cure of diseases peculiar 
to ladies. I have never seen his equal in my case either by physicians in Europe 
or America. 

Emeline Howland. 

New York, Dec. 10, 1849. 



FROM A PHYSICIAN AND A LADY. 431 

I have been cured of diseases peculiar to females by the celebrated Dr. H. K. 
Root, 512 Broadway, New York. 

Lucy Phelps. 
New York, July 20, 1850. 



RECOMMENDATION FROM A PHYSICIAN. 

Fob that dreadful and destructive disease, consumption, attended with large ex- 
pectoration, bleeding lungs, night sweats, and wasting of flesh, Dr. H. K. Root is 
the physician, and the only physician to rely upon. The Doctor's keen eyes and 
quick understanding detect the lurking seeds of consumption in the blood, when no 
other Doctor could do so. Believe me, Dr. R. has no equal on the globe for ame- 
liorating the condition of the sick. 

Charles Gardner, M.D. 

Buffalo, Nov. 20, 1850. 

ANOTHER CASE OF CONSUMPTION. 

"When I had been given up to die with consumption by all of my physicians, a 
new hope filled my soul of recovering sweet health. Dr. H. K. Root, of New York, 
I had full confidence in as being the instrument of my redemption. Physicians, 
having given me up to die, learned of my applying to Doctor Root, and took the li- 
berty to call and tell me my case was incurable, and that Dr. Root was a quack, and 
I should certainly die if I took his medicines. Die I must without medicines ; die I 
must with the physicians I had had ; and to die with Dr. Root's medicines, as I was 
told I should, I must say, hemmed me in with death on every side. I perseveringly 
tried Dr. R.'s remedies, which soon relieved my cough, pain, expectoration, and 
diarrhoea, and flesh returned to my bones, strength to my muscles, life to my eyes, 
and blooming health, which is the Pearl of Great Price. When well, I directed 
a note to those physicians, thanking them for their uncalled-for kindness and sym- 
pathy in my hour of sorrow and affliction. 

Mrs. J H. A . 

New Bedford, Mass., Nov. 20, 1850. 

ANOTHER LADY'S TESTIMONY. 

This is to testify that I have suffered for a long time with the liver complaint, 
falling of the womb, nervous fits, and other weaknesses, such as are common to 
females. To all appearance I was fast going into a consumption. My complaints 
were such as to confine me to my bed. I had also lost all hope of ever being 
again restored to health, till happily I saw a notice of Dr. Root's, and was induced 
to call on him at his office in New York. He gave me a full course of medicine, 
with much valuable advice, which I endeavored to follow ; and by doing so, and 
osing his remedies, I am happy to say my health has been completely restored. My 
nusband feels deeply grateful to Dr. R. I would recommend any of my sex, trou- 
bled with female difficulties, to call on him. 

Mrs. R. H. 

Hartford, Nov. 30, 1851. 

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432 WHITE SWELLING—CANCEROUS ULCERS. 



WHITE SWELLINGS— ULCERATIONS AND EXFOLIATION HEALED. 

. Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir : I wish to present you the facts in the extraordinary 
cure of my aunt, Mrs. Washburn, living with me in this place, by two courses ot 
your medicines ; the first of which I obtained at your office in person, the second 
sent us by express. This case proves your skill in the treatment of this class ol 
complaints. Mrs. W. has been afflicted for the last sixteen years with necrosis 01 
white swellings, attended with ulcerations and exfoliation of various bones, dur- 
ing which time many pieces have been discharged from the frontal bone of the cra- 
nium, from both her arms, Wrists and hands, and from both legs, and from the left 
femoral bone, and from the right knee, besides painful ulcers on other parts of her 
person, which have baffled the skill of a number of the most eminent physicians of 
our city. During most of the time her sufferings have been excruciating and deplo- 
rable. About six months since she commenced with your medicines, and they had 
an astonishingly happy effect upon her, by removing all pain and swellings, and caus- 
ing the ulcers to heal, while at the same time her general health has become com- 
pletely restored, so that she now weighs some 201bs. more than she did before she 
commenced their use. No one, I am sure, need despair of being cured of a whito 
Swelling, when they hear of this truly extraordinary case. 

Samuel Beresford, 

Attorney, 
Buffalo, Aug. 16, 1851. 

CANCEROUS ULCERS OF THE WOMB CURED. 

This certifies that I was for upwards of five years grievously afflicted with an ul- 
cerated womb, (according to the testimony of physicians,) which gave me the most 
excruciating pains at times, reduced me to a skeleton, and also made child-bearing im- 
possible. During all this time I suffered more than tongue or pen can tell ; and 
only one who has been similarly afflicted, can have the slightest idea of the agonies 
this terrible affliction occasioned. My regular physicians prescribed for me about 
three years, and then declared the case was beyond their skill ; and told my hus- 
band that the disease would carry me to the grave in a very few months. But as 
we clung to hope, and sought every possible way of escape, Mr. H. purchased large 
quantities of syrups and sarsaparillas which we saw advertised, trying no less than 
eight different kinds, but they did not help me. I had almost begun to despair, and 
my friends thought I could live but a few days longer, when an aunt of ours from 
Worcester, Mass., made my family a visit. She had but just recovered from a long 
attack of malignant scrofula, under the treatment of Dr. H K. Root, of New York, 
and insisted that I should apply to him. After much persuasion on her part, my 
husband was induced to visit Dr. R., and state my case to him. He returned with 
a course of medicine, which I began to take, and in four weeks thereafter I begat 
to feel much better than I had at any time in the five years previous. More medi- 
cines were obtained from Dr. R., and I continued to use them for six months, at the 
end of which period, strange as it may seem, I found that my difficulties had entirely 
disappeared. My health returned ; I fleshed up wonderfully, and since then have 
had a sweet babe added to our family. I am truly grateful to Dr. Root for restoring 
me to health and happiness, and shtJl ne?er forget him while my life is spared. 

Mrs. 0. B. H. 

Jersey City, Dec. 31, 1850. 



BLEEDING LUNGS— CANCER— GRUB. 433 

EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF BLEEDING LUNGS. 

To Dr. Root — Sir : I beg to acquaint you of the astonishing relief I have obtained 
from your invaluable advice, and still more invaluable remedies. I have for some 
time past been subject to bleeding from the lungs, attended with extreme weakness 
and general debility of my whole frame, which, together with the continual cough- 
ing and shortness of breath, rendered me unable, at times, to do any kind of work, 
or scarcely to walk. I had recourse to various medicines to obtain relief; but all 
proved ineffectual ; my complaint still remained, and I had given up all hopes of ob- 
taining it, believing, after what had been tried, that it was impossible — that my case 
was one of those for which no remedy could be found. But I was happily intro- 
duced to you, and within eight weeks was in such a state of health as I had not for 
many years before enjoyed. Having now adopted your remedies for a short time 
only, I have scarcely any remains of my complaint, and believe I shall be perfectly 
restored to health and strength in another month or two. I feel it my duty to do 
my utmost in making known to others your truly precious remedies. If you choose 
to publish my case, I am ready to satisfy any one who may apply. 

I am, Sir, your humble servant, 

"William Stockton 

Brooklyn, L. I., April 1, 1852. 

EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF CANCER. 

Dr. H. EL. Root — Dear Sir: I have been for more than fifteen years afflicted 
with cancerous tumors in both my breasts, for which every possible means, as I 
thought, were used for their removal, without the slightest benefit. They contin- 
ued in size and painfulness until they became running cancers. My friends gave up 
all hopes of my life. At length one of your papers was left at our residence, in 
which I saw a representation of a case of cancer exactly like my own, cured by you. 
At that time it was with difficulty I could raise my hands to my head, neither could 
I dress or undress myself without assistance. My husband then called on you and 
got some medicines, which I began to take. I continued them for five months, and 
they effected a perfect cure. The ulcers have healed, and the pain and hardness 
are removed. I feel that I have been rescued from the jaws of death ; and I can, 
therefore, conscientiously recommend all similarly afflicted to call on you. 

"With gratitude and esteem, 

Lucy Lord, 

West Sixteenth st 

New York, March 7, 1851. 

BLEEDING LUNGS AND GRUB. 

To Gerald W. Higgins, Richmond. 

Dear Sir : As you have requested a statement from me of the difficulty with 
which I was afflicted a year ago, together with the means of my cure, I will en- 
deavor to comply. 

After having been troubled with a severe cough, and a strange feeling in my 
lungs for two years, I commenced spitting blood from my lungs, and I became very 
much debilitated, with loss of appetite, and much suffering, for which I was va- 

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434 MILK LEG—CANCEROUS TUMOR. 

nously treated without mitigation. I grew more and more feeble ; my priysidAM 
informed me that I could not reasonably hope to live over six months And seeing 
thus death before me, I made all preparation possible to depart this life , settled up 
my business, made my will, &c., as you are aware. One day, now six months ago, (a 
day I shall remember in thankfulness,) I accidentally picked up in a hotel, where it 
nad probably been dropped by some gentleman from New York, a copy of a paper 
jailed The Medical Adviser, published by Dr. Root. From reading that paper, 1 
was induced to state my case to him by letter. I received an answer, stating that 
i probably was troubled with grub in the lungs. I sent to New York for a course 
jf medicme, and three days after receiving and commencing to use them, I spit up,, 
mixed with bloody matter, several dead insects, some of them nearly the fourth of 
*n inch long* The following day more were evacuated. Two days after this, ac- 
cording to direction, I left off taking one kind of medicme, and continued the re- 
mainder. My health and appearance began to improve. When the medicine was 
exhausted, I sent for another course, and by the time that was used, I felt mysolf 
restored to health and life, I re-commenced business, and am now as well as I ever 
was. Such is a statement of my case, in brief. I have not the least doubt that 
Che treatment of Dr. R. saved my life. 

Truly yours, 

Johk H. Aleyer. 
Norfolk, Va., Sept 6, 1851. 

MILK LEG CURED. 

I certify that I have been afflicted for ten years with what is commonly 
.•ailed milk leg^ and after trying many remedies and physicians, without relief; I at 
length wrote to Dr. H. K. Root, who sent me a course of medicines, with direc- 
tions. My ankle began to show signs of irritation in two or three days after taking 
his remedies, and appeared to get worse for some time. The medicine appeared to 
throw all the disease out to the surface. My fingers at length showed the influence 
of the medicine to their very ends ; but now I believe it has effectually cured me. 
My ankle has completely healed, and I walk as well as ever I did. It is nine 
months since I have considered myself perfectly well. 

Mrs. Susan G. Radcliffe. 

Chicago, III., Oct. 15, 1851 

CASE OF TUMOR CURED. 

'Dr. 'Root — Sir: With heartfelt gratitude to you while under care and kind 
treatment, and for the benefit of suffering humanity, I feel anxious to make known 
the astonishing cure that has been performed in my case by your well-known and 
unequalled -skill. I have been suffering, for upwards of seven years, with a terrible 
disease — a scirrhus, or cancerous tumor on the womb. This distressing complsiut 
has been attended with the most excruciating pain for the last year. Many times 
a day, the pain has been as keen as it would have been if a lancet had been pierced 
into the flesh each time. There was an entire stoppage of water nearly all the 
time, with an acute inflammation in the bladder. I have had the advice of many 
of the best physicians and surgeons in the state, without any benefit ; for my case 



UTERINE TUMOR— DISEASED KIDNEY. 435 

was given up as incurable by them, and they thought I must die from it. But now, 
after taking two courses of your medicines, prepared for me, I feel myself well, 
and our family physician informs me that the tumor has subsided, or dried up. I 
am deeply thankful that Providence directed me to you, through whom my life has 
been kindly spared. You are at liberty to publish this, but as my husband does 
not like to have my name used publicly, please only to make use of the initials. 

"With many thanks, that through you I am spared to take care of my children, 

I am, dear sir, truly yours, 

M. E. B. 

Portland, Me., Aug. 6, 1851. 

ANOTHER CASE OF TUMOR. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Respected Sir : One year ago I called on you when in th® 
city to be cured of a tumor in the womb, which had been cut out once, and re- 
turned again larger than ever. Although you would not warrant me a cure, yet 
my cure has proved as you stated. Before the last of the course of medicines were 
gone, I was as well as ever. 

I shall always consider my life saved by you, for I am confident another opera- 
tion would have ended my days, from the loss of blood. 

"With respect, I wish you success in your practice, 

Mrs. Y. C. 

Salem, Mass., March 10, 1850. 

DISEASED KIDNEY AND GRUB. 

Dr. Root — Sra : Words fail me to express my confidence in the efficiency ct 
your treatment and invaluable medicines. For several years I was afflicted with 
inflammation of the kidneys. In 1838, I suffered much for months. Quiet sleep 
was a stranger to my eyes. Application was made to several physicians ; but 
from them I gained only a temporary relief. In 1841, my complaints assumed a 
more alarming aspect. My pains were excruciating. I again applied to physicians, 
but obtained no relief. Finally, I was induced to call upon you, believing from 
what I saw in one of your circulars, that my kidneys were also infected with the 
grub ; the gnawing feelings I often experienced in that region being exactly de- 
scribed in your circular. From the course of medicine you sent me I found imme- 
diate relief and am now perfectly well. 

Yours, sound as a nut, 

Horatio Havens. 

Nashua, N. H., Oct. 8, 1850. 

INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS. 

Dr. if. TL Root : I give my testimony most cheerfully in behalf of your medical 
treatment My wife was greatly afflicted for two or three years past with inflam- 
mation of the " tonsils ;" they were much enlarged ; often very painful and affecting 
her speech, and rendering swallowing quite difficult. .She was entirely cured by a 
few days 7 use of your medicines, received from you. My child, three years old, 
had at the same time a most unsightly and offensive sore, covering the whole face 
this also was completely removed and cured by the use of your remedies. 



436 THE WISE MAN— DREAM FULFILLED. 

Both of these cases have been variously treated without any mitigation, Ftoil- 
what, therefore, I have seen of your skill, I shall recommend you to all I meet \ 
suffering from disease. 

Tours truly, 

Jonas Lockwood. 

» 

"Worcester, Mass., Sept 21, 1850. 

THE WISE MAN. 

To Dr. H. K. Root, 512 Broadway. 

For the benefit of persons similarly situated, I desire to state my case, that 
others, like myself may be wise, and save the life of one near and dear to them. I 
was married two years ago, and at the end of a year 'my wife was confined 
m child-birth. The attending physician, immediately upon being called, greatly 
alarmed me by stating the life of my wife was in great danger, and that she could 
not be expected to live except by destroying the life of the child, and removing it 
by an operation — by reason of some particular and uncommon construction of the 
bones in the central region, which made it impossible for Mrs B. to have any live 
children. To save the life of my wife, the operation upon the child was performed, 
and its life destroyed ; and even then, it was many days before Mrs. B. was thought 
safe. We daily expected to lose her. 

By reason of this misfortune, I found that prudence demanded that conception 
should not again take place; but how this was to be avoided I did not know, 
unless at the entire relinquishment of sexual pleasure. But, happily for the 
health and life of my dearly-beloved wife, a friend directed me to call upon Dr. 
Root. I did so. Two years have now gone past, and without the loss of any 
pleasure connected with the matrimonial state ; the life of my wife is safe, and my 
own health happily preserved, for which I am duly thankful. 

Tou can publish this letter if you wish ; but I would prefer that in doing so my 
name should be suppressed. 

With respect and esteem, B. A. B. 

New York, July 28, 1852. 

SCALD HEAD CURED. 

This will certify that my son had suffered severely with scald head for seven 
years, and been under the treatment of no less than six different physicians, with- 
out receiving from them any material benefit, until at last I took him to Dr. Root, 
who gave me a course of his Blood Medicines, and two bottles of Hair Producer. 
I was induced to call on him by seeing his paper, with a cut giving a case of scald 
head exactly like my boy's. We used Dr. R.'s remedies for two months, and my 
son was completely cured, and has now a handsome head of hair. 

Henry G. Gates. 

Bridgeport, Ct., Aug. 9, 1850. 

A DREAM FULFILLED. 
To Dr. H. K. Root. 

My Dear Friend : Having been restored to a state of perfect health by the 
course of medicine obtained from yor in February last, and by following your 



FEMALE COMPLAINTS— SCROFULA. 437 

wholesome advice, I wish to return my thanks, and also to communicate to you a 
truly extraordinary dream which has in my cure met with its entire fulfillment 

Previous to last December, I had been thought in an incurable state of consump- 
tion, My physicians and friends had given me up ; but I always entertained hopes 
of recovery. One night, the latter part of December, I dreamed of calling upon a 
physician, who told me my case was not incurable — told me to keep up good spirits, 
and comforted me with cheering words. I thought he had something in his office 
resembling a clock, very splendidly ornamented. There seemed to be many in tc 
gee him; and as he turned to attend an emaciated invalid, I awoke ! 0, how sorry 
I felt that it was only a dream ; and how I regretted that I did not sleep longer, sc 
as to have dreamed where I might find the doctor ; for I firmly believed that my 
dream was to come to pass, and that at the hands of the physician I should be re- 
stored to health. 

I waited patiently for a week or two, till one evening my husband brought home a 
paper called the " Medical Adviser," in which I saw a picture exactly like the ema- 
ciated invalid in my dream, and a portrait of a physician I at once knew to be him 
I had dreamed of seeing. I immediately started for New York ; there I found the 
doctor of my dream, and the clock in the Lung Barometer. Then I felt certain that 
I had found the healing physician. I procured a course of medicine and returned 
home ; and now, thanks be to Providence who directed me to you, I am restored to 
health. 

That you may live many years to comfort the sick, is the wish of your grateful 
servant, 

Mrs. Amanda Briggs. 

Philadelphia, March 8, 1852. 

FEMALE COMPLAINTS. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir: I think it highly important that the public should be ap- 
prized of the virtues of your treatment of diseases. I suffered for upwards of two 
years with many of the complaints incident to females, being always under the care 
of a physician, without any appearance of regaining my health, till I commenced using 
your medicines, which have cured me in less than six weeks. You are at liberty to 
make any use of this you think proper, for the benefit of the afflicted. 

Mary Billings. 

Dunkirk, N. Y., August 8, 1851. 

A TRULY EXTRAORDINARY CURE. 

Dr. H. K. Root — My Dear Sir : I am pleased beyond expression to inform you 
of the extraordinary cure by your treatment in my case. Eight or nine years since 
I was attacked with a violent scrofulous affection. Painful ulcers appeared on my 
face and neck, which in a short time ate the flesh to the bones. My sufferings were 
awfuL In a short time ulcers came out on my arms and body. The discharges 
from the ulcers were so offensive that it was unpleasant for any one to stay in my 
room. I applied to several physicians, who informed me it could not be cured -ex- 
cept by my undergoing a mercurial treatment, which I was very loath to do. How- 
ever, my disease continuing, the ulcers increasing in size and number, my health be- 
coming daily impaired, and death inevitable, I consented to the treatment. I took 



438 MERCURIAL DISEASE— DIARRHOEA AND CHOLERA 

an immense deal of calomel and mercury before the disease appeared to be arrested , 
every joint in my body seemed loosened, and much swollen and sore. I was pro- 
nounced cured of scrofula, but badly afflicted with a "mercurial disease." 

My system was in a horrible condition. Every change in the weather would 
bring upon me pains which were almost beyond endurance. My digestive organs 
were very much impaired; the ulcers would occasionally re-appear, discharging 
very offensive matter. 

At this period I was induced to try the effect of sarsaparilla, of which I procured 
of the Townsends, Sands, and others, more than fifty bottles in all; but it seemed 
to do me not one particle of good. I despaired of ever being cured ; my life was a 
burthen to me ; I often felt as though I would rather die at once than linger on in 
such awful misery without hope. About eighteen months since, some of my friends 
informed me of several cures of scrofula performed by you, and advised me to apply 
to you, and I did so. At the time I was suffering tortures, my limbs were much 
swollen and very painful, the ulcers discharging very offensive matter; nothing but 
large doses of laudanum enabled me to sleep. In three weeks from the time I be- 
gan with your course of medicines, I experienced a benefit ; my digestive organs 
much improved, and seemed to regain their healthy exercise; my appetite was 
much increased, and I felt stronger throughout my whole system ; the ulcers dis- 
charged very freely, and the discharges became less and less offensive. All the 
swelling and soreness soon left me, the discharges subsided, the ulcers commenced 
healing, and in two months all appearance of ulcers were removed, and I was per- 
manently cured. I have enjoyed uninterrupted good health for the last fifteen 
months. I am convinced that scrofula and mercurial diseases are entirely eradicated 
from my system. I have not had an ache or pain for more than a year past ; and I 
am confident that had I applied to you before using the calomel and mercury, it 
would have prevented all my suffering, and saved me several hundred dollars. I 
am now, thank God, a perfectly well man, and attribute it entirely to your mediea* 
akill. 

• Wishing you every success in your business, I am, respectfully, your obedient 
servant, 

Orlando P. Rogers. 

New York, January 6, 1852. 

DIARRH(EA AND CHOLERA. 

I have had repeated attacks of diarrhoea and cholera morbus, within a few years 
past, attended with severe pain, and producing great prostration of strength ; and I 
have hitherto found nothing to do any good but Pr. Root's Remedies, which have 
often arrested the complaint, and restored me to my usual health in a very short 
time. I can cheerfully recommend them for all such complaints. 

Harvey G Hooker. 

New Haven, August 8, 1851. 



CERTIFICATES OF CURES 

BY 

CIRCULATING MEDICINES. 

DROPSY AND DYSPEPSIA. 

Dr. H. K. Root— Dear Sir: I have been afflicted for eight or nine years with a 
distressing pain in my stomach, costiveness in my bowels, my limbs very much 
swollen. After eating my meals I was in great distress for a short time, and then 
threw up what I had eaten. In short, sir, I have scarcely found rest or comfort 
during that length of time. I have tried all kinds of medicine that I could think ofj 
to little or no advantage, and had almost given up all hopes of ever getting 
any relief, being now over sixty years of age. I saw your advertisement, and I 
thought I'd try once more. I have taken now for about ten weeks your Water Cor- 
rector, Anti-Bilious Pills, and Blood Renovator, and they have completely regulated 
my system. I now eat anything that comes before me, and have not been sick 
since I commenced taking them. I sincerely and heartily thank God, and render 
my good will and thanks to you, for I believe your medicines have been the means 
of giving me health and comfort in my old age. 

James Alger. 

Troy, N. Y., May 6, 1852. 

CURE OF HEART DISEASE. 

Dr. Root — Sir : I suffered for about a year previous to last spring, from a de- 
jangement of the action of the heart. Having seen your Heart Regulator highly re- 
commended for use in such cases, I procured and used a single bottle, with entire 
success. 

The disagreeable symptoms speedily disappeared, and I have never, except in one 
or two instances, easily accounted for, had any recurrence of them ; and when they 
occurred, were easily removed by a single dose of the Regulator. 

Being really of opinion that this medicine is of unquestionable value as a cure 

for heart diseases, (in which opinion I am happy to know that I agree with many 

intelligent physicians,) I have no hesitation in permitting this certificate to be used 

in any way that will promote its more general use. 

Elijah H. Boyd. 
Concord, K H, June 12, 1851. 

FEMALE COMPLAINTS.— TO MOTHERS AND MARRIED LADIES. 

[letter from a practicing physician.] 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir : For the last two years I have been making use of your 
Blood Renovator in my practice, in the treatment of females. In all cases of female 
diseases, I consider it of inestimable value. It would take many letters like this, 
were I to give you the names of the most respectable ladies who have been helped 
by it under my direction. "Weakness, irregularities, low spirits, pain in the breast 



440 FEMALE COMPLAINTS— COUGHS— PLEURISY. 

and side, chlorosis, fluor albus, prolapsus uteri or falling of the womb, costiveness, 
obstructed or difficult menstruation, general prostration of the system, and all 
affections of similar character, are immediately and permanently relieved by this 
article. 

The enervating nature of our climate renders some natural stimulant necessary for 
the preservation of female health, and surely nothing can be so safe or efficacious as 
the stimulant waich Nature herself has provided. 

Young ladies just entering womanhood, are always more or less subject to painful 
and distressing symptoms; these are immediately relieved and corrected by the 
Blood Renovator ■, which by its wondrous effect of equalizing the circulation and pro- 
moting the proper secretions, tends to restore health and vigor to the whole frame. 
Ladies who have arrived at that critical period, called " the turn of life," are assured 
that much suffering and alarm can be saved themselves and their families by the use 
of the Renovator. The most gratifying results have uniformly attended the adminis- 
tration of this article in my practice in all cases of female complaints, and it is only 
requisite to make the trial, to be convinced that everything which is here promised 
will be fulfilled. 

Sylvanus Black, 

Botanic Physician. 

Annapolis, Md., May 10, 1852. 

COUGHS AND COLDS. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir : Having lately tried your celebrated Lung Corrector, for 4 
t«ugh and cold, with marked success, I cannot, in justice to you, withhold my tes- 
timony in its favor. For several days I had been suffering from the effects of a 
severe cold, accompanied by a very sore throat and sick headache, which completely 
incapacitated me for business. I had taken but a small portion of a single bottle of 
this article, when I experienced immediate relief. Mv cough was broken up at 
once, and my lungs entirely relieved from the pressure which had become so pain- 
ful. I attribute this relief entirely to the good effects of your Lung Corrector, as I 
look no other medicine whatever. I shall cordially recommend it to all my friends. 

. Respectfully yours, 

John D. Palfrey. 

Boston, March 28, 1852. 

REMOVAL OF PAIN AND INFLAMMATION. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir: I have made free use of your celebrated German 
Vegetable Ointment, for the last two or three years, and have found it to be one of 
the most efficient remedies to remove pain and inflammation, and in the healing of 
wounds, of any remedy I have ever used in my family. 

Gen. Uriel Tuttle. 

TORR1NGTON, May 2?, 1848. 

REMARKABLE CURE OF PLEURISY. 

This certifies that I have used Dr. H. KL Root's celebrated German Ointment for 
ft severe attack of pleurisy, and have found decided relief by its use ; I therefore 



FALLING OF THE WOMB— LADY SATED. 441 

cheerfully recommend it as being a safe and invaluable medicine for this terrible 
disease. 

Henry D "Wilcox. 

Chester, Mass., Nov. 23, 1845. 

FITS, FALLING OF THE WOMB, AND GRAVEL. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir: I am at a loss how to express the value of your 
medicines for the above complaints, as I have for a long time been afflicted with 
them, attended with fits from two to twenty times a day. Having had some of the 
most eminent physicians without receiving any help, I had made up my mind to 
suffer, till one of my neighbors persuaded me to send to Dr. Root, and get some 01 
his medicines. I procured the Heart Regulator, Blood Renovator, Water Corrector 
and Female Wash. These articles entirely cured me in two months' time. Two 
months have passed, and not the least of the complaints have made their appear- 
ance. A sense of duty has caused me to bear testimony to the above, that others 
may know where to obtain relie£ 

Mrs. J. H. B. 

Saratoga, Nov. 8, 1851. 

SAVED BY THE LUNG CORRECTOR AND INHALING FLUID. 

Dr. Root — Sir: Last spring I was severely afflicted with a cough, which my 
friends and physicians thought would terminate in an incurable consumption. I 
gave up all hope of being cured, as my physicians could do nothing for me. I then 
bought a bottle of sarsaparilla, but instead of doing me any good, it seemed to 
drive the disease in, and fasten it more firmly in my system, and instead of making 
me stronger by its use, I became so weak I could scarcely hold up my head. Ono 
of my family fortunately saw your advertisement, and I sent for three bottles of 
your Lung Corrector and two bottles of the Inhaling Fluid. The first doses of these 
I used. I felt better. They produced a remarkable sensation through my whole body, 
and I began to improve in strength rapidly. My dry, hacking cough left me, and 
I felt like a new man. Although this is an imperfect statement of my case, yet 
I firmly believe these medicines saved my life, and I wish to testify my thanks 

Yours, &c. 

Wm. Heyworth, Clerk. 

Providence, July 9, 1851. 

ANOTHER LADY SAVED. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir: I wish I could tell all that suffer with a cough, what 
your Lung Corrector has done for me. It does seem they might be benefited by the 
information. I had a lung fever which left my lungs weak and inflamed. Being 
very feeble and unable to gain strength at all, my friends thought I must soon sink 
in consumption. I had no appetite, and a dreadful cough was fast wearing me 
away I began to take your beautiful medicine, by the advice of a clergyman, who 
had seen its effects before. It eased my cough at first, and gave me rest at night. 
In less than a fortnight I could eat well, and my cough had ceased to be trouble- 
some, m^ appetite returned, and my food nourished me, which soon restored my 



442 HEART DISEASE— CHOLERA AND WORMS. 

strength. Now, after five weeks, I am well and strong, witli no other help than 
your Lung Corrector. 

Yours, with respect^ 

Sarah Betcns. 
Cleveland, Ohio, June 12, 1850. 

I hereby certify that the above statement of my wife is in conformity with my 
own views of her case and her cure by Dr. Root's Lung Corrector. 

Joseph Bevins 

PALPITATION OP THE HEART. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir: My little daughter, aged nine years, was afflicted with 

palpitation of the heart, attended with depression of spirits, loss of appetite and 

general languor. The symptoms became alarming. I had recourse to your Heart 

Regulator. The effect was wonderful. One dose stopped the palpitation entirely t 

I continued to administer it for about four weeks, and an entire cure was effected. 

One year has now elapsed, and not a symptom of the disease has returned. 

With great esteem, 

"Wm. Meig& 
New Haven, Feb. 6, 1851. 

A CURE POR QUINSY, CROUP, &c. 

I have been cured of quinsy, or a severe sore throat, with Dr. H. K. Root's 

celebrated German Ointment — the wonder of the age. 

Joseph C. Whitney, 
Springfield, Mass., Nov. 20, 1846. 

I have witnessed the same speedy effect from Dr. E. K. Root's Ointment. 

IRENA StOCKWELL. 

New Hartford, Ct., July 1, 1841. 

SAYED PROM CHOLERA AND WORMS. 

Dr. Root— Dear Sir : Though I may be a stranger to you, you are not to me. 
X have become acquainted with you through your invaluable medicines. You have 
been the means, under God, of saving the life of my only surviving child, and I 
should feel myself ungrateful not to express the deep feelings of obligation I am 
under to you for having sent forth medicines so well calculated to relieve and as- 
suage the ills of our suffering world. Let me state the case of my loved child. She 
is nearly five years old ; was attacked with cholera in a most violent manner. Por 
a time I gave her up as lost I used your Dysentery Specific and Anti-Bilious Pills 
freely. She threw up two worms, which inclined me to believe worms to be con' 
nected with the attack. I consequently gave your Worm Killer. The disease was 
checked, and judge my surprise to see a discharge of worms, knotted together, some 
of them eight or nine inches long, killed by that invaluable remedy. She is now 
well, and I am confident nothing but this remedy could have saved her. I havo 
msed your medicines for some four years with great success, and value them very 
>dghly. 

With grateful respect, 

Herbert Longstreet, D. D. 

CnroTKNATi, Omo, Sept. l, 1850. 



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EPILEPTIC FITS AND PALPITATION OF TH3 HEART. 

By the request of Dr. H. K. Root's agent, I hereby state that for the past six 
fears I have been subject to attacks of epileptic fits of a severe character, which 
were gradually increasing in severity, and had rendered my general health very 
poor. I also had constant palpitation of the heart. I tried many things, and con- 
sulted many physicians, but with very little relief. The Heart Regulator and Blood 
Renovator were recommended to me; which I procured and used with the Anti 
Bilious Fills, according to directions. The effect was an immediate benefit — and by 
perseverance in their use, I now feel justified in saying that I have quite recovered 
my health, having had no attack of epilepsy for over seven months. 

Chakles Carpenter. 

Boston, Mass., Dec. 2, 1849. 

WONDERFUL GOOD FOR FRESH WOUNDS. 

Dear Sir : I received a severe wound on the knee-joint with an axe, which gave 
me much fear of losing my limb. I was persuaded to use the Great German 
Remedy called the German Ointment, prepared by Dr. H. K. Root, which extracted 
the inflammation, healed the wound, and restored it to immediate use. 

Joseph Law, 

Becket, Mass., Oct 7, 184b. 

CASE OF CATARRH CURED. 

Ds. Root — Dear Sir: I wish to give my evidence in favor of the remarkable 
properties of your Catarrh Snuff, in the cure of that distressing affection, catarrh. 
I was severely troubled with this complaint for many years, sometimes almost 
choking me to strangulation. Frequently I have been awakened by it in the 
night, and thought that I should certainly die, by reason of its seeming to fill up 
my throat and head completely. J 1 or eight years I tried first one thing and then an- 
other, in vain endeavors to get rid of my complaint, but all to no avail ; it kept 
growing worse and worse, in spite of my efforts for relief ; and, I doubt not, but 
that I providentially fell in with your remedy, it would finally have caused my 
death. 

Early last spring (one year ago) I was in New York, and had the fortune to pick 
up one of your circulars in a hotel. It gave me courage to try one more remedy. I 
procured at your office two vials of the Catarrh Snuff, a box of PiUs and a bottle of 
the Blood Renovator. On my return, I commenced the use of these articles, and 
before they were gone I was not only relieved, but, as I truly believe, permanently 
cured, for I have not had a return of the catarrh up to this time. I recommend it 
to all I meet troubled with this affection, and I know of not less than twenty 
cases where it has proved equally valuable as with mysel£ You are at liberty to 
make this public 

With much esteem, 

Henry G. Seaman, 

Flour Merchant 

Buffalo, N. Y., June 10, 1852. 



444 DYSPEPSIA— DIARRHOEA— BLINDNESS. 



INFLAMMATION IN THE EYES. 

This certifies that I have used Dr. H. K. Root's German Ointment and Eyt 
Water y for inflammation in my eyes, which effected a speedy and permanent cure. 
I have also used the Ointment in my family for inflammatory complaints, and believe 
it to be the best compound for inflammatory diseases that has been introduced into 
my family. Dwight Gibbs. 

Otis, Mass., Sept 1, 1845. 

ANOTHER GREAT CURE OF DYSPEPSIA. 

Tlie Blood Renovator and Anti-Bilious Pills. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Respected Sir : I feel that no sense of pride, or delicacy, 
should deter me from expressing publicly my gratitude, for the astonishing power 
and efficacy of your Blood Renovator and Anti-Bilious Pills, in restoring me to 
health, after suffering more than six years from dyspepsia and liver complaint, 
during which time I had the best medical advice, with no benefit except temporary 
relief 

Some three years ago, my case became more hopeless, from an attack of diar- 
rhoea, which confined me to my bed for eight weeks, causing great prostration of 
the whole system. I obtained a little relief; but the diarrhoea continued, and the 
constant pain and suffering I endured, can hardly be described ; the most delicate 
food distressed me, causing severe headache, flatulency, and acidity of the stomach ; 
my spirits, too. at times, were so depressed from the disease, that I felt as if nothing 
could ever make me cheerful again ; even the singing of birds, and music, of which I 
was always so fond, tended only to fill my soul with sadness, and render my spirits 
more gloomy and depressed. 

About two months ago, I was so much reduced that I could eat scarcely any 
food whatever, and was obliged to take my bed, in despair of ever getting any 
better, and feeling that my disease was beyond the power of medicine. At this 
time I read one of your advertisements, and obtained some medicines. However 
surprising, it is nevertheless true, that I was almost immediately relieved of every 
symptom of my various complaints, and gained so rapidly, that I was a wonder to 
all who knew me after using them for about two months. 

I am now in better health than I have enjoyed for many years, and attribute my 
restoration, by the grace of God, to your invaluable medicines. I shall recommend 
al who suffer from any similar complaints, to try these wonderful remedies. 

Respectfully yours, 

Miss Jane E. Burdick. 

Springfield, March 6, 1851. 

BLINDNESS CURED. 

Dr. Root — Sir : In return to you for the extraordinary cure wrought upon me 
by the use of your Blood Renovator, Anti-Bilious Pills and Eye Water, I take this 
opportunity to bear testimony to the afflicted, that it is by the use of the above 
medicines only that I am indebted for the restoration of my sight. Last spring I 
Was taken with an inflammation in my eyes, which increased to blindness, or so 



FALLING OF THE WOMB— MOTHER SAVED. 445 

• 
near it that I could not see a chair or table when I was near enough to touch it. 

Four of the most eminent physicians attended me, and pronounced my case incura- 
ble. I commenced taking your Renovator and Pills and using the Eye Water, ac- 
cording to the directions. The first ten days my sight greatly improved. After 
this, by perseverance, my sight was restored, so that I am now well, and able to at- 
tend to my business. With an unbounded gratitude I shall ever subscribe myself 
your grateful friend. There are many ready to attest to the above, if wanted. 

Yours, with respect, 

John Farnham. 
Pittsfield, Aug. 18, 1850. 

FALLING OF THE WOMB CURED 

Dear Doctor : — I was attacked by all the symptoms of confirmed consumption, 
viz: great debility, pain in the side, extending to the small of my back, incipient 
coughing, &c, together with being afflicted with falling of the womb, and a leucor- 
rhoeal difficulty. To such a state was I reduced, that my physicians had entirely 
given me up, and I had lost all hopes myself of ever recovering, when fortunately 
for me, I saw one of your papers containing engravings of the falling of the womb, 
and of the consumptive. My husband sent to you for the Blood Renovator, Lung 
Corrector, Anti-Bilious Pills and Female Wash, though he had little faith in them. I 
commenced using these medicines, and persevered six months, (growing all the 
while better) and am now restored to a state of perfect health, such as I have not 
enjoyed before for ten years. I make this statement public, solely for the benefit 
of the afflicted, as I am fully convinced that your medicines saved my life. 

Harriet B. Ware. 

Oswego, Nov. 28, 1849. 

A MOTHER'S LIFE SAVED. 

To Dr. H. K. Root, New York. rf 

Dear Sir : — I am desirous of expressing to you my thanks for placing me in the 
way of saving the life of the mother of my children, and restoring her to a state ot 
blooming health. I am a man in moderate circumstances in life, nearly dependent 
upon the labor of my hands for the support of a family of six children, born in 
eight years after marriage. My pecuniary circumstances would not allow me to 
keep hired help in the house except when my wife was confined, and in conse- 
quence of having children so fast and being compelled to labor continually to take 
care of them, the health of Mrs. B. became seriously impaired ; she was being 
worn out, and hurried to the grave ; and I foresaw that further increase of family 
would surely cause her death, and leave my children motherless. I knew not 
what to do ; but chancing to be in Boston, and seeing your notices in the papers, I 
was induced to call on you at the Marlboro' Hotel, and ask your advice. I am 
thankful to the Lord that He led me to do so ; for, through your advice and the 
means obtained at your hands, the increase of my family has been suspended, and 
the life of my wife and the mother of my children saved to me and them. 

I am, dear sir, truly yours, 

With a thousand thanks, 

H B ix 

Concord, N. H., July 20, 1851. 



446 HIP COMPLAINT— SCROFULOUS CANCER. 



EFFECTS OF THE SHOULDER BRACE. 

Dr» Root — Sir : I wish to inform you of the effects produced in my ease by the 
use of your Suspender and Shoulder Brace. I am by occupation a farmer. Previ- 
ously to seeing you in New York last spring, I had suffered about six months from 
a severe pain in the stomach, for which I found no relief, though trying various 
remedies. You will, perhaps, remember fitting me with a pair of Braces. On com- 
ing home, I went immediately to work, and was enabled to work through the day ; 
whereas, before wearing the Brace, during about five months, I could work only a 
part of the day, and then in much pain. The pain diminished daily by the use of 
the German Ointment, and in less than a week I was free. I would not be without 
them were the cost $10, or more. I have found them far more easy and comforta- 
ble to work in than suspenders. 

Gratefully yours, 

Silas Conkun. 

Ulster, Si Y., Oct T, 1850. 

LAME SIDE AND STOMACH. 

I have used Dr. H. K. Root's German Ointment in my family for erysipelas, lame 
side, stomach, &c. — which relieved as by magic power. 

Samuel Burr. 
Wolcottvtlle, Ct. July 3, 184*7. 

DREADFUL HIP COMPLAINT. 

■ 

This is to certify, that for the past two years I have been afflicted with the dis- 
ease called the hip complaint, during which time I was attended by several physi- 
cians of this city, without receiving any relief The severity of the disease was 
such that I was obliged to give up my business, and I have often laid several days 
without being able to turn in my bed. The medicines I took made large sores on 
the hip and only made me worse, and I was daily getting more and more helpless. 
Early last winter I procured some of Dr. Root's Blood Medicines, and commenced 
the use of them, under his advice and directions. Immediately I began to improve. 
I am now stronger than I ever was previous to my sickness, and am so far re- 
covered, that I can suffer any fatigue, I consider Dr. R.'s Lung Barometer and 
his Blood Remedies invaluable blessings, and have made the above statement vol 
untarily, and as a matter of duty to the afflicted. 

James H. Miles, Carpenter and Builder. 

Syracuse, Aug. 8, 1849. 

CURE OF SCROFULOUS CANCER. 
Dr. Root — Dear Sir : Duty to my fellow-creatures demands that I should add 
my testimony to the well established efficacy of your Cancer Eradicatoi And Ger- 
man Ointment. I have had what the doctors all pronounced, an incurable scrofu- 
lous cancer, of three years' standing. After a faithful use of the remedies of the 
profession, until my patience in their use and hopes in their efficacy were com- 
pletely exhausted, I commenced taking your Cancer Eradicator. After I had taken 
it about six months, I was not only curedby it, but my cancer was literally rooted out 



GENERAL DEBILITY— HAIR RESTORED. 447 

and dropped off. I am. now completely and permanently cured, and have no hesi- 
tation in saying, that the Eradicator is the most efficacious constitutional remedy ex- 
tant. I have no scruples nor fears in undersigning its virtues and commending it to 
all similarly afflicted. Respectfully yours, kc 

1 Sarah J. Warburton. 

Hallo well, Me., March 8, 1850. 

REMARKABLE CURE OP INFLAMMATION AND BLACK YOMIT. 

The Great Wonder of the Age, and can be so called with propriety and truth ! — I 
feel it my duty to inform my fellow men of one of its great cures of inflammation 
of the bowels. I was attacked with a severe colic, which was followed by inflam- 
mation and black vomiting. My case was considered hopeless by the most eminent 
physicians. I despaired of life until an application of Dr. H. K. Root's great Ger 
man Remedy was used. To the astonisment of my friends and physicians, 
my bowels were moved, and my health restored. 

I am, with respect, your obedient servant, 

James W. Newton. 

Pittsfield, Mass., Jan, 19, 1846. 

CURE OF GENERAL DEBILITY. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir: This is to certify that my wife has been afflicted for 
the last twenty years with general debility, prostration, sour stomach, costiveness, 
piles, dyspepsia, and nervous sick headache. She has suffered also with pain over 
the small of the back, and a burning sensation and oppression over the chest and 
abdomen. All those difficulties were brought on from taking a violent cold during 
menstruation, which fastened upon her system with such tenacity and violence, that 
it broke down all her strength and made her a helpless invalid. She has truly been 
a sufferer during many long years, but I have spared no expense in employing phy- 
sicians, or in using the popular remedies. She has tried almost everything, particu- 
larly sarsaparilla, but they did her no good. She has now been taking your Blood 
Medicines less than three months, and they have done her more good than all the 
rest put together. They have removed her costiveness entirely, also the piles ; her 
strength has been restored to her, and she seems like another person. She has no 
headache or dyspepsia. The neighbors are now trying them, and they are being 
cured also. We did not have much confidence in them at first (having been so 
many times disappointed by other remedies) but now we know them to be the best 
medicines in use for female complaints. "We give you ten thousand thanks. 

Augustus A. Lord. 

Poughkeepsie, March 8, 1851. 

HAIR. RESTORED. 

[certificate op dr. balch.] 

Dr. H. IC Root — Sir : I deem it my duty to state some facts respecting the in- 
estimable value of your Hair Producer. Several years ago, after a severe fit of sick- 
ness, my wife lost all of her hair, the scalp appeared diseased, and the hair grew 
out harsh and uneven. About a year ago, by another fit of sickness, she lost all 
her hair a second time, and for a long time there was apparently no action in the 



448 PILES— DEAFNESS— WORMS. 

acalp. After various applications, which effected no good, I was induced to try your 
Producer; and now, after the use of a few bottles, her hair has grown out as thick^ 
as lustrous, and of as beautiful a color as ever. I can therefore cheerfully recom- 
mend it to all who are afflicted as my wife was, as the best article I have ever seen. 

Most respectfully yours, &c, 

Homer Balch, M.D. 
Cleveland, Ohio, July 16, 1851. 

UNEQUALED FOR PILES. 

I have been effectually cured of this troublesome complaint by the use of Dr. H. 

K. Root's German Ointment, applied on the affected part, or as near as possible. 

My case resembled the engraving you have given of diseased bowels and piles. 

John L. Dixon. 
Bristol, Ct., Sept. 8, 1846. 

DEAFNESS AND DISCHARGE FROM THE EAR CURED. 

Dr. Root — Sir : My wife had been afflicted with a most distressing disorder in 
her head for five years, constantly discharging a very offensive matter from her ears, 
BO that I had nearly lost all hopes of her ever being any better. She began to grow 
deaf; had strange buzzing noises in her head, which often kept her awake nights ; 
with severe ear-ache at times ; and finally, about one year ago, she had grown so 
bad, that hearing was quite impossible for her. I had tried almost every means 
that could be thought of, prescribed by the most eminent physicians, without any 
benefit, till she commenced using your Blood Medicines and Ear Lotion. In six 
weeks after first taking these, the pain, noise, and discharge were overcome, and at 
the end of two months her hearing returned. She has not enjoyed better health for 
twenty years than she does at present. I can cheerfully recommend these medi- 
cines to the afflicted, knowing from their effect on my wife that they are valuable 
and efficacious. 

With many thanks, I am, dear Sir, humbly yours, 

Allen G-. Boyd. 
Manchester, N. H., Feb. 28, 1850. 

CURE IN A CASE OF WORMS. 

Dr. Root — My Dear Sir: My daughter, a little girl of five years, has been af- 
flicted for one or two years with worms, and, in consequence, became greatly ema- 
ciated and reduced in health ; and having tried various medicines without success, 
I began to despair of her recovery. But having had my attention directed to your 
Worm Killer, which was recommended to me as a certain cure, I was induced to 
purchase a bottle of it, and test its efficacy. In a very few days I was rejoiced to 
see that it worked most admirably. My little daughter was soon entirely cured ; 
her cheeks acquired a bloom, and, in short, she became a new creature. Since then 
I have often taken occasion to recommend your Worm Killer, and am cognizant of 
more than twenty cases in which it has evidently saved the life of children troubled 
with worms. You have my authority to make this public, for the benefit of those 
whose little chil dren are troubled with worms. 

With many thanks, 

Harvey Miller, 

Baltimore, Sept. 2, 1851. . Commission Merchant 



CHRONIC RHEUMATISM— ULCERATED THROAT. 449 

WELL ATTESTED IK A CASE OF POISON. 

This may certify that I have used Root's Great German Remedy in a case of 
poison, and found from the application immediate and permanent relief. I have also 
used it in my family, for the stings and bites of insects, and believe it to be unrival- 
led by any other compound in effecting a cure. 

L. Stoddard. 

Worcester, Mass., Sept. 27, 1845. 

CURE OF CHRONIC RHEUMATISM. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir: I feel it my duty to make known to the public the great 
virtue of your remedies. I have been afflicted a number of years with rheumatism 
in my limbs, and a stiffness in my joints, and so weak at times that I could not 
stoop to pick up anything from the floor. After using five dollars' worth of your 
invaluable medicines, the rheumatism entirely left me, and my joints became strong 
as usual. I would recommend those who are troubled as above, to make trial as I 
did, and they will be sure of speedy cure. You are at liberty to make use of this 
as you please. 

Respectfully yours, 

Oscar Dugoa*. 

South Brooklyn, March 18, 1851* 

CASE OF ULCERATED THROAT. 

Dr. Root — My Dear Sir: Feeling3 of gratitude induce me to make a public ac- 
knowledgment o# the benefit I have derived from the use of your medicines. I have 
for several years been afflicted with scrofulous swellings in my head, which at times 
would gather and discharge at my throat, nose, and ears, and at others would break 
out in different parts of my face and head. These continued, until my throat, face, 
and head were almost one complete sore, and for a long time 1 was so hoarse that 
it was with the utmost difficulty that I could speak above a whisper. During the 
time I had several attacks of pleurisy and other diseases. I consulted different phy- 
sicians, and tried various remedies, but received no benefit until I commenced using 
your remedies. I am now well ; the sores are all healed, and I attribute the result 
entirely to your valuable medicines. 

Yours, with respect and gratitude, 

Mary Mortimer. 

"Worcester, Mass., June 10, 1852. 

SPINAL AFFECTION. 

This certifies that I have been afflicted with a diseased state of the spine, caused 
by a fall, and have found decided benefit by the use of Dr. H. K. Root's Ge+mM 
Ointment. 

Ruth Spencer. 
Colebrook, Ct., July 31, 1847. 

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450 SHOULDER BRACE— CANCER. 

ERYSIPELAS AND SORE EYES. 

Dr. 1L K. Root's German Ointment cures erysipelas, which causes soro eyes, and 
works like a perfect workman. 

Wm. A. Ford. 
Grafton, Mass., June 10, 184?. 

THE SHOULDER BRACE— FROM A LADY. 

To Dr. H. K. Root, New York. 

Dear Doctor — As I have now been wearing your Suspender and Shoulder 
Brace for some months, I will, as you desired, inform you what I think of it. You 
know, doctor, the affliction with which I was threatened. I am happy, and feel 
grateful in saying, that the use of your Brace has saved my health, perhaps my 
life. And I desire to call the attention of the members of my sex to it as one of 
the best means of preventing that distressing complaint, falling of the womb. One 
great cause of this complaint, which embitters the lives of many of oar sex, is the 
habit of fastening the skirts about the waist, the weight of which drags and forces 
down the bowels upon the womb, causing it to fall, or press down, below its natural 
position. Now by attaching the skirts of the dress to the Brace, this weight and 
pressing down upon the womb will be obviated. This I know from my own expe- 
rience. Therefore I wish to recommend it to all ladies. 

"With great respect, 

Mrs. Alfred J. Blake, 

Washington-street 

Boston, June 2, 1852. 

ANOTHER TESTIMONY IN FAYOR OF THE BRACE. 

Dr. Root — I have been wearing your Suspender and Shoulder Brace for a few 
months past. My business is that of a tailor, and by my occupation, my shoulders 
were thrown forward, and my chest contracted. I have suffered with pain in my 
breast, difficulty of breathing, dyspepsia, etc., for several years. Previous to yours, 
I had worn braces of different patterns, without relief. I have worn your Suspen- 
der Brace about six months. It has thrown my shoulders back, and expanded my 
chest, so that my measure has increased about four inches. My health and spirits 
are much improved. I have found your Brace durable, and, unlike others, to give 
ease and freedom in wearing. 

R. Gr. Hines, 

Williamsburgh, L. 1. 

REMARKABLE CURE OF CANCER. 

To Dr. H. K. Root, New York. 

Dear Sir — For eight years I suffered from a cancer. It commenced in my nose, 
and spread around the mouth and chin, and up my right cheek, and eat away the 
lower lid of my eye. To describe the sufferings I underwent is impossible. I used 
the prescriptions of several physicians to no good effect, and my complaint con- 
tinually growing worse, I was pronounced by them incurable, and all -ay friends 



SPINAL AFFECTION— NERVOUSNESS. 451 

despaired of my life. Fortunately, I heard of your skill in the eradication of these 

horrible sores, from Mr. Wm. Hayes, of this place, and, by hi3 advice, was induced 

to send after a bottle each of your Cancer Eradicator and Blood Renovator, and a 

box of the Anti-Bilious Pills, and vial of the German Ointment I commenced to 

take these, and in a short time the cancer began to show signs of leaving me. I 

procured more medicines, and persevered in their use till finally a complete cure of 

my case was effected! It is now nine months since my face has been entirely 

healed, and I believe that the cure is a perfect one. If necessary, my statement 

can be substantiated by hundreds of my neighbors ; and I now enjoy better health 

than I have for fifteen years past. 

That the Lord may reward you abundantly is the prayer of your humble servant, 

Walter H. Gould. 
Harrisburgh, June 2, 1850. 

ANOTHER SPINAL AFFECTION. 

This is to certify, that I have been troubled for several years with rheumatism, 
followed by a lameness in the back, and have found decided relief from using Dr. 
H. K. Root's German Ointment, and would recommend it to all others for similar 
complaints. 

Thomas Conner. 

Canaan, N. Y., Sept 20th, 1845. 

EFFECT OF ROOT'S NERYINE. 

Extract from a Letter from Jonathan Mills, Esq, 

To Henry Mills, Chickopee, Mass. 

Dear Brother: * * * If you are troubled with nervousness, and find 
sleeping difficult, I advise you by all means to get a package of Dr. H. K. Root's 
Nervine. His office is at 512 Broadway, New York; direct a letter to him, and he 
will send it to you. You know I was much troubled that way myself; I believe it 
is a kind of family complaint with us. Often have I been all night without sleep- 
ing a wink, yet feeling well, except an indescribable restlessness — turning over a 
hundred times before morning, and getting up feeling worn out. This trouble had 
impaired my health seriously. Last winter, while Dr. Root was stopping in this 
place a few days, I met with one of his circulars, and thought I would call on him. 
He gave me a package of his Nervine, a box of Anti-Bilious Pills, and a bottle of 
his Blood Renovator, and told me to use them. I did so, and in four weeks my diffi- 
culty was completely overcome. I have not slept less than seven hours any night 
since, and always get to sleep in a very few minutes after going to bed. Do not 
fell to write to Dr. R. * * * 

Your affectionate brother, 

Jno. Mills. 
Lowell, Mass., Sept 11, 1851. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir: I inclose to you an extract from a letter written to me 
by my brother in September last, in reference to your Nervine, and other medicines, 
and advising me to use them. At that time I was troubled exactly as my brother 
nas described of himself in the accompanying. Agreeable to his advice, I procured 



452 SORE THROAT— CONSUMPTION. 

some of your medicine, and soon after commencing to use the Nervine my difficul 
ties entirely disappeared, and my rest has been most excellent and refreshing. For 
the benefit of the suffering, you have my liberty to make this public. 

With great respect, 

Henry Mills. 
CmcKGPBBf Jme 12, 1852. 

THE LUNG CORRECTOR AND BLOOD RENOVATOR IN ENGLAND. 

Extract from a Letter from Southampton, England. 

Dr. H. K. Root, New York — Dear Sir: The latter part of last summer, my 
son, being in New York on business, and having a severe cold, was induced by a 
mercantile gentleman of your place to try the virtues of your Lang Corrector. His 
cough was overcome by it in one week, and he came home free from a throat affec- 
tion that had troubled him for four years. 

At that time, my eldest daughter was in a delicate state of health ; and my son 
brought home for her use three bottles of your Blood Renovator. She took them, 
and her health was greatly improved thereby. I enclose to you a draft for five 
pounds, and wish you to forward to me a box of your medicines by the first steamer 
to this port from the United States. Please direct to 

Yours, truly, 

Richard Killiam, 

Iron Merchant, 

Southampton England, 

TUBERCULOUS AND ULCERATED SORE THROAT. 

Dr. H. K Root— My Dear SIR: All who are acquainted with me, know that 
humbug or imposition of any kind, or in any form, finds no favor with me. But, 
having experienced results of a satisfactory character, from the use of your Circu- 
lating Medicines, during the past two years, I am induced to express the gratifica- 
tion I feel from the favorable effects that followed, and also the full faith I have in 
their renovating power. I was first induced to make, experiment with them about 
two years ago, in connection with the strong recommendation of a friend, who was 
severely troubled with a tuberculous and cankered sore throat, and whose relief 
from their use satisfied me of their great Value. The medicines used were Blood 
Renovator, Pills, and German Ointment. In a more recent affection, arising from a 
cold and catarrh, and terminating in a severely ulcerated sore throat, the same reme- 
dies, with the addition of your Catarrh Snuff, proved highly favorable, working a 
complete cure, and demonstrating their great value. I am sure your remedies only 
need a fair trial to meet with a heavy sale. 

Your obliged servant, 

George Ashley. 

Columbus, Ohio, June 21, 1851. 

SAVED FROM CONSUMPTION. 

Dr. Root : My wife has used several bottles of your Lmg Corrector, which I ol«- 
tained of you, from which she has received such special benefit, that I am induced 



DISEASED LUNGS— FEVER AND AGUE. 458 

to add mine to the abundant testimony now before the public in favor of its medicinal 
virtues. Her father, mother, and many other relatives have fallen victims to con- 
sumption, and it was supposed that she too was inclined the same way. She had 
several turns of raising blood, &c, and at length became so reduced that her life was 
despaired of from day to day. We were induced to try your Lung Corrector, as be- 
fore mentioned, from the use of which her health has been restored ; so that for the 
past year she has been able to attend to her domestic duties. 

Respectfully yours. 

"Wm. Menomee. 
Baltimore, December 16, 1851. 

PHYSICIANS RECOMMENDED TO PRESCRIBE THE GERMAN REMEDY. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Sir: I have made use in my practice in a number of obstinate 
cases of inflammation of the bowels, eyes, &c, of your German Vegetable Ointment, 
and it generally gives immediate reliei* I cheerfully recommend it to the public, as 
a safe and sure remedy in all cases of inflammation. 

Charles H. Little, M. D. 

REMARKABLE CURE OP DISEASED LUNGS. 

Dr. H. K. Root: Having for two years been troubled with a severe soreness of 
the lungs, pain in the side, attended, by turns, with general debility, I became much 
alarmed at my condition, and resorted to many medicines with no effect. I was en- 
treated to use your celebrated German Vegetable Ointment, by which I was decidedly 
relieved of all soreness I have also used it for burns, &c, and believe it to be the 

best medicine for family complaints I have ever used. 

Ann A. Burdick. 
Springfield, Mass., November 2?, 1845. 

CURE FOR FEYER AND AGUE. 

I certify that my wife was afflicted with frequent attacks of Fever and Ague for 
the whole spring ; nothing was found to effect a cure, or give permanent relief, until 
I was recommended to try Dr. Root's Blood Renovator and Anti-Bilious Pills. The 
first doses of these remedies checked the chills, and by taking them a few times, 
my wife was permanently cured. 

Knowing from this fact that these medicines were all that they purport to be, so 

far as fever and ague was concerned, I have recommended them to several persons, 

and all who have used them have experienced the same good effects. 

J. B. Alger, 

Flour Dealer. 
Cleveland, Ohio, September 10, 1850. 

ANOTHER FEYER AND AGUE CASE. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir : The fever and ague is very prevalent in this State ; 
and for it we find your Blood Renovator and Anti-Bilious Pills far superior to any 
other medicines. I have broken the disease upon myself with two doses, and I am 
not alone in this experience. I have known many others experience the same be- 
nefits. They are a medicine that exactly suits this climate. 

Yours, &o, Horace Hill, 

Clerk of Court 
Springfield, III., November 3 1851 



454 SCROFULA— BRONCHITIS— FITS. 

ANOTHER CURE OF SCROFULA. 

Dr. H. K Root — Dear Sir : Sympathy for the afflicted induces me to inform you 
of the remarkable cure effected by your medicines in the case of my wife. She was 
severely afflicted with the scrofula on different parts of the body ; the glands of the 
neck were greatly enlarged and her limbs much swollen. After suffering over a 
year and finding no relief from the remedies . used, the disease attacked one leg, 
and below the knee suppurated. Her physician advised it should be laid open, 
which was done, but without any permanent benefit. In this situation we heard of, 
and were induced to use your Blood Remedies and German Ointment They soon 
produced a favorable effect, relieving her more than any medicines she had ever 
taken, and in a little while, to the astonishment and delight of her friends, she found 
her health quite restored. It is now over a year since the cure was effected, and 
her health remains good, showing the disease was thoroughly eradicated from the 
system. Our neighbors are all knowing to these facts, and think very highly of 
your remedies. 

G. H. B. 

Fall River, Mass., January 1, 1850. 

FOR CHILBLAINS OR FROST-BURNS. 
This may certify that I have been troubled with chilblains for several years, and 
was unable to find a cure until I obtained Dr. H. K. Root's German Ointment, which 
has effected a perfect cure. 

L. B. Lindset. 
"Worcester, February 1, 1846. 

I have cured my feet of chilblains, which broke out in sores, — and they have not 

been as well in fifteen years before as they now are— with Dr. H. K. Root's Great 

German Remedy. 

Deacon Samuel Otis. 
Chester Factories, December 14, 1846. 

BRONCHITIS AND COUGH CURED. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir: Having been troubled for considerable time with a bad 

cough and bronchial affection, I was induced to try a bottle of your Lang Corrector 

and Catarrh Snuff, which I am happy to say, entirely removed the difficulty. I 

deem it but justice to say thus much for the benefit of those who may be similarly 

afflicted. 

Artemus Bissell. 
Boston, August 18, 1851. 

DREADFUL CASE OF FITS. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir : I feel it a duty to state, for the benefit of the pub- 
lic, that your Blood Renovator and Heart Regulator, have entirely cured my son, 
now eleven years old, of the most severe and alarming fits, to which he has been 
subject for the last five years. He has often had from twelve to sixteen fits in one 
day, 'sometimes accompanied with the most dreadful screeching, at the same time a 
choking in the throat, and pain in the region of the heart. His mother and myself 



SCALD HEAD— CANCER—RHEUMATISM. 455 

have long despaired of his life, and a release from such misery could not be lament- 
ed. But through the means of Providence and your remedies, he is now quite weH 
We used the Regulator in one of his most violent convulsions, and it soon passed 
off; for the succeeeding few days he had merely some symptoms of the complaint, 
and now, for a period of seven months, there has been no symptom whatever that 
we could detect. My son looks better, eats heartily, sleeps soundly, and is certainly 
in every respect an altered child. 

I am, respectfully, yours, 

¥m. Phillips, 

Attorney, 
Montreal, Canada, February 6, 1850. 

SEVERE CASE OP SCALD HEAD CURED. 

I hereby certify that my little daughter, five years of age, was sorely afflicted 

with scald head, the sores apparently were nearly an inch thick all over the head. I 

had about come to the conclusion that it could not be cured, when Dr. Root's 

Blood Renovator and German Ointment were recommended to me as being a sure 

cure for all kinds of sores, humors, &c, and after using them a short time my child 

was completely cured. 

Mrs. Hannah Gould. 
Springfield, December 1, 1850. 

CANCER OP THE TONGUE AND MOUTH. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir: Your medicines are increasing in reputation daily. Your 
Cancer Eradicator has cured a lady here, who has been in the doctor's hands for 
fifteen or sixteen years, and has taken many different preparations without effect. 
Her tongue was partly eaten off with cancer, and there were other indications of 
cancerous affections. The cavity of the tongue has already healed up, and the parts 
now look nalriral and healthy. 

Yours, &c., ¥m. Bliss, 

Druggist, Cincinnati, 

FURTHER TESTIMONY IN FAYOR OP THE GERMAN OINTMENT. 

I have been troubled for several years with an eruption of the skin, of a dry, hot 
nature. I have applied to some of our best medical men, but they did me no good. 
I accidentally, but very fortunately, obtained one bottle of Root's German Ointment 
—the wonder of the age — which worked like a charm, and effected a speedy and 
permanent cure. 

Samuel Jorden. 

"Worcester, Mass., February 14, 1846. 

Db. H. K Root — Dear Sir : I have been affected the last twenty years with 
the inflammatory rheumatism, which finally settled in my left knee, and deprived mo 
entirely of the use of it for nearly fifteen years. I was advised by my friends to use 
Root's Great German Remedy, and after using one bottle, I found immediate relief; 
and can recommend it as the best remedy now in use for the like diseases. 

I am, respectfully, yours, 

PHLNEAS J*. HOMSTEADl 

New Ashiord, Vt., January 18, 1845. 



456 DISEASE CONTRACTED IN CALIFORNIA. 

This may certify, that I have used Root's Great German Remedy in a case of 
poison in my son, and found from the application immediate and permanent relie£ 
I have also used it in disease of an inflammatory nature in my family, and believe 
it to be unrivalled by any other compound in effecting a cure. 

Maxon Halet. 

Chester Factories, Mass., September 25, 1845. 

This is to certify that I have tried Root's celebrated German Ointment for the 
toothache and ague in the face, and was surprised at the speedy relief of all pain. 

Tucker Haley. 
Blandford, Mass., February 14, 1846. 

I have witnessed the same speedy effect of this celebrated Ointment for the tooth- 
ache and ague. 

Maria Ons. 
Chester, Mass., October 12, 1845. 

REMARKABLE CURE OF CONSUMPTION. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir : I deem it a duty to the public to state, that I have 
found your Lung Corrector to be the only medicine that is really all it claims to 
be. Among the numerous cures it has performed in our county, is a most remark- 
able case in my own family. 

My brother, about four years since, was taken with a most severe cough, and for 
some eighteen months used many of those nostrums, that while they seemed to 
quiet the disease, left it steadily working its way toward death, until, at the end of 
the time mentioned, he became entirely bed-ridden, was taken with spitting blood, 
pains in the side and chest, and became reduced almost to a skeleton. His case 
was considered one of confirmed consumption, and he was given up to die by the 
best physicians in our county. 

At this crisis, while our friends considered him past all hope of recovery, and 
feared he would soon be laid in the tomb, I earnestly solicited him to use your 
Lung Corrector, having heard of the many astonishing cures it had made. He 
commenced using it, only in the hope that it would soothe his last moments, when 
the following results took place : 

For the first few hours it sickened him much, but it caused him to raise a large 
mass of corruption, and mucus or phlegm ; and then, strange as it may appear, he 
commenced rapidly to improve. The medicine penetrated to the fountain-head of 
the disease, and restored him, whom we thought would soon be among the dead 
to perfect health, and for the last two years he has been robust and hearty. 

Artemas Hall. 

Hallowell, Me., June 2, 1851. 

CURE OF DISEASE CONTRACTED IN CALIFORNIA. 

Dr. Root — Sir : During my stay in San Francisco, which did not exceed eight 
months, I suffered occasionally from costiveness, and having occasion to go to 
Panama, where I remained twelve months more, I was there much afflicted with 
diarrhoea. Finding that there was no hope of my health improving, I returned to 



WHISKERS— HEART DISEASE. 457 

New York. "When here about five days, I was extremely ill indeed, from fever 
Occasional chills and diarrhoea ; in fact, I became completely prostrated, notwith- 
standing my having recourse to every remedy within the reaoh of purchase. Hav- 
ing made my situation known to a gentleman, he at once assured me, (having 
tested their efficacy himself!) that if I would take your Blood Medicines and Dysentery 
Specific, in one week I would have the consolation of being restored to my former 
health and vigor ; and it is with no ordinary feelings of pleasure and satisfaction 
that I am enabled to inform you his prediction has been verified to the letter ; for, 
after having taken them for eigkt days, I find myself in the enjoyment of excellent 
health and spirits. I feel I never can be too grateful for the salutary advice of my 
friend, and also to you ; and I earnestly entreat those who read this plain and 
truthful narration of facts, should any of them labor under similar sufferings to 
mine, to have immediate recourse to your remedies. 
With great respect, I remain, 

Your grateful and obedient servant, 

Hiram W. Fowxer. 
New York, May 8, 1851. 

GENTEEL WHISKERS RAISED. 

Dr. Root — That Hair Producer that you gave me to make my whiskers grow 
has had a desired effect. I felt very bad to see other young men with a handsomo 
pair of whiskers, and I had none. I have used it six months. I have now as 
handsome a pair of black whiskers as the best of them. I now say to those who 
have light whiskers on one side and heavy on the other, they can be made mates — 
or entire whiskers made by the use of the above article. It will make hair grow 
on children's heads when nothing else wilL 

Giles Morgan. 

Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1850. 

HEART DISEASE CURED IN A SHORT TIME. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir : I esteem your Heart Regulator as the king of me- 
dicines. It has done for me in five weeks what three physicians failed to do in 
as many years. In 1845, I became a victim of the heart disease and nervous affec- 
tions, which have been growing on me ever since, until I procured your Regulator, 
although I had wasted several hundred dollars for medical attendance. During the 
last two years I was obliged to keep my house nearly all the time, and gave up 
business in consequence of my ill health. I had lost nearly all hope of recovery ; 
my complaint was of that class under which " nature sinks and life becomes a 
burthen." Seeing your Regulator advertised I concluded to give it a trial, and be- 
fore finishing the third bottle I felt like a different person, and was able to resume 
business again, entirely cured by taking seven bottles. For the benefit of those 
afflicted with similar complaints you are at liberty to publish this. 

Yours, &c, 

Otis B. Sanger, 

Newspaper Reporter, 

Boston, Nov. 8, 1851. 



458 RHEUMATISM— DYSPEPSIA— WORMS. 

CURE OF CHRONIC RHEUMATISM. 

Dr. Roor — Dear Sir : It gives me much pleasure to be able to certify to the 
nealing qualities of your Blood Medicines. I have been much afflicted with disease 
in different forms, for the last eighteen years past. Eminent physicians told me 
that my liver was much decayed, my lungs had grown to my side, &c. I was much 
afflicted with chronic rheumatism, also. My health continued to decline until July, 
1848, when I was attacked with inflammatory rheumatism, which rendered me 
helpless. I remained in this way a short time, then gained a little so as to be able 
to walk with a crutch and cane. I hobbled about in this way some time, not ex- 
pecting ever to be any better, until I went to New York, and I was induced by a 
friend to purchase some of your remedies. I got some, which helped me visibly 
This encouraged me to try more, which raised me to a better state of health 
than I have enjoyed for years. For twelve years previous to taking this me- 
dicine I was obliged to sleep in a sitting posture most of the time. Now I he in 
the natural position and sleep quietly. I have witnessed' their salutary effects upon 
several of my acquaintances in this vicinity. I believe ' them to be invaluable, 
and can cheerfully recommend them to all. 

Yours respectfully, 

Rupert B. Johnson. 

Rochester, July 16, 1851. 

ANOTHER DYSPEPTIC MADE HAPPY. 

Dr. H. EL. Root — My Dear Sir : I am much pleased to have it in my power to 
add to the many high testimonials you already have, in favor of your Blood 
Renovator. 

Having suffered severely with dyspepsia for a number of years, and finding no 
relief from the many remedies advertised For that ailment, I abandoned all thoughts 
of being cured, and confined myself to simples, gaining temporary relief for a few 
days. The attacks becoming more frequent, and increasing in strength, I was much 
reduced in body — my mind suffering much also. 

A young friend of mine, a druggist of your city, on whose judgment I rely, re 
commended the Blood Renovator. I tried one bottle, and found some relief. Aftei 
taking two bottles I was entirely cured. Three months have elapsed and no return 
of the disease ; hence I may say, with a degree of truth, that I am cured. 

So fully am I impressed with its power over the diseases for which it is recom 
mended, I have sent some of the article to a friend in Scotland, Great Britain, who 
is similarly affected, and doubt not his report will be favorable to the reputation ol 
the medicine. 

I am, your obedient servant, 

John B. Landsear, 
Importer of Cloths. 

Baltimore, June 10, 1849. 

CHILD SAVED FROM WORMS. 

This is to certify that my child, four years old, having been for a long time sick, 
and become very emaciated, about the first of March last, I purchased a bottle of 
Dr. Root's unequalled Worm Killer % and administered it according to the directions 



FEVER AND AGUE— WATERY SCURYT. 45C1 

accompanying the medicine. In the course of twenty- four hours the child passed 

between ten and fifteen large worms, and immediately began to recover, and is 

now well. I most cheerfully recommend the use of the above medicine to tho 

public. 

Orlando P. Jones. 
Albany, June, 2, 1852. 

ANOTHER CASE OP BRONCHIAL AFFECTION. 

Dr. Root— Dear Sir : I feel it to be due to you to say that a young lady, ft 
member of my family, had been suffering for several years under a bronchial affec- 
tion, and the disease had made such progress, notwithstanding the best medical 
aid had been consulted, that great fears were entertained that the disease with her, 
as with many others, might speedily terminate in death. I was induced, through 
the persuasion of a friend, to try the effect of your Lung Corrector, Catarrh Snuff, 
and German Ointment The result was really wonderful, for in two weeks she was 
completely eured. 

Truly yours, 

Stanley Boyd, 

Counsellor, 
Philadelphia, July 1, 1852. 

MORE FEYER AND AGUE. 

This is to certify that in the month of October, 1849, I was attacked with fever 

and ague, while employed on the New York and New Haven railroad. I took 

medicine from a physician for a long time, but got no relief, until I was advised to 

take Dr. Root's Anti-Bilious Pills and Blood Renovator, After taking six doses as 

directed I was entirely cured, and have never enjoyed better health than I havo 

since. And I can sincerely recommend them to all persons afflicted with the like 

disease. 

Rudolph Whttacheii. 
Bridgeport, August 8, 1850. 

CURE OF A WATERY SCURYY. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir : I feel it my duty to inform you of the benefit my wife 
has derived from the use of your Blood Renovator, Anti- Bilious Pills, and German 
Ointment, A watery humor has been oozing out from behind her ears for more 
than three years. During last summer, it began to spread over the neck, chest, 
and shoulders, leaving the surface of the skin in an ulcer as far as it went, with a 
copious discharge of water and pus. She could scarcely bear the smell of it ; be- 
sides it looked frightful. "We tried three doctors without receiving any benefit. 
They pronounced it to be the salt rheum, and treated it accordingly, but still she 
got worse. Her head became so much affected sometimes that we feared it would 
prove fatal. 

At last we heard of Dr. Root. When we called upon you, you pronounced it to 
be a watery scurvy, and you said you could cure it. After trying your medicine 
for a few days, the sore began to look better, so that now it is quite healed. The 
skin is resuming its natural appearance. She is now able to go out in the enjoy- 
ment of good health. Indeed, the cure has been so unaxpected and sudden that 



460 SCROFULA— COUGH— TIC Di LOREUX 

your medicine operated more like a charm than otherwise You can make any 

use of this you wish. 

Miles E. Andiness, 

Greene street. 
New York, June 10, 1852. 

SCROFULA BANISHED. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir : Miss Irena B. Savage is the name of the lady who 

has been using your medicines for the cure of scrofula. She had been afflicted with 

that disease for more than eight years to my knowledge. It had often broken 

out on different parts of her head and face in large tumors, and in January last, 

when she commenced taking your medicines, there were four tumors rising and 

nearly ready to break, two on her face, and two on her neck, and at the same time 

she thought there were tumors in her throat, which broke at that time. I gave hei 

your Lung Corrector, which caused considerable discharge of matter from her throat, 

and to our surprise in a few weeks all the tumors disappeared, and her general 

health was much improved. She has taken in all eleven bottles of your Blood Ren* 

ovator, ten boxes of the Anti-Bilious Pills, three of the Lung Corrector, and used 

twelve bottles of the German Ointment All the food she could receive was through 

a gap in her mouth, caused by the loss of some of her fore-teeth, but now she 

can open her mouth, and eat and talk and laugh, and strange as it may seem, she 

says she believes she is entirely cured. She is 45 years of age, and I can see no 

appearance of disease except the large scars which the scrofula has left 

With respect, 

Leander Jones. 
Portsmouth, N H r , July l t 1850. 

ANOTHER BAD COUGH STOPPED. 

Dr. Root — Dear Sir: Feeling under obligations to you for the restoration oi 
my health, I send you a report of my case, which you are at liberty to publish for 
the benefit of others. Last autumn I took a bad cold, accompanied by a severe 
cough, and made use of many medicines without obtaining relief I was obliged to 
give up business, frequently raised blood, and could get no sleep at night. A friend 
gave me a bottle of your Lung Corrector, the use of which I immediately com- 
menced according to directions. I have just purchased the fifth bottle, and am 
nearly recovered. I now sleep well, my cough has ceased, and all by the uso of 
your valuable medicine. 

"Watson Randolph. 

Ohio City, Ohio, Aug. 8, 1851. 

CURE OF TIC DOLOREUX. 

A year ago last November, I was severely attacked with tic doloreux in the 
nerves of my face. The pain was very severe from the first, and gradually increased, 
so that I could scarcely open my mouth, and I was unable to masticate food of any 
kind. The agony seemed to increase at every change of the weather. My physi- 
cian gave me strychnine and other powerful remedies, which were of temporary 
avail; but after their action subsided, the pain was, if possible, more severe than 
before. I then consulted other physicians, but with no better «ucces# At last 1 



REJOICING WHERE BEFORE WAS SORROW. 461 

was induced to try Dr. Root's Blood Remedies and Nervine, and the result is that 
they have entirely cured me. The relief was nearly immediate ; on the second day 
I was much better, and by the end of the first week the disease had completely 
vanished. For the past year I have been entirely free from the complaint, and I 
am now as well in every respect as I have been at any time during the past fifteen 
years. By my recommendation, Mrs. Henry Boyce, in this city, made a trial for tho 
same complaint, and with the same happy result. 

Warburton W. Williams, Grocer. 
Boston, Dec. 30, 1851. 

REJOICING WHERE BEFORE WAS SORROW. 

Dr. H. K. Root — Dear Sir : I know you will have the kindness to bear with 
me in encroaching upon your time, while I acknowledge (in behalf of myself and 
Wife) the obligations we feel ourselves under to you. If I express myself rather 
warmly, you will see that I cannot do so too warmly, when I inform you of the 
extent to which I have been benefited. I will state my situation when I obtained 
from you the articles that have been so efficacious. I had been married some ten 
years, and was the father of seven children. I was long struggling unceasingly, to 
the end that I might gain a moderate competency, but the results of my utmost ex- 
ertions at the end left me about where I was at the beginning of each year; and 
that only with the most stinted economy, sufficing with barely the necessaries of 
life. Finally, this constant effort was beginning to have its effect upon my health ; 
I felt less capable to endure its continuance, while I felt the necessity of perseve- 
rance. This constant, unceasing struggle on my part was imperative in consequence 
of the prostrated condition of my wife (with occasional intermission) for six years, 
much of the time confined to her bed, and of course incapable of taking the charge 
and management of household affairs. Oh! what would I have given had I the six 
years to live over again ! What would my wife have given to have been spared 
the long days and still longer nights prostrate on a bed of sickness I — all of which 
would have been avoided, had I known ten years ago, as I now do, that the means 
of evading all this trouble are to be obtained at your hands. Accept our sincerest 
thanks and best wishes. 

J. C. Y. 
Stamford, Ct., Aug. 8, 1851. 

To the foregoing there might be added an enormous volume of like character and 
kiad, were it necessary to dc so in order that tt e skeptical might be convinced. Bui 
ttat is unnecessary ; for if ehey io not believe from the mass of testimony here 
presented, noithcr would <»hey Ve convinced though one rose from the dead* 



NOTICES OF THE PKESS. 

Dr. Root. — Dr. H. K. Root, of New York, who left our city on Saiurday Last, 
after a sojourn of about one month, is without doubt one of the most skillful and 
original physicians in the country. We took occasion to make ourselves somewhat 
conversant with his method of examining disease, the nature of his medicines, and 
the manner in which he treats the thousands of cases that come under his care. 
The more we saw, examined, understood, the better we thought of the man and 
his practice. To us it is not so strange, after all, that he cures so many diseases, 
and is everywhere followed by so many patients. His system of doctoring is the 
right one. He takes hold of the very vitals of disease, and with heroic, and ad- 
mirable, and unexampled facility, succeeds, in almost all cases, in driving it from 
the body. "We have never known a physician to examine a patient with such com- 
plete and exhausting thoroughness. And this is one of the two great elements of 
his wonderful success. He knows with the utmost intelligence what he has got to 
overcome in a given case. And then his medicines are all drawn from the vegetable 
world, possessing great power to grapple with disease, but acting with great friend- 
liness upon the system. This is the second and finishing element of his success. 
During his visit he was waited upon by at least five hundred patients, many of 
whom had been extreme sufferers from disease, and we have not as yet heard of 
one solitary instance where he did not very materially aid, while in most cases, after 
sufficient time shall have elapsed, he will effect permanent cures. 

The merits of such a physician should be known, for there are thousands who 
would be glad to avail themselves of his remarkable skill. "We say thus much un- 
solicited by, and without the knowledge ofj Dr. Root. "We sincerely regard him as 
one of the greatest benefactors of the time, and trust that his visits to our city 
may be frequent, for there is an immense field in the metropolis of New England 
for the exercise of his original and energetic powers, and for his consummate, and 
successful, and correct practice. — Boston Daily Bee. 

Great Success in Curing Disease. — The wonderful cures which are daily per- 
formed by the celebrated Dr. H. K. Root, of New York, is the general topic of con- 
versation in our city. This is not at all strange. The man who grapples with 
consumption and vanquishes it ; or who brings to health those whom other doctors 
have scaled for the grave, is very likely to create a sensation. Such half-miracles 
he is doing every day. Those who have the misfortune to be suffering from disease, 
and who have hitherto been unable to find relief, should call upon Dr. Root. — 
Daily Journal, Boston. 

Dr. H. K. Root. — "We are pleased to know that this distinguished physician is 
meeting with his usual unparalleled success. "We called at his rooms yesterday, 
and found them filled with patients, waiting for his skillful advice and assistance. 
No man in the country knows better how to treat disease, and we are unacquainted 
with any one who has met with so much success. — Utica Gerald. 



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The afflicted should bear in mind that Dr. H. K. Root, of New York, is one of 
the very first physicians of the time. His system of treatment, his examinations, 
and his every procedure is different from others, inasmuch as more and deeper study 
into the nature and source of disease has taught him to avoid a thousand errors 
which have been practised for ages. Dr. Root has invented a most ingenious and 
scientific instrument, termed the Lung Barometer, by which he can ascertain to a 
nicety, the precise power, capacity and condition of the lungs. A treatmont 
based on knowledge like this, rarely fails to effect a speedy and gratifying cure. 
We would suggest to all who are suffering from disease in any shape, however for- 
midable it may appear, to call upon Dr. R. — Boston Daily Herald, 

Do You "Wish to Enjoy Health again ? — We ask this of those whom dis- 
ease has weighed down with heavy hand and darkening hope. You who have 
consumption in any of its numerous forms ; or scrofula ; or heart, liver, kindey, 
lung, brain, spinal disease. You, in fact, who are laboring under any physical de- 
rangement, and have failed to obtain relief, we urgently advise you to at once call 
upon the celebrated Dr. H. K. Root. He is a thoroughly educated physician, and 
has studied diseases from their very fountains. His remarkable success is the 
marvel of all. And yet it is all very simple. He follows the true teachings of 
nature, in combination with the highest achievement of art, and almost of necessity 
cures a great majority of the most fearful diseases. We sincerely advise the 
afflicted to call upon him, for they will assuredly find it for their advantage. — Utica 
Observer. 

Astonishing Success. — Dr. H. K. Root, of New York, is original in practice, 
and takes no authority as an infallible guide ; but rather examines, judges, and 
weighs for himself. Hence he reaches the very roots and vitals of diseases, and is 
enabled to apply thorough remedies. The reason why he brings about more cures 
than others is, that he understands better both diseases and medicines. Those who 
desire to consult a most thorough physician, and who will assuredly give " aid and 
comfort," should call upon Dr. Root. — Boston Daily Times. 

Lung Barometer. — This splendid piece of mechanism looks like a beautiful 
mantlepiece clock. Upon a better acquaintance, however, you ascertain that it tells 
you not the time of the day, nor the state of the weather, but the condition of your 
lungs. However incredible as it might seem, it will indicate the power and ca- 
pacity, and, consequently, the soundness of your lungs beyond a doubt. The pro- 
cess is as simple as it is unerring. We have seen it tried, and can vouch for the 
fact. No barometer ever indicated the fury of the coming storm with more cer- 
tainty than this proves whether your lungs are strong or weak, sound or decayed. 

The condition of your lungs being ascertained, Dr. Root prescribes such reme- 
dies as your case may require. — Troy Daily Post. 

To Cure Disease is one of the noblest of benefactions ; and that man who cures 
the most, and above all, those which are the most difficult, is the greatest bene- 
factor. We know of no one who succeeds so well in the treatment and cure of 
•disease, as Dr. H. K. Root, whose fame has now become a household word through- 
out this section of the country. Those who are suffering from disease should call 
upon him. — Springfield Sentinel 

The faculty have long needed some mechanical invention to assist and direct the 



464 ^ NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 

curative processes of nature and science, and much time, labor, and capital have 
been expended by British physicians in endeavoring to construct such an instru- 
ment. It is needless to say that all these attempts have failed, and that to our 
transatlantic cousin is due the honor of having made this valuable contribution to 
medical science. By means of the lung barometer, the slightest defect in the 
lungs can be readily discovered, and its amount definitely ascertained; and in 
such uncertain cases as will sometimes arise, where the practitioner is in doubt aa 
to the location of the disease, it serves as an unerring guide. — Chambers 1 Edinburg 
Journal 

Another Extraordinary Invention. — We were yesterday shown one of the 
most remarkable inventions we ever beheld, and one that is of incalculable benefit 
to mankind. The article we refer to is "The Lung Barometer," invented by Dr. 
H. K. Root, the celebrated consumption and blood doctor. By it he can ascertain 
exactly how far the lungs of a patient may be diseased, which cannot be told by 
any other means. The doctor has had remarkable success in curing the worst 
cases of consumption. "We know of a case being cured by him after being given 
up as incurable by three of the faculty. "We intend to give the particulars of this 
astonishing cure one of these days. Dr. Root treats all diseases of the lungs and 
blood, and removes all deformities, such as "spinal curvature," &c, with astonish- 
ing success. His residence is at 512 Broadway, where he can be personally con- 
sulted daily. The barometer is a great curiosity, and merits the approbation of the 
most learned professors of physiology in its philosophy and utility. — U. S. Military 
and Naval Argus. 

Have you the Consumption? or the scrofula, or the cancer, or any other des- 
perate disease that has ordinarily been supposed to be incurable ? If so, go to Dr. 
H. K. Root The doctor has searched the vast world of medicine, and mastered 
the longest reach of science; and this added to his thorough knowledge of disease, 
\ris immense practice, and original method of treatment, at once mark him as ike 
physician to consult. "We have never known a man examine a patient with so 
much particularity as Dr. R., nor prescribe with so much directness and effective- 
ness. "We suggest to all who may be suffering with disease, and who desire tc 
obtain health, to at once call upon Dr. Root. — Boston Daily Democrat. 

Great Success in Curing Disease. — The well-known physician, Dr. H. K. 
Root, of New York, is celebrated throughout the Northern States as the " Blood 
and Consumption Doctor." The almost miraeulous cures he is daily performing is 
indeed full of hope and comfort to the afflicted; and it is no wonder that "the 
sick and the lame, the blind and the halt," seek the aid of his wisdom and practice. 
Those suffering from consumption, scrofula, and dyspepsia, in their worst and most 
desperate forms, should at once consult the doctor, for they will find it for their 
immense benefit. — Daily Post, Boston. 

To the Sick. — Dr. ILK. Root is allowed by competent judges to be a tho- 
roughly scientific professional, the celebrity of whose skill in curing disease is a 
household word. His apartments are continually filled with eager seekers after that 
first and best, and more than all other blessings, Health. Those who have disease, 
and especially such as have confounded and made dumb the general run of doctors, 
should bj all means call upon Dr. Root. He has spent the best part of a vigorous 



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and devoted life in investigating diseases and their cure, and by going beyond 
books to nature and vital common sense, has succeeded in obtaining information 
and a corresponding skill, which others cannot boast. It is no wonder that one 
who thus thinks, investigates, acts for himselfj should have a success in reality 
which others only have in hope, or dreams. Those having diseases should at once 
obtain his advice. — Boston Commonwealth. 

The Astonishing Success of Dr. H. K. Root, is as gratifying to the public ge- 
nerally, as it must be flattering to that gentleman personally. "Were it not that the 
doctor's success is founded on the highest reaches of science, the widest range* of 
philosophy and observation, and the teachings and conclusions of an immense prac- 
tice, it would indeed be a mystery. But it is none to those who analyze his 
course. He goes to the very depths of disease on the one hand, and to the outer- 
most bounds of nature on the other ; first to ascertain what and where the disease 
is, and then apply the fit remedy. We advise all who are in any manner diseased, 
and who desire to have the best of advice, to call upon Dr. Root. — Hart Weekly Gaz. 

Disease is so prevalent in this sin-stricken world, and health is so rich a blessing, 
that every discovery in medical science, which tends to ameliorate the condition of 
suffering humanity, must be hailed with joy by every philanthropist and lover of his 
race. In this view, Dr. Root, of Broadway, is entitled to the highest place in the 
estimation of mankind. His highly celebrated vegetable Blood Renovator, next to 
that of his incomparable "Lung Barometer," is without exception the most useful 
article of the age.— K. Y. Public Shield, 1850. 

Lung Barometer^ — Among all the ingenious mechanical inventions to assist and 
direct the curative processes of nature and science, we think the Lung Barometer of 
Dr. Root must take the lead. For by means of it, the slightest defect in the lungs 
can be readily distinguished, and its extent definitely ascertained; and in many 
cases which are brought before the physician, where he finds it almost impossible to 
locate the disease, the Barometer points infallibly to the seat of the distemper. — 
Worcester Spy. 

A Speedy Cure. — "We have little partiality for puffing, and least of all for puff- 
ing medicines of any sort ; but an instance has come to our knowledge which de- 
serves a passing mention. Daniel Lahy, a laborer, for some years employed in this 
office, has been suffering for the past six months from the effects of white swellings 
on the knee-joint. He has received more or less benefit from a variety of applica- 
tions ; but from the use of medicines obtained from Dr. H. K. Root, he declares he 
has been more relieved than from all other sources, and soon expects to be on hw 
"pegs" again as good as new. From various certificates which we' have seen, we 
have no doubt Dr. R.'s medicines are well adapted to cases of rheumatism, cancers, 
swellings, &c. — Troy Whig. 

Dr. Root's Lung Barometer. — This invaluable and beautiful piece of mechanism, 
invented and patented by Dr. H. K. Root, of New York, receives the approbation 
of men well versed in science ; and all who have become acquainted with its phil- 
osophy and utility in ascertaining the power, capacity, and condition of the lungs, 
pronounce it one of the most wonderful and useful inventions of the age. Dr. Root 
treats all diseases of the blood as well as of the lungs.— -Providence Herald. 

30 



±66 NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 

Invalid Campaign. — ¥e are glad to know that Dr. Boot, the great Pulmonic 
Physician, from New York, inventor of the renowned Lung Barometer, has already 
received many visits from the afflicted of our city. His examinations of those who 
advise with him are always careful and minute, betokening the good physician, and 
the thoughtful and ingenious man. He has performed many remarkable cures in 
various parts of New England, and his skill in difficult cases is certainly surprising. 
All who call on him will be received with courteous attention, and have their com- 
plaints properly and thoroughly considered. — Providence Post. 

"Dr. H. K. Root, a distinguished physician from New York, is at present tarrying 
in our city. Dr. R. has met with the most signal success in diseases which have of- 
ten baffled the profession. His new Lung Barometer is one of the best instruments 
for an examination of the lungs and adjacent organs that has ever been used. — 
Providence Morning Mirror. 

Consumption now Curable. — We have often been led to doubt the correctness 
of doctors' opinions in ascertaining whether the lungs were diseased or not, by 
sounding the chest. "Why not the merchant learn the kind of goods in a box sent 
to him by sounding it ? Why not the tailor sound a box, in order to learn whether 
there are pants, vests, or coats in the box ? Put, if you please, different kinds of 
bees in a box, and sound them, and then decide which bee makes a sound. It has 
been a question whether doctors could correctly decide as to the diseased lung or 
healthy with any certainty. If so, why do doctors contradict each other in their 
opinions ? The sick are discouraged, friends are not satisfied, doctors disagree, and 
it is time medical men awoke to improvements in the healing art. A curious in- 
vention, called the Lung Barometer, seems to take the rag perfectly off any and all 
inventions in lung and consumptive diseases. Dr. H. K. Root is a great Natural 
Doctor, and deals in vegetables, allowing his patients to eat, drink, and be merry, 
exercising, &c. He supplies the lungs with air, and the body with rich blood ; and 
all who call on him will be pleased with his great originality in the cure of disease 
— Boston Daily Times. 

Lung Barometer. — We saw this truly useful and ingenious thing. By it the 
strength of the lungs is ascertained, and this done, the judicious physician knows 
whether his patient is consumptive, and what remedies, if any, will benefit him. 
By its aid, Dr. H. K. Root, the inventor, is remarkably successful in treating con- 
sumptives. — Hartford Herald. 

Dr. H. K. Root. — A few day3 since we had the pleasure of calling upon this dis- 
tinguished physician. We were shown his Lung Barometer, a curiously constructed 
instrument, for the purpose of testing the strength and volume of the lungs. By this 
instrument the Doctor is enabled to ascertain to a remarkable nicety, the precise 
condition of these important organs, as well as those lying in immediate contiguity. 
The instrument itself is a most exquisite piece of workmanship — being ornamented 
with mosaic work of pearl of various hues, laid in a ground of black. 

We are glad to know that Dr. R. has already received many visits from the af- 
flicted of our city. We believe him to be a well-educated and scientific physician, 
and a man of much originality in his profession. He has performed many remarka- 
ble cures in various parts of New England. His examinations of those who advise 



NOTICES OF THE PRESS 467 

with him are always careful and minute, betokening the good physieiaa and the 
thoughtful man. 

"We were also shown a large number of cases, drawn on canvas, which the Doc- 
tor has treated and cured, and which, in many instances, had been thought beyond 
remedy. His skill in many cases is certainly surprising. All who call on Dr. R. 
will be received with courtesy and attention, and have their condition carefully 
inquired into and attended. — Boston Daily Bee. 

Wonderful Invention! — There is in town a master piece of mechanism, in- 
vented by Dr. H. K. Root, of 512 Broadway, New York. It seems to be an inva- 
luable and indispensable guide in the treatment and cure of consumption. "What 
the compass is to the mariner, or the telescope is to the astronomer, the Lung Ba- 
rometer seems to be in the successful treatment of consumption. It merits the ap- 
probation of the most learned professors of physiology, in its philosophy and utility. 
The Doctor claims the highest laurels of his profession in correctly ascertaining ana 
curing consumption, and his Barometer is as perfect a test in a thousand different 
cases of consumption as a pair of scales to ascertain the weight of as many persons. 
We have learned that his remedies are vegetable, and his system of practice is based 
on furnishing the lungs with a plenty of air, and the body with pure and rich blood. 
The Barometer is splendidly ornamented with pearl, and is a great curiosity. Where 
will inventions and improvements end ? — Hartford Courant. 

You can get your Health. — There is no greater mistake than to suppose that 
because diseases which have long and sadly afflicted mankind, have not been cured, 
that therefore they are beyond cure. This is bad logic and false premises, and only 
those will presume to question it who are exceedingly short-sighted. The truth is, 
that there is rarely a disease which, in proper hands, may not be cured, and cured 
in a prompt, thorough, gratifying manner. This is proved by the professional ca- 
reer of Dr. H. K. Root. He has taken hold of consumption and mastered it; he has 
attacked the formidable race of cancers, and they have been dissipated like dew be- 
fore the sun ; he has met the rushing tide of scrofula, and driven it back with he- 
roic facility. And so of other diseases. By the force, originality, science, intelli- 
gence, and nature of his treatment of human ills, he finds nothing which does not 
succumb to his hands. Go and see him, ye who are diseased. — Saturday Gazette. 

Continue to Come. — The call for the advice and treatment of Dr. H. K.. Root is 
continual. Such is the unparalleled success which follows his masterly and vigor- 
ous practice, that it is sometimes thought he must be possessed of some power not 
vouchsafed to man. But the whole secret is, that he goes deeper, examines more 
thoroughly, and watches more intensely the cause of disease, and the action of me- 
dicine than others, and consequently cures where others fail. — Weekly Banner. 

Take the Advice of Dr. H. K. Root. — We feel entirely safe in recommending 
those afflicted with disease to call upon Dr. H. K. Root. The Doctor is educated to 
the full capacity of the medical profession, and combines with the widest range of 
learning, a sound and original judgment. He examines, weighs, studies, judges for 
himself; and while he refuses no light that other celebrities in the profession may 
have shed, he strikes out new and original paths for himse':t This explains why he 
meets with so much more success than others — he depends upon himself; first giv- 
ing each special patient and disease the most thorough examination and considera- 



468 NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 

tion, and then following it with a masterly and vital practice. It is to such men — 
men who seek the very depths of disease and nature — that the public will always 
resort, and with a confidence only to be equaled by the most gratifying results.— 
Courtland Herald. 

Dr. Root's success in curing diseases continues to astonish all. Tho facility with 
which he raises the prostrate frame, invigorates it with new life, and charms it with 
bright hope, is the mystery and admiration of the hour. His method of examina- 
tion, his deep insight into disease, his profound knowledge of the materia medica, 
are all proverbial. "Where others practice at hap-hazard, and in the dark, he seems 
to tread in the light of certainty, and as a eonsequence, conquers disease. All should 
consult him who wish for a speedy cure and thorough advice, especially those who 
have either cancer or consumption, in both which the Doctor has had the most re- 
markable and gratifying success. — New Britain Journal. 

The Great Consumption and Blood Physician, Dr. H. K. Root, may be con- 
sulted by all who desire to have the very best possible advice, and the most tho- 
rough and effective treatment. His rooms are constantly thronged with eager pa- 
tients, come from every quarter to obtain the benefits of his great knowledge and 
science. His cures of consumption have astonished the medical world, while not a 
few of the general public think he must use some diabliere to accomplish so much. 
But the whole truth is, he goes deeper, and understands both disease and medicine 
better than others, and hence accomplishes more. His Lung Barometer continues 
to excite the admiration of all. — Boston Mail 

Dr. H. 3L Root is daily waited upon by hundreds of patients, who express the 
highest satisfaction with his practice. All who are in any way afflicted with dis- 
ease should call on him. His lecture to the ladies yesterday afternoon attracted a 
crowded house, and is pronounced one of the best ever given in this city. — Boston 
Post 

Dr. H. K. Root has cured more desperate diseases than any one that has ever 
been in this section of the country. The boldness, vigor and intelligence with which 
he attacks the most formidable of diseases is only equaled by the facility and mar- 
velousness with which he vanquishes them. There is no sort of necessity for so 
many deaths among us by consumption, scrofula, liver complaints, diseases of the 
heart, lungs, &c, &c. By following the intelligent advice and the masterly treatment 
of Dr. Root, this frightful mortality amongst us would be materially decreased. — 
Christian Herald. 

Dr. H. K. Root is famous for the manner in which he arrives at a knowledge 
of a given complaint, and no less so for th9 facility with which he brings about ite 
cure. His medicines act upon the system at once, and the patient experiences their 
cheering influences without those doubts and delays so common to other practices 
and compounds. — Washington Spy. 

Why be miserable, and suffer pain and disease, when it is within your power 
to obtain such advice and treatment as will make you, in good time, free and happy ? 
Dr. H. K. Root continues to advise with the afflicted. His success is astonishing : 
and all because his treatment is dJfi.rent — more thorough and heroic than others. 
Consumption, in his hands, is rendered a pliable disease ; and so of cancer, scrofula 



NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 469 

and that legion of maladies growing ont of a distempered blood. Those who desire 
to be cured, however bad maybe their complaints, should lose no time in consulting 
the Doctor. — Gazette and Banner. 

Continued Success of Dr. H. K. Root. — This renowned physician, whose bold 
and enlightened treatment of many of the most formidable diseases with which the 
human family is afflicted, is as remarkable as it is gratifying, is constantly thronged 
with those seeking for health and its concomitant blessings. The doctor is one of 
those original caste of men that take nothing on hearsay, or book-say, or any other 
Saying ; but at once goes to the head and heart of things, and sees with his own 
eyes whether they are founded in reason or not. Hence he has discovered that no 
little of the practice of the present day is as much opposed to nature, as it is to 
reason ; and that many of the diseases pronounced incurable, are clearly curable. 
Thus consumption has become in his hands a tractable disease, as well as scrofula, 
diseases of the heart, spine, brain, &c. Those suffering from any on© of those ma- 
ladies should lose no time in consulting him. — New York Journal. 

Consumption can be Cured. — What then is the reason that so many die cf it 
every day ? It is obvious : the disease is not treated as it should be. That it is 
ourable when managed aright, is fully and undeniably shown by the records of Dr. 
H. K. Root, of New York. "We had the curiosity a few days since to examine his 
books, and were astonished at the wonderful cures he had effected in this formida- 
ble disease. And yet it is not so wonderful after all, for the matter plainly is that 
the Doctor thoroughly comprehends the disease, and as thoroughly the required 
remedy. No man gives the individual case more profound and accurate investiga- 
tion, and none proceeds in its treatment with more caution and light. As in con- 
sumption, so in other maladies : in scrofula, cancers, the vast train of diseases 
originating in an impure blood. He brings the same masterly theory and practice 
to them all ; and with equally gratifying success. Go to him, ye that are sick, and 
be healed. — Daily Chronicle. 

Inventions. — It is not always that which receives the greatest distinction, and 
is most widely known, that is of the greatest real importance to the happiness and 
prosperity of mankind. In the invention of some powerful machinery which shall 
transport men to some far off region in a space of time theretofore incredible, or in 
the manufacture of some terrible instrument that has power to exterminate crowds 
of men in marvelously few moments, we seem to take greater interest than in those 
more important and truly useful inventions and discoveries that have for their ob- 
ject the perpetuity of human life in the enjoyment of health and happiness. 

Thus we reflected while lately examining at the medical office of Dr. H. K. Root, 
No. 512 Broadway, in this city, a remarkable product of the Doctor's genius, bearkg 
Jhe name of the " Lung Barometer." Truly, thought we, this is indeed one of the 
most remarkable inventions of this inventive age, and one which must be of invalua- 
ble benefit to mankind ; and yet how many thousands there be, living in the enjoy 
ment of health, who would pass it by unnoticed. But not so the consumptive, 
standing with his foot trembling upon the edge of the grave. To him it is the 
greatest of all inventions ; and thousands there be, who, after abandoning hope of 
health and life, have, by the use of this instrument, and the medicines of Dr. Root, 
had cause to thank God, in fullness of heart, for this invention of the " age of in- 
ventions." 



470 NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 

The object of the Lung Barometer is to afford a certain test of the power and 
strength of those delicate organs, which, when once diseased, are sure to lead to 
death unless scientifically and knowingly treated. By the use of this ingenious pieco 
of mechanism, Dr. R. is able to determine with the utmost surety the exact condi- 
tion of the lungs ; and knowing their condition, he is then prepared to treat them 
accordingly. 

Dr. R. is one of the most successful physicians we have ever known. His re- 
markable cures have earned him the just title of the " celebrated consumption and 
blood doctor." He has visited hundreds of our large cities, where thousands 
afflicted with divers diseases have applied to him with almost certainty of aid ; and 
often the cases given up as utterly hopeless by other doctors have been by him en- 
tirely cured, and the patients restored to health and happiness. — K Y. Weekly 
Dollar. 

An Improvement in Dress. — Up to a period within our own memory, the lower 
garment of civilized man was upholden by the waistband, and, so far as we know, 
that of the civilized woman is upholden in the same way. About one generation 
ago, suspenders, or gallowses as they were first called, came into use, a great com- 
fort to fat men, and imparting a feeling of security to all; but the ingenious Dr. 
Root, of New York, has got up a contrivance to supersede suspenders, and serve 
both men and women not only the purpose of upholding those articles of dress 
which come no higher than the waist, but of preventing any ugly stooping from 
the line of godlike perpendicularity. It is a very easy, quiet thing, reminding you 
of your faults, and only pulling like all nature when you violate the laws of nature. 

Ladies will find Dr. Root's invention admirably adapted to their purpose, for the 
reason that, in attaching their skirts to it, the weight of their clothing will act in 
such a manner upon the elastic bands as to open the chest and support the body in 
a natural and healthful position, instead of distorting the form and impeding the 
action of important functions, as the dress does very frequently in the present mode 
o c wearing it. — Maine Democrat 

We have worn one of Dr. Root's Braces long enough to fully test its worth, and 
we are satisfied that, for convenience as a substitute for suspenders, for its use as a 
shoulder brace, and especially for its beneficial effect in securing an erect posture, a 
well-developed chest, and healthy lungs, it is unequaled. Wo commend the sub- 
joined notice, and, still more, the Brace, to the careful attention of all who would 
substitute those healthful blessings for the stooping shoulders, the cramped lungs, 
and the consumptive forms of the men and women of the present day. — Ohio Gospd 
Banner. 

"Were it required, there might be added to the foregoing a list of notices almost 
interminable in length, in praise of Dr. R., and of his medicines, and of his inven- 
tions for ascertaining and curing disease, and of the success of his treatment in all 
the complaints to which mankind is liable. Wherever he has traveled and practised, 
the voice of the press has been in unison with what has been presented. But as 
multiplying these notices can be of no use — there being a sufficiency given to con- 
vince the most credulous — we forbear further quotations. 



RULES FOR LIFE. 



t. Love, fear, and reverence the God of nations, and keep his commandments. 

2. Never steal or beg, lie or swear. 

3. Let your pledged word and agreements be sacred and faithfully executed. 

4. Pay a debt of one penny as promptly as of one dollar ; and, above all, never 
be pestered with dunners, sheriffs, or suits at law. 

5. Advertise your business, so that every man, woman, and child may know 
you ; and be particular to always pay the printer. 

6. Plan your business right ; then execute with indomitable perseverance and 
despatch. 

7. Be charitable to the poor, merciful to the dependents — hopeful and benevolent. 

8. Speak well of thy enemy, but have no dealing with him ; and thus you will 
neap coals of fire on his head. 

9. Have all your agreements in writing, and your bills receipted when paid. 

10. Calculate your business well, and be sure that you start right; then, do not 
constantly worry about it, but be patient and calm for success. 

11. Marry first love, and marry early. 

12. Eat and drink with the brain as well as the mouth. 

13. Labor for the education of your children, and the christianization of the world. 

14. Avoid extravagant dinners, livery, and laziness — as being both offensive to 
God, and destructive to human happiness. 

15. Do not let extravagant notions of living prevent your marrying. 

16. Never fall out with Labor — for he is your best companion, be you rich or poor; 
and strong mu3cles and mind will not forsake you. 

17. Eetire early and rise early, and have no fellowship with the sluggard. 

18. Save money against the day of want, for it is one of the best earthly friends ; 
but as it is slippery as an eel, hold fast upon it. 

19. Never be bought or sold by the gold of despots. 

20. Be a true and faithful Republican, standing fast for equal rights, and ever 
ready to defend the constitution, hook and line, bob and sinker, both in war and 
peace. 

21. Allow no European nation to interfere in our national or domestic concerns. 

22. Be a man, a mouse, or a long-tailed rat ; no matter what, only that your co- 
lors may be known. 

The greatest dinners ever feasted on by man are provided by the American peo- 
ple?, viz.: Republicanism, large territories, unbounded oceans, lofty mountains, equal 
rights, religion, food, clothing, air, light, low taxation, and wealth for alL Such are 
the dinners of Americans ; but they are more than can be digested by the stomachs 
of the tyrants of despotism. 



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